A Fun Non-Sewing Project

My oldest daughter is expecting a baby girl in March. Her two sisters and I threw a baby shower for her over the weekend. I had seen pictures of Diaper Cakes on Pinterest. There are a couple cute diaper themed gifts on my Grandchildren Board. I decided that I would make a Diaper Cake for her shower gift.

I found a great tutorial that has a video. I opted for doing one where the diapers are flat instead of rolled. I used an 8" cake pan and a 10" basket (because I didn't have a larger cake pan) as my "molds" and my reusable water bottle in the center to build it around.

I used Pampers Sesame Street diapers (that is what I had leftover from my granddaughter who is potty trained now). Tristyn is really tiny and I figure you need every size diaper so why not use what I had. They actually worked great because there is a lot of subtle color in them so it wasn't a stark white cake.

When I removed the water bottle I put burp cloths and washcloths in the openings. I used raffia, which I removed later, to tie the diapers in place at the top and bottom. I wrapped a wide ribbon around the middle to permanently secure it then added a thinner pink ribbon to add a little more color. I built it on a  plastic cake plate so it could be easily moved later and to make it look more like a cake.

I wanted to add some other little goodies. I was going to make roses from the washcloths and some Onesies but I wasn't happy with the look. In this case, less is definitely better. I finally decided that I would put several pairs of socks in between the layers. I folded each sock so the ruffled edge was facing out and put them in place all the way around. They were the icing between the layers. There were a lot of comments about how cute that looked when she opened it.

One of my favorite books is Love You Forever. I wrote a message to my daughter inside the cover and put that with it.

The baby's room has a giraffe theme and I made two stuffed giraffes. I used one as the cake topper and the other next to the cake. Here's the finished product.

I wrapped the whole thing in pink tulle and made a bow with ivory tulle. My daughter loved it. 

This was a fun and very easy project to make. It is a functional, practical gift but done in a fun way. I would definitely recommend it if you're looking for an interesting gift for a baby shower or a newborn baby gift. Anyone can do this.

Enjoy a fun no sewing required project.

Carol