Dill Pickle Design: Diaper Cake - Not for Consumption

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Diaper Cake - Not for Consumption

I think every baby shower nowadays has a diaper cake. It's an adorable way to decorate the event while also gifting one of the major baby necessities in a cute, fun way. Of course I had never created a diaper cake prior to this event, but there was no chance I was going to give up the opportunity to give it a go. I searched the internet for various tutorials and inspiration for creating and decorating the cake. I found a very helpful tutorial for making a professional-looking diaper cake on You Tube (Diaper Cakes by Becca) and kinda modified it along the way to fit my materials. The tutorial was for a three tiered cake, but I decided to go crazy and make four tiers.

I purchased 180 newborn diapers and did not end up using all of them. In keeping with our pink, chocolate brown and polka-dot theme, I found as many different varieties of ribbon in this color/pattern scheme. Luckily this is a popular design right now so I was able to find a bunch. I then purchased some cute baby booties, pacifiers, and toys to add to the different tiers. Each tier had it's own ribbon theme and then I attached the embelishments where I thought they looked and fit best on each tier. Lastly, I created a plaque of the new baby's name out of pink and chocolate cardstock. I printed her name in the same Albemarle Swash font I used on the invitations and added some cute baby stickers around the outside. Ta Da!