My friend's baby shower was last weeked so I made my first attempt at a diaper cake. There are definitely things that I would do differently next time, but here it is:
Here's how:
1 - Materials:
A bunch of diapers. I used size 1-2. It took me about 130 diapers.
Two bottles to make the cake.
4 7" rubber bands (I didn't have any this big so I cut apart the ones I had and tied them together to make them longer.)
130 small clear rubber bands (I did not have clear ones. It would have looked a lot better)
Ribbon - I liked alternating two different types
Flower spray for the top
Candy
2 - roll all the diapers and rubber band them in a roll.
3 - Fill one bottle with candy and one halfway with candy as a nice surprise.
4 - Start with the full bottle. Surround it with a row of diapers. Rubber band them to hold them on. Do three more layers of this. Use rubber bands on each row. (The outside rolls need the larger rubber band)
5 - Start another layer of the cake around the bottle on top of the old one. This time, do only 3 circles around the bottle.
6 - Put the open bottle on top of the first and make two more layers. One will have two rolls and the top will have one. Leave the cap off the top bottle. (I actually buried it in the middle between the two bottles)
7 - Decorate the outside with ribbon. I used double sided tape to hold it on. Put the flowers in the top, open bottle.
