Re: Baby Diaper Cake Instructions

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: : : Here's the stuff I saved when I was looking to do one for my SIL last year (including how I finally did mine.) Good luck and happy crafting! : : : -Sarah : : : ============= : : : Here are some sites that have pictures of diaper cakes: : : : http://www.baby-cakes.com/products.htm : : : http://www.buzztools.com/sharing/projects/diapercake.htm : : : http://www.roo.com/archive/dica.htm : : : http://www.thebabymall.com/index.html : : : http://www.tandgcreations.com/home.html : : : http://pages.ivillage.com/fd/cl-mandarae/diapercake.html : : : ================= : : : I saw one on a craft show a week or so ago. They used disposable diapers. For the center : : : they used a baby bottle and wrapped the diapers around it until it was the desired size. : : : Secured them with large rubberbands. and as the last layer they folded a receiving : : : blanket around the diapers to cover them and secured with baby pins. They then added : : : toys and other baby items on top and wrapped in clear plastic to form a basket, tied with : : : ribbon. They are very cute. Hope this helps! Good luck. Ava : : : ================= : : : My sis-in-law received one of these diaper cakes as a shower gift. We took it apart : : : thinking "we can do this!" and it seems very simple. The center was a plastic baby bottle. : : : Then disposable diapers were wrapped around the bottle and secured in layers with : : : rubberbands. I think it used about 25 of the newborn size diapers. At intervals, small : : : accessories such as pacifiers, diaper pins, small rattles, etc. were secured with colorful : : : curling ribbon. After all the diapers were wrapped, wide eyelet lace was wrapped around : : : the top edge and stitched end to end to cover the last rubberband. It was really cute and : : : colorful and relatively inexpensive. I hope this helps! : : : ================= : : : Materials needed:four 21"X40" cloth diapers, twelve 4 1/2"X15"X3/3", two pair baby : : : socks with lace edging, four diaper pins, one baby bottle, 10" round cake tray with cover, : : : two yards ribbon, 3/8"wide, 27' OF eyelet lace, 3/4" wide. Directions:Fold diaper : : : lengthwide in half. Place 3 diaper liners inside folded cloth diaper 5 1/2" below the top of : : : edge. Fold the diaper lenghtwise again to measure 5"x40". Make four sets. total. Place the : : : bottle at the end of one diaper and roll the diaper around bottle. Continue to do so with : : : the other three sets of diapers around the bottle. Pin the end of the diaper with a pin.Tie a : : : 7" piece of ribbon 1" below the top of each of the 4 socks and tuck the socks into the top : : : of the cake. Tie 4 bows with 8" lengths of ribbon and pin them around the sides of the : : : cake. Pin the other 3 diaper pins vertically around the sides of the ca,e-alternate pins and : : : bows. Put the cake on bottom of carrier and wrap 27"of eyelet lace around bottom edge : : : of the cake. Tuck ends into the pinned end of a diaper. Cut a 2 3/4" out of the top center : : : of cake cover for the bottle to fit through. Place cover on cake. Hope this helps. Sheila : : : ================== : : : Posted by kathi on January 08, 1998 at 21:39:56: : : : I would gladly give credit where it is due. However, this is a very old article with no : : : magazine ref. on either side. So here goes... : : : For either cake, make a base from heavy cardboard.1 in.wider than cake. I found it easier : : : to buy a real plate from a dollar store. : : : Need: 1 dz. padded cloth diapers, 1 toilet paper tube, 29 1/2X10" piece poly. fabric (I : : : never used this!), 6 pr. infants/child's pastel crew socks, 1 pr. child's knee socks (I pref. : : : not to use either), Plastic or icing cake letters (BABY), 2 yds. knitting worsted (I didn't : : : use), 3 3/8 pompons,1 pr. plastic pants, Small toys to tack to cake (rattle, pacifier, etc). : : : Diaper pins. Small plastic flowers (I used silk). Finished cake was approx. 6" high and : : : 10" around. 1. Fold diapers into thirds lengthwise and roll around the tube. You can : : : slightly overlap them or butt them against one another and tape. 2. (I didn't use this. I left : : : the cake white) Wrap fabric snuggly around to mark for seams. Stitch or use fabric glue. : : : Slide over diapers gathering to look like frosting.Tuck top and bottom edges inside. Tuck : : : plastic pants and diaper pins in the tube. 3.(I didn't use this either) For edging, stretch : : : knee socks as far as possible. Roll into a thin tube pinning to scrap cardboard. Tie tightly : : : with yarn at 1" intervals. Remove from cardboard and place around bottom of cake.Pin in : : : place. (there will be a gap) 4. For sock leaves (I used silk) tie off 1" of heal and toe of 2 : : : socks with yarn. Pull ends into points. Stuff excess sock into center tube in cake. Pin : : : points of leaves to center of cake. 5. Sock roses...make 7...Fold sock in 1/2 : : : lengthwise.Grasp between thumb and forefinger and roll tightly,forming a bud. Pull : : : edges down as you roll.Hand tack through all layers. Pin as desired to cake. (I actually : : : made more than they suggest) 6. Flat sock flowers...make 3... fold sock in 1/2 lengthwise. : : : Baste along fold. Gather tightly into flower and knot. Glue pompon into center. Pin to : : : cake. Pin other silk flowers to cake. Glue letters to fabric and pin to top of cake.(I glued : : : toy blocks with "boy" "girl" "baby" or the child's name..if I knew it) I'm not doing these : : : anymore...I don't want to think what that implies! I really did get compliments on these. I : : : just didn't like the poly fabric or plastic flowers. : : : ============== : : : Posted by Stephanie on March 01, 1999 at 10:15:12: : : : This is how I make my "cakes" (makes a small one): : : : You will need : : : One baby bottle : : : 6 cloth diapers (or you can use disposables) : : : Rubber bands : : : Various baby items (ie samples of shampoo, lotion etc etc., rattles, teethers etc etc) : : : Receiving blanket : : : Diaper pins : : : Take the one diaper and fold in thirds length wise (or to heighth you want), wrap around : : : the bottom of the baby bottle (you can fill with m&m's, q-tips or whatever you wish), : : : secure w/rubberband, take another diaper and do same (wrap around first diaper). Do this : : : with the rest of the diapers. Then take receiving blanket and fold to match heighth of : : : diapers. Wrap around the outside of diapers and secure with diaper pins. : : : Stuff the various items in the top of the cake "folds" (so they stick out). You can pin : : : some lace around the cake and add some curling ribbon. : : : I don't know how to make the baby though. Hope this helps.:)) : : : You open the diaper and roll it around a thick dowel and then hold the diaper in place : : : with an elastic band. After putting on several diapers I then removed the underneath : : : elastic bands. Once you get started you'll understand what I mean. : : : I have found a very practical and cute idea for a centerpiece. It is called a diaper cake. : : : You will need at least one package of disposable diapers (depending on size), and several : : : small baby things (brush, pacifier, rattle, etc....). You start with a diaper and roll it up, : : : then add another , and another ..... you make it like a two tiered cake. make the first one a : : : little bigger. Add a rubber band every once in a while to hold them together. This can : : : turn into a 3 or 4 handed job. Then on the last layer on the outside, use ribbon to cover : : : the rubber band, and tie in a bow. Push a straw or dowel threw the middle of the bottom : : : layer and then push the top down over. Then put the baby items in the cracks between the : : : diapers, and on top. This makes a great gift for the mother to take home. : : : ============= : : : I am giving a shower for my sister-in-law the first weekend in Nov. and just finished a : : : diaper cake for her. If you have any questions, feel free to email me back. Make sure you : : : have a variety of big rubber bands and an extra pair of hands ready should you need : : : them. Mine is four tiers and stands 2 feet high! The bottom layer is size three disposable : : : diapers, (18 inches around), the next is size twos and the top two are size ones. You : : : basically start with a dowel for the center almost as tall as the cake will be. To do this, : : : lay one diaper from each layer side by side and that it the finished height. Cut the dowel : : : so it comes half way up the diaper for the top layer. In other words, if your finished cake : : : is going to be 24 inches high, use a 20 or 21 inch dowel. (I used a bottle filled with after : : : dinner mints for the topper and in order to hold it in place I placed it on top of the dowel : : : so it was used for half the anchor for the top layer.)Start with the bottom layer. Unfold : : : the diaper, start at one end of it and wrap it around the dowel. Keep adding diapers one : : : by one, periodically adding a rubber band to hold them until you either run out of diapers : : : or have a bottom layer the size you want. To add the next smaller layer, do the whole : : : process again starting where the dowel sticks out of the first layer. I ended up with four : : : giant rolls of diapers when I was done all held together by the dowel in the center. I : : : wrapped things around the outside of each layer to cover the rubber bands and give it a : : : finished look. I covered the bottom layer with a folded crib sheet, the next layer with a : : : receiving blanket, the next with a hooded towel (folded diagonally so the picture on the : : : hood was displayed), and the top layer with a cloth diaper, securing them with diaper : : : pins in the back.I put it on a deli tray and stuck items between the diapers like pacifiers, : : : rattles, toys, teethers, brush and comb, rolled up washcloths, medicine dropper, diaper : : : rash ointment, etc. I rolled up onesies and a gown and arranged them around the base of : : : the cake along the rim of the tray and on the whole cake, I tucked in curling ribbon and : : : silk flowers to fill in the empty spots. Good luck and happy crafting! : : : -Sarah

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