My First Diaper Cake Centerpiece

My Sister in Law's baby shower is this upcoming weekend and I was put in charge of making the diaper cake centerpieces and the cupcakes for the event.  I will be posting pictures of the cupcakes later this week (or early next whenever I get a chance), but I wanted to take the opportunity tonight to explain how I made the diaper cake centerpieces and display the final product.

First, you will need a platter or some sort to stabilize the cake on. 

 

Then it came time to begin the daunting task of rolling up each of the diapers.  I made 4 separate 3 tiered cakes so I had A LOT of diapers to roll up.  I used Size 1 and 2 diapers and rolled them from the open end to the crotch side and wrapped in a small rubber band. You will need approximately 60 diapers per diaper cake, give or take a few extra ones to make it all look right. 

  

After all of the diapers were rolled up, it was then time to stack all of the diapers.  Using a Paper Towel roll, I first stuck a diaper in the top of the roll to make the top level all even.  You will need to adjust the actual height of the diaper later on but sticking it in to begin with will be a good help.  Then using larger rubber bands, begin making a circle of 6 to begin the bottom tier.  After this circle of 6, make a bigger circle around that of 12, and then a bigger circle around that of around 18 diapers.  This will be the base of the diaper cake.

 

Continue this process up the next level, with the circle of 6 and then a bigger circle of 12.  Finally on the top level, just use the circle of 6.  Then adjust the height of the diaper in the roll so that all of the sides are even.  The final product will look similar to this: 

 

The diaper cake is now made for the most part, the only remaining parts are to decorate for the event.  There are a million different ways that you can do this.  You can use ribbon matching the nursery room and then add baby supplies like bottles, rattles, bibs, binkies, or anything else you can think of.  To make this one though I just used Ribbon and Flowers.  I'm super happy with the final product!