Learn how to make a diaper cake for a baby shower gift with this easy craft tutorial!

How to Make a Baby Shower Diaper Cake

Learn how to make a diaper cake with this easy craft tutorial! A diaper cake is an adorable centerpiece for a baby shower or a fun homemade gift for the mom to be.

I love this step by step tutorial for how to make a diaper cake! You won’t believe how easy these this beautiful baby gift centerpieces are to make. Wow your party guests by whipping one up the next time you go to a baby shower.

I’m happy to share this craft tutorial submitted by Briana from idoallmyownstunts.com. Briana created this fabulous diaper cake specifically created for a book themed baby shower. I hope you enjoy her diaper cake craft tutorial!

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What you will need to make a diaper cake:

Cardboard cake rounds: For a three-tiered cake, I used 8″, 10″ and 12″. (These can be found at Michael’s in the baking section)
Cardboard tubing or spent toilet paper rolls (6 should be sufficient)
Hot glue gun
Diapers – a pack of 78 is just enough (I find Pampers Swaddlers to be the best because they are white and most aesthetically pleasing in ‘cake’ form)
Rubber bands
Ribbon in complementary colors to the event you are planning
Silk flowers
Adornments: I usually like to have a stuffed animal as a cake topper. Additionally, you can use pacifiers, baby wash cloths, teething rings, baby lotion or powder — anything that fits in with your color scheme
(Optional) – Colorful construction paper and text pages from used books (folded together and glued to make small ‘books’ to adorn the diaper cake)

Step 1: Make the cake structure.

Cut the cardboard tubing or spent toilet paper rolls to the width of the diapers you are using.

Use a hot glue gun to glue the tubes to the cardboard cake rounds. Three tubes for the bottom layer, two tubes for the middle layer and 1 tube on the top layer.

Step 2: Add the diapers.

Wrap some of the diapers around the cardboard support tubes and secure in place with rubber bands. For the outer, exposed, layer of diapers, roll each diaper tightly and place around the edge of the cardboard cake round securing the entire cake tier with a large rubber band.

Step 3: Adorn the cake.

Wrap each layer with ribbon making sure to disguise the rubber bands. Add silk flowers or other colorful baby items to adorn the cake. Secure them to the ribbon or under the rubber bands as best you can. You may need to use your imagination. If you use glue, be careful not to get any glue on the diapers because the baby shower recipient will surely want to use the diapers after she disassembles the cake.

Step 5: Add your cake topper and other Embellishments

Because this shower had a book theme, I cut out small rectangles of colorful construction paper and glued text pages from used books on the inside. Folded together, these made small baby books which adorned the cake. I made sure my cake topper – the turtle – was reading one of them.

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How to Make a Diaper Cake

Learn how to make a diaper cake for a baby shower with this easy craft tutorial!

Total Time45 mins

Yield:

Author: Amy Locurto

Supplies

3 Cardboard cake rounds sized 8", 10" and 12"
6 Toilet paper rolls
78 Diapers
Rubber bands
Ribbon
Silk flowers
Adornments
Hot glue gun

Instructions

MAKE THE CAKE STRUCTURE
Cut the toilet paper rolls to the width of the diapers you are using.
Use a hot glue gun to glue the tubes to the cardboard cake rounds. Three tubes for the bottom layer, two tubes for the middle layer and 1 tube on the top layer.
ADD THE DIAPERS
Wrap some of the diapers around the cardboard support tubes and secure in place with rubber bands. For the outer, exposed, layer of diapers, roll each diaper tightly and place around the edge of the cardboard cake round securing the entire cake tier with a large rubber band.
ADORN THE CAKE
Wrap each layer with ribbon making sure to disguise the rubber bands. Add silk flowers or other colorful baby items to adorn the cake. Secure them to the ribbon or under the rubber bands as best you can.
ADD YOUR CAKE TOPPER

Notes

If you use glue, be careful not to get any glue on the diapers because the baby shower recipient will want to use the diapers after she disassembles the cake.

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Course: Craft

Keyword: baby shower, party

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Originally published on March 12, 2012. Last Updated on September 9, 2020 by Amy Locurto

How to Make a Baby Shower Diaper Cake

How to Make a Baby Shower Diaper Cake