When you think about how to make a diaper cake for a baby shower, please consider using non-disposable diapers instead of Pampers or equivalent.  The real ones are so much better for the environment. If you plan to use real nappies, your cake will be smaller. You will use fewer baby diapers, which is a good thing because they cost more.

 Of course, they don’t really cost more when you consider that you only buy them once.

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The first thing to know about how to make a diaper cake is to put away the recipe book. You won’t find the instructions there. These joyous, colorful gifts are assembled from baby diapers, not flour, sugar and chocolate.

Diaper cakes are enormously popular gifts for baby showers, but ready-made cakes are costly and difficult to find.  Not only that, ready made cakes lack the personal touch that makes your gift so special. “How to make a diaper cake” is the question of the day.

If you’re wondering how to make a diaper cake, it isn’t difficult. You will find “recipes” at various web sites and blogs. In short, diaper cakes consist of baby diapers rolled into cylinders, attached together with pins and ribbons to form a cake shape, and decorated with any amount of baby-related items, such as rattles, bibs, teddy bears, toys, bottles, baby blankets or perhaps even a gift for mom. The number of diapers you use depends upon the size and number of tiers in your cake.

Two Ways to Assemble a Diaper Cake

Now, back to how to make a diaper cake. There are two basic ways of rolling the diaper cylinders. Some “recipes” ask you to roll each nappy separately into a cylinder, then tie them together in rounds. You might use a cardboard cylinder or a baby bottle in the middle to provide a firm shape.

Another way to assemble a diaper cake is to wind the diapers around and around each other until you have formed a cylinder.

5 Reasons why Diaper Cakes are Special

These gleeful, joyous creations are sure winners in so many ways.

1. First, when you know how to make a diaper cake, you can give a hand made gift that is so much more personal and meaningful than a ready-made item. You can customize the gift with the colors, gift items and personal mementoes that directly suit your mom-to-be.

2. Secondly, once the mom-to-be stops “oohing and ahhing’ about her gift, imagine the excitement as she unwraps and discovers the smaller gifts hidden within.  Be sure to take plenty of pictures and be prepared to field admiring questions about how to make a diaper cake.

3.  Thirdly, diaper cakes are a healthy, practical alternative to serving high fat, high calorie cakes that do no one any good. Many expectant moms worry about pregnancy weight gain, for one thing. And, should the pregnant mom be diabetic, she will bless you for not tempting her with a cake that will cause her blood sugar to spiral. When you know how to make a diaper cake, you are offering a guilt-free treat to the expectant mom and to the rest of the guests as well.
4.  Fourthly, although many diaper cakes are made of disposable diapers, by using cloth diapers, you will help protect the environment that baby will grow up in. Please consider this important aspect when deciding how to make a diaper cake.

5. And fifth, when you know how to make a diaper cake, you can unleash your creativity. Give it full reign and create a gift that demonstrates your inner artist.

When you’re planning your diaper cake, let your creativity run wild. You are not limited to making a traditional cake shape. Make a selection of diaper “cupcakes.” Make a diaper wreath. Make a diaper cake “teddy bear.” Make a diaper cake in the shape of a pregnant woman’s belly.  Make a diaper cake in the shape of a high heeled shoe or a purse.  You might even make a joke diaper cake, if you know that mom enjoys a good laugh.  Decorate your humorous diaper cake with cartoons, joke figurines and other funny items.

 Think outside the box for gift items to tuck inside the diaper cake.  Perhaps include small gifts to pamper mom during the last weeks of her pregnancy. You might tuck in movie tickets, a gift certificate for mom to get a manicure before baby arrives, a gift certificate for a spa treatment, an IOU for babysitting services, a bottle of peppermint foot lotion or a spritz bottle of refreshing skin spray.  Whatever you decide on, once you know how to make a diaper cake, your special gift will be remembered long after the shower has passed.

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