Baby Shower Diaper Cake

Hi everyone! It's Cathy here to share a little something I made my niece's baby shower. While I wanted to make something for her baby shower, I also wanted to walk through the baby aisle shopping for really cute stuff.  My kids are grown and it's fun to look at all those tiny little outfits for a change!

I also wanted the gift to be useful.  So I got out my craft supplies and made up this diaper cake for her.  Can you guess that she is having a boy?  After visiting her registry list, I saw that she had selected things with monkeys and lions on them. So I made sure to include them in both the items I picked up from the store as well as to create some cute accents for the cake.  I scored the jackpot when I found the ribbon with the monkey face on it!

The useful part to the cake is not just the diapers, bibs, socks, toys etc. The paper crafted items can also be used.  I created the 3D crib and baby carriage to be used as decor in the babies room.

The paper pieced animals can be used in the baby book or scrapbook, or even placed in frames for the walls of the babies room.

I didn't take photos of the step by step construction of the cake. But I used the basic diaper cake construction. I rolled all the diapers and secured each with a small rubber band.  I cut a piece of foam board into a circle as the base and glued lace to the edge.  I then placed a bottle of baby powder in the center and started surrounding it with diapers. The lowest level has three rings of diapers standing up encircling the bottle.  The next layer has 2 and the top layer is just one ring of diapers.


I wrapped the bottom layer with a baby blanket.  Each layer then got wrapped with the two ribbons, a large blue and the monkey face ribbon on top of that.  I tucked the bibs and socks into different layers.  Attached the paper pieced characters.  To secure the stroller and crib, I used sewing straight pins.  I tucked some pacifiers into the crib.

To top off the diaper cake, I tucked a monkey toy in the center of the top layer.  I created a card using the words Sweet Baby. I attached the card to a wooden dowel and careful inserted it behind the monkey toy, down into the center of the cake for added stability.

Designer Showcase: Newborns and Babies

Welcome to this week's Designer Showcase. Today we are sharing newborn and baby projects.  It's Cathy here to host this weeks showcase for you.

Marlene certainly turned the memory of a colicky baby into a very happy page. The lovely color combination and sweet details really contrast the crying baby and "waaah!" title!!  The punched borders throughout the page really add a lot of dimension and texture.

Cindy created this 2 page spread with some of her favorite photos from the birth of her son.  I love the way she offset the the 3 photos on the far side. It really makes her favorite photo on the left stand out even more. It's really neat how she used the 3 brads on each page, like the 3 people in their growing family.

Nancy created this really sweet page. The large scallop edge to the designer paper wraps around the edges of the page, like the snuggling bunting wrapped around the newborn baby.  I love the big flower pieces mixed with the small butterflies and trim.  Those soft colors remind me of a snuggly baby blanket too!

Vicky created this masterpiece.  What a darling photo, she softly finished the edges of the photo to help it blend into the background.  The flowers and lace and pretty designed paper are almost as precious as the "caress" gesture captured in her photo.

This is a card that I created several years ago.  I made it using plain cardstock, tulle, lace trim and fabric flowers.  I have the template available on my blog. You can grab it here.