Make a DIY Diaper Cake: Gift Idea

A diaper cake can be a decorative gift for expecting parents. Keep diapers clean and dry, do not use sharp or detachable decorations where a child could reach them, and give the finished item to an adult rather than treating it as a toy.

Materials

• A pack of diapers
• Cardboard for the base
• Two swaddle blankets
• Scissors, tape, thread or ribbon, and wrapping paper
• A cardboard paper-towel tube
• Baby-care items and small decorations

Cut a 37 cm circle from heavy cardboard for an example two-tier cake made from a 100-diaper pack. Roll each diaper and tie it loosely at the centre with thin ribbon or thread.

Fold a swaddle blanket into layers to form the lower-tier border. Stand the rolled diapers inside it, place an empty cardboard tube at the centre, and secure the tier with a satin ribbon.

For the second tier, make another blanket border, place packaged care items in the centre, fill the space with rolled diapers, and secure it with ribbon. Keep any small toys or cosmetics as adult-presented decorations rather than accessible baby items.

Wrap the cake in clean wrapping material and tape the outer seams, then add a bow.