Every diaper baby shower needs a diaper cake! If you’re wondering how to make a diaper cake, this baby diaper cake tutorial is for you. You’ll be shocked how easy it is to make your own.
A while ago I shared all about the Donuts & Diapers Baby Sprinkle I threw for my sister. It was so much fun and the decor turned out so cute!! Since it was a diaper baby shower, we definitely needed a diaper cake.
I was shocked at how easy it was to DIY a baby diaper cake. I had seen them before at baby showers and my sister had even made me one for my shower a couple of years ago. It came together so quickly!
Baby diaper cake: video tutorial
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Supplies for baby diaper cake:
- Large box of diapers – size doesn’t really matter, but I used Size 1
- Rubber bands
- Ribbon
- Scissors
- Straight pins
- 2 decorative straws
- Printable donut (for topper) – get your free printable donuts here!
Step 1. Roll diapers.
Roll up each diaper from the top to the bottom and secure it with a rubber band. The bag of rubber bands I got had three different sizes (color-coded based on size). The blue ones were the smallest rubber bands, so I used those for the individual rolled diapers.
This is really the most time-consuming part of making the baby diaper cake, but I’d recommend turning on some good TV and grabbing the diapers and rubber bands.
It didn’t end up taking as much time as I thought it would though.
Step 2. Make bottom tier of diapers.
Now the baby diaper cake-making begins! Start combining the diaper together in a large round tier (just like a cake!).
For the bottom tier, I first made the middle section of the circle by putting together groups of three diapers rubber banded and then started making a large circle by pushing them all together.
I put one of the largest rubber bands around the grouping and continued just adding in individual rolled-up diapers until it was a good size. I used approximately 48 diapers on the bottom tier.
Step 3. Make a middle tier of the baby diaper cake.
The middle tier came together much in the same way as the bottom tier but combined the rolled-up diapers in a round shape and put a large rubber band around them to hold them in place.
There are approximately 26 diapers in the middle tier.
Step 4. Make the top tier of the diaper cake.
You should have the general gist by now. Put the rolled-up diapers in the round shape and rubber band together.
There are about 13 diapers on the top tier.
Step 5. Stack three tiers of diapers.
All I did to build the diaper cake up was simply stack the three tiers on top of each other. There wasn’t any other support needed.
Step 6. Cover rubber bands.
To cover up the rubber bands on the tiers, wrap a piece of ribbon around the rubber bands and attach with straight pins and a touch of hot glue. Repeat on all three tiers.
Step 7. Make a topper for the baby diaper cake.
This is the fun part! You can design a topper for your cake to fit with whatever theme you’re doing for your diaper baby shower.
You can print out a design and then just tape it to some decorative straws. The straws just slide into the top tier of the diaper cake.
I, of course, was doing a Donuts & Diapers Baby Sprinkle Shower….hence the donut topper.
If you’re looking for something similar, have no fear. I’m giving away those donuts as a free printable. Just hop on over to this post to download them.
See! I told you guys it was super simple to create a diaper cake! You can easily make your own diaper cake for the next baby shower you host or attend.
The mama-to-be will be thrilled to receive such a cute and PRACTICAL gift because sooner, rather than later, she’ll be flying through the diapers! Just follow the simple steps in this tutorial and create a fun topper to decorate the cake!
What kind of topper would you put on your diaper cake??
Let me know in the comments below!!
How To Make A Baby Diaper Cake
Materials
- Large box of diapers
- Rubber bands
- Ribbon
- 2 decorative straws
- Printable donut (for topper)
Tools
- Scissors
- Straight pins
Instructions
- Roll diapers and secure with rubber band.
- Make bottom tier of diapers and secure with large rubber band (approximately 48 diapers on bottom tier)
- Make middle tier of diaper cake and secure with rubber band (approximately 26 diapers on middle tier)
- Make top tier of diaper cake and secure with rubber band (approximately 13 diapers on top)
- Stack three tiers of diapers.
- Cover rubber bands with ribbon attached with a straight pin.
- Make topper and attach with decorative straws.
What size cake circle did you use??
Christina, I didn’t use a cake circle for this. I just rolled up the diapers individually and then grouped them together with a rubber band! 🙂
Are these cloth or disposable diapers?
They are disposable.
Does it matter what size diapers to use? I have newborn and size 1
No that shouldn’t matter! I would just recommend to keep the same sizes on each level so it is a flat surface because the different sizes will be different widths.
What’s the diameter for the top layer alone? I’m just making one layer cakes for centerpieces. Thanks!
Hi Karen, I don’t have the measurements of the cake written down, but if I had to guess I’d say the top layer was roughly 6-7 inches wide.
Hi Chelsea
I’m making the diaper cake it was very easy. Mine is going to be Winnie the Pooh
Theme cake topper is Winnie the Pooh stuffed animal.
Oh how fun is that! Thanks for sharing.
Hi Chelsea.
Can you tell me what brand of diapers you used? Everything seems to have pictures all over the bottoms instead of just white diapers….
Thanks!
I’m fairly certain I used either Pampers or Huggies.