I've made several diaper cakes now and I really enjoy doing it and including items that I think new moms and seasoned moms alike will need for the new baby, plus a few extras! It seems like a lot of work, but its really not. I made 2 diaper cakes, minus the ribbon, because I still need to purchase some, in about 1 1/2 hours.
Sorry this picture turned out a little blurry. The items laid out are actually for 2 diaper cakes. I have 2 friends coming up that are having boys and figured I could knock them out at the same time.
Items pictured include: a cake cardboard circle to keep the bottom stabilized, little rubber bands (I use the kind for my girls hair, because I always have a ton on hand), regular large rubber bands, some color coordinating grass, the ribbon of your choice (not pictured - I still need to go out and get ribbon to finish off the layers. This will hide the rubber bands you see on the outside of the circles and give you something to attach the extras to), baby lotion, baby wash, gas drops, diaper cream, pacifiers in a case, baby ibuprophen, a little bear with teether, a 3 pack of onesies, a blanket, a pack of socks 1 large box of size 1 diapers (this was used for 2 diaper cakes), and a box of wipes.
Here's how I start. A lot of other people keep the diapers flat and can get them to turn in a circle, this technique did not work for me. I actually roll each diaper, tucking the picture part of the diaper on the inside of the roll and secure with the small rubber bands. You can see some stacked up in the background. I just roll them all or you can take a break after awhile and work on making your large base layer.
I start with five of the rolled diapers standing on their ends and secure with a large rubber band. Then I just pull the rubber band out a little and start working more diapers in.
I keep doing this until I can't see the round cake bottom any more.
The next part is purely dependent on you. I found an inexpensive, but cute whale blanket. However, it wasn't think enough to make the next layer, so I wrapped it around a box of wipes - 2 for 1! You can also, just do a large/thick blanket in a circle or a hooded towel. My suggestion on this step is to fold it in thirds. You want the layer to be the same or smaller in width than the bottom base layer of diapers. I actually, just secured the ends of the blanket together with some clear scotch tape.
Roll the remaining diapers into a smaller cake layer and place the layers on top of each other like pictured.
For the last layer, I took the pack of onesies and folded each one in thirds and then rolled them up, secured them with tape and then secured the 3 together with another large rubber band.
Place the onesie layer on top of the others.
You'd be surprised once you add ribbon and some decorative grass to the basic layers how beautiful and simple the diaper cake looks. You can leave it just like that if you choose. In the picture here, you can see I'm going to add lotion, wash, diaper cream, ibuprophen, gas drops, pacifiers, some socks, and a cute little bear topper.
It's not pictured but you'll just place the ribbon around the basic layers and then secure your extras with either scotch tape or more ribbon. I've also had friends use push pins, but I'm so afraid that one will get missed and it would be terrible if mom, friend or baby got hurt on the pins. You can place your decorative grass in between the layers for some extra flare. Good luck! If you're looking to see what a diaper cake can look like completely finished with grass and ribbon here's the link to a previous post I made for diaper cakes: http://amanda-whyisntthisworking.blogspot.com/2013/02/my-first-diaper-cake.html
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