How to Make A Diaper Cake

Kaylin and I made a diaper cake for my cousin Sarah's baby shower. If you've ever tried to make them you probably know they're trickier to put together than you would immediately think. Here are some easy pointers:

1. When you roll up the diapers, use a construct of cardboard to give the cake structure. We cut strips from a pizza box and a cereal box and taped them together to make a circle that we fit the diapers inside.

2. We wrapped a receiving blanket around each diaper layer. Tuck the excess portion of the receiving blanket in between the diaper and the cardboard. This will make it tight and also give it a nice ruching (is that how you spell it?) around the edge. I thought it gave it some nice flair.

3. Wrapping the ribbon around each layer proved to be the most challenging thing because the ribbon kept slipping and not staying tight. I recommend using small pins to keep them in place. We just used small pins you would use when sewing which were able to stay inconspicuous.

4. Our initial plan was put the goodies we bought for Sarah on the diaper cake but we had too much stuff! A quick solution: using one of those baskets you put in the dishwasher to put it all in. I think it turned out really cute. If you look, there is a green receiving blanket on the bottom, we also used a flat piece of cardboard to wrap the green receiving blanket around it to give the cake something sturdy to sit on.

5. Use real flowers. This was Kaylin's genius idea. It looked so fancy.