DIY a Diaper Cake

It's DIY day again over at ASPTL! If you haven't checked out all of the great project inspiration, don't miss another week. Last week someone brought an abundance of size 1 baby diapers to our church nursery. We don't often get many babies in that size so our Nursery Coordinator wanted to know if I knew anyone that could use the diapers. I remembered an upcoming baby shower, and took the opportunity to practice a little creativity . My daughter and I had made a diaper cake a few months ago when I was visiting and I was looking forward to the opportunity to try one out for myself.

This started out as a metal Currier and Ives cookie platter. With a little brown spray paint, it became the diaper cake plate.

Next I rolled and rubber banded about 60 of these.

Next I made a cute of these fabric flowers for cake decor.

Instead of ribbon I cut fabric strips with pinking shears out of the brown and pink polka dot fabric. The strips cover the rubber bands that are holding the cake layers together.

I needed a little dowel to attach my baby doll on top, but a pencil covered in brown ribbon worked just fine.

Here I have attached the fabric strips around the two layers, and added the fabric flowers.

And here is the finished cake! There are so many things you could add to this and so many variations. I was trying to stick with the pink and brown, and the little doll on top was the perfect addition. What fun have you had being creative this week?

Head on over to Kimba's and check it all out.

Jackie