Diaper Cake

I promised to share about making the diaper cake for the baby shower I co-hosted on Sunday.  I had seen diaper cakes at a couple of showers in the past and they seemed like they would be easy enough to make.  I googled around and found two different versions:  I call them rolled and not rolled.

I had always seen the rolled diaper cakes before, but I liked the way the not-rolled cake looked a little better.  (I have since seen them labeled Spiral Diaper Cakes)  Not to mention the fact that I wouldn’t have to roll 84 diapers for my cousin to subsequently have to unroll to use. To keep the diapers in a circle while forming each layer, I used the lid to my cake carrier:

I had enough diapers to make three layers.  I used rubberbands to keep the shape of each layer:

I found some really cute wide baby boy ribbon at JoAnn’s on clearance.  I used Tacky Glue to secure each strip around the cake:

I placed the base layer on some cardboard and cut out a platter for it to sit on.  I used the inspiration picture as my guide for decorating the platter with ribbon I had on hand.  (Just a coincidence that I had the same ribbon:)

To keep the layers of the cake from shifting, I put a few bamboo skewers down in between the diapers, through the layers:

All that was left was finding a cute topper for the cake.  I used a classic Eeyore because she is using a lot of Winnie the Pooh in his room.

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Published by Leslie

I think Habitual Rearranger fits me well because I am never settled on designs, colors, or placement of items in our home. I drive Bradley crazy sometimes, but I keep figuring out new and better ways of doing things! I am not striving to be profound or an expert on anything in this blog. It is simply a way to keep a record of all of my adventures - home and life - for me to reference and also for my loved ones to follow along. I am a born and raised Georgia girl. I don't think I would enjoy living anywhere except the south. Bradley and I spent six and a half years in our starter home and are now in our forever home, a 1970s traditional two story brick house. I love getting into all kinds of projects around our house, and I try to document all the dirty details here if for no one else than for me.

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8 Comments

  1. Thanks for the tutorial just one quick question Do you glue the actual diaper cake to the cardboard base? thanks for the feedback. foudn you via Pinterest : )

    1. I am glad you may find this helpful! I did not glue the cake to the base – I didn’t want to mess up any of the diapers 🙂 I just was careful when I needed to move it and carried it like I would a regular cake.

  2. Found the elephant diaper cake via Pinterest & thought it was so cute! Where did you find the wooden elephant topper with wheels….or did you make it! I would love to get/create one for a friend’s baby coming soon!
    Thanks!

    1. Hi Allison!

      The elephant diaper cake was actually one of the inspirations I was using when I decided to try making a diaper cake. If you click on the picture, it will take you to the original source. Hope that helps!

  3. Could you give instructions for the baby book diaper cake. Trying to figure out the middle layer, how the books are done. Thank you

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