I will be attending a dear friend’s baby shower tomorrow and decided to make her a gift instead of buying one.
So yesterday I made a mad dash from Mothercare to Mamas & Papas to Marks to Tescos to find the perfect ingredients.
Bought pretty little toys to compliment the gift and was lucky that all the shops were having a sale. I was only on the lookout for specials, hehe.
The only problem was Aidan as he was getting a bit cranky and tired that we had to make a break for a nappy change and a feed. He dozed off the minute we came home giving the mommy and daddy plenty of time to work out what to make.
2 hours later we came up with this…
A Diaper Cake !
We used 57 diapers, a hooded towel and bath mitt, a teething ring, 2 wrist rattles, 1 baby signboard, some ribbons, foam stickers and diaper pins. The individual diapers required some rolling up with rubber bands and a little fiddling, a second person comes in handy here. I used 31 diapers for the first tier, 19 for the second and 7 for the third. Oh, I also used a pair of chopsticks to secure the 3 tiers in place. It would be much easier if you have a theme in mind and would probably take an hour tops to make one. Once you have the cake ready, you can use your creativity with the little toys, ribbons and stickers.
close-up of the cake
So that’s my diaper cake – simple and easy, and an ideal gift for a newborn.
Let’s just hope the mommy-to-be will love the gift!
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