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Knowing how to make a baby diaper cake is one great way to save money on baby shower gifts. These incredibly popular presents do not take much time to make and can be as simple or as elaborate as you would like. They also supply new parents with one thing you know they're going to use. To make a simple three tier baby diaper cake, you will need: 66 disposable diapers in newborn size 66 small rubber bands (7/8 inches to 1 and one quarter inches) 3 large rubber bands (3 and one half inches) 10" round base for the cake (cardboard, plate, plate charger) 1 8 oz baby bottle 1 4 oz baby bottle 1 roll of ribbon 1 inches wide 1 roll of ribbon 3 inches wide To assemble the diaper cake:
Open each diaper, roll it from the back to the front and secure it closed with a small rubber band. Place the 8 oz baby bottle on your base and stack six diapers on their ends around the baby bottle. Wrap one of the large rubber bands around the diapers to secure them to the baby bottle in the center. One at a time, insert another 27 of the rolled diapers into the rubber band. You will now have 33 diapers surrounding the baby bottle and wrapped with the rubber band. This forms the first tier of your diaper cake. Rearrange the diapers to form as perfect a circle as possible. Take six more diapers and place them on their ends on top of this first tier. Secure them with a larger rubber band. One at a time, insert another 16 diapers into the rubber band of this second tier. You should have 22 diapers in this tier.
Rearrange the tier to form as perfect a circle as possible. Place the 4 oz baby bottle on top of the 8 oz bottle, pulling the diapers apart from the center, if necessary. Place six diapers around the 4 oz bottle and secure with a large rubber band. Insert the remaining diapers into this third tier and work them into the shape of a circle. Wrap ribbon around each tier of the diaper cake to hide the rubber bands. Tie on large bows in contrasting colors for added decoration. You can accessorize with additional items like baby socks, pacifiers, bibs or rattles by securing them to the ribbon or attaching them to the cake with diaper pins. If you want to use a number of these decorations as baby shower centerpieces, throw a decorating party and teach your friends how to make a baby diaper cake. The end products can be used for the baby shower and you will save a lot of time and effort in preparing the shower decorations. Using a theme to finish off the diaper cake - using baby items and ribbons that have pictures of cars on them, for example - will allow you to customize the gift for a baby boy, a baby girl, or to match the nursery. Find great diaper cake ideas online and use those as inspiration for your own wonderful creations.
For Erica Stone, party decorations are a hobby that have flourished into a small business. She has developed a number of resources for baby showers including instructions on how to make a diaper cake step by step.
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