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I love decorating and throwing parties, especially when it comes to my new baby girl! I’ve been pretty obsessed with her Nursery (you can see that here), so I decided to keep with the “Rustic Glam” theme and have my baby shower in that as well.
A baby shower isn’t complete unless you have a diaper cake and diapers! Making diaper cakes is so much fun, especially when you can make it unique to fit the new mom’s style. If you’ve never made a diaper cake it’s pretty easy. Below I’ll give you a tutorial plus you’ll see how my Rustic Glam Baby Shower turned out.
How to make a Diaper Cake:
Supplies:
- Old paper towel holder
- Rubber bands, you’ll need a bunch!
- Ribbon
- Miscellaneous decor to suit your design
- Newborn Diapers, I recommend the Huggies Little Snugglers Plus available only at Costco. It has just the right amount of diapers to make a 4-tier cake. They also sell them on-line and include a extra bonus with the wipes clutch. Being a 2nd time mom I love using Huggies and definitely recommend them to all new moms. Not only is the Huggies Little Snugglers Plus pack a great value, but it’s also nice to know your little one is comfortable since they are designed to help keep your baby’s skin clean and healthy.
Step 1: Roll up all the diapers with the rubber bands. If you want to make a 4 tier cake you will need the entire box of the Huggies Newborn Pack which has 128 diapers.
Step 2: Wrap a rubber band around the paper towel holder and start adding diapers. It should be about 6 diapers.
Step 3: Add another rubber band and add a additional 12 diapers.
Step 4: Repeat another layer for a 3-tier cake. For a 4-tier cake you will need to add 2 more layers.
Step 5: Repeat the process for the 2nd and 3rd tiers.
Step 6: For the top tier you’ll add a additional diaper to create the center. You can either leave this layer sitting on top or use a push pin to secure it.
Step 7: Decorate! I added ribbon to all tiers and for the top I created mini bunting. I also topped it off with some booties. It also helps that the Huggies diapers come in adorable Disney Designs. Plus they’re in aqua and purple which fit’s my theme perfectly!
Now for my Baby shower table. I used the Diaper cake as the centerpiece and I loved how it turned out!
If your a new parent the one thing you’ll never want to run out of is diapers! I recommend making a back up kit for the car. I’ve had the experience of forgetting to refill the diaper bag and unfortunately realized I was out of diapers while running errands. Now I always keep 5 extra diapers plus a pack of wipes in my car. So, don’t forget to stock up on the Huggies Little Snugglers Plus pack. They’ll be $5 off from (9/1-9/25) with free shipping.
Know anyone having a baby anytime soon? Try making a diaper cake, I would love to know how it turned out.
Enjoy!
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Looks super cute and glamurous, I’m loving this idea
That is one cool cake. I love that it is made with diapers for the new mom
Great and creative ideas!! I love this decorations!
This is lovely! I always like making different diaper cakes. #client
I am in love with this theme for a baby shower! That diaper cake is adorable <3
Looks so beautiful! I wanna get pregnant to have a baby shower and I will definitely use your idea with Diapers!)
This is a pretty awesome setup! I really like the idea of making a diaper cake instead of an actual cake. I’m sure it will be useful to the expecting parents as well.
It’s been a while since I last went to a baby shower. I really like the decor! It’s so beautiful. A diaper cake is very practical, that’s awesome!
That is such a great idea! I love the entire look of this baby shower. Diaper cakes are always fun too. I’m glad you showed us how to make them too.
Great and creative ideas!! Soooo pretty! I love this decor and all the colors!
Diaper cakes are such a cool decoration for a baby shower and of course the diapers can be used by the parents to be. I love the idea of a rustic glam baby shower!
Rustic Glam?!?! I have never heard of that buy oh my gosh!! It is simply gorgeous!!
I would love to do my whole house in a rustic glam vibe. This describes my style perfectly.
This is so awesome and how cute is that diaper cake?! I love how simple it is!
Diaper cakes are always the best gift to give. Def. the talk of the table.
Everything is so adorable, I love the pastel colours! I was a little concerned when I first read “diaper cake”! So glad to see it’s made of new diapers!!
This is too cute. I love the diaper cake.
My goodness, this is just beautiful, a creative gift idea that could be so perfect for baby shower. Diaper cakes are always fun and I am in love with those awesome decoration!
Nice work! Love the color too!
I planned a baby shower for my BFF once but nothing I made turned out as great as they looked on Pinterest, hihihi. My BFF happens to be great at DIY baby showers and she makes diaper cakes like yours, too. I’m just not sure she puts cardboard tubes in the middle. As far as I know, she just put one over the other when she starts setting up.
I have a friend who has a son that will celebrate its birthday this week. I will recommend this baby cake for him.
Love the colors for this rustic glam baby shower themed party! Diapers can be so expensive if you can get them at a good price you must!
Love your use of purple and teal! I haven’t made a diaper cake in years!
Brilliant baby shower theme and amazing crafts. So so creative and well designed, loving the blend of undertones and the articles there.
Such a real cool idea. Love the cake. Real perfect for baby shower!
Hi there this is adborable! I am hoping to replicate for a shower this weekend! Can you tell me what size rubber bands you used and how many rolls of ribbon you used? Thanks!
Hi Shelly! I bought a multipack for the rubberband’s and used small ones for individually wrapping each diaper then the larger ones to make the cake. For the ribbon I didn’t even use a full roll but I also used several colors for each. Good luck!
This is really good.. I loved how these diapers turned out.. perfect for gifting a new born baby when you can’t decide gift
Do you even make them for others? Or just write up diy tutorials
No I don’t sell them.
Hello, Great diaper cake!!
Could you tell me the width of your burlap and ribbon?
Thank You for posting, you give great inspiration!
The burlap was 2″ and the ribbon was around 1″ to 3/4″.
How many diapers make up each tier?
I’ve seen a lot of baby shower cakes floating around Pinterest but yours is by far the prettiest! I’ll definitely be making this for my friend who is due in a few months!
My daughter and I made this cake. It was so much fun. And cannot wait to give it to my daughter-in-law and son this weekend