Why spend $80 or more on a commercial diaper cake? Learn how to make one yourself and save money on a great baby gift.
This is a great gift idea for a baby shower or for any new mom. A diaper cake is a fun gift that looks great and is actually useful. I love this gift because the parents can at first use it to decorate the nursery. Then they can take it apart and use the diapers and the gifts. Parents always need diapers! If you prefer, you can make the diaper cake out of cloth diapers, but that will definitely raise the cost of making this gift.
What is a diaper cake? It is basically an arrangement of diapers and small gifts that, when assembled, resembles a tiered cake. The cost of your home made diaper cake can cost as little as $10, depending on what you put into it and what brand of diapers you buy.
To make a diaper cake, you will need a jumbo pack of diapers or about two regular packs of diapers, rubber bands of various sizes, cardboard to cut a round base for the cake to stand on, some wooden dowels, and some things to decorate the cake, such as pretty ribbons and bows. To save money on the dowels, purchase them at a home improvement store instead of at a craft store.
You can also insert some small gifts inside the cake. Some ideas for gifts include onesies, washcloths, coupons, a small stuffed animal, diaper cream and a rattle.
You will also need some netting or cellophane to wrap the cake and keep it all together.
For step by step instructions, including lots of photos, you can check out this article on Wikihow. This is the best instructional site for a diaper cake that I have found. You can also check out Craftbits version of a diaper cake. It is a really cute design, and I love the fact that they incorporated a cake topper on it.
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