Diaper cake

My friend Laura is pregnant and this weekend she is having a gender reveal baby shower. Instead of a gift off her registry I decided to make a diaper cake. Since she doesn't know if it is a boy or girl yet I went with blue and pink.

First I rolled all the diapers, I used a 50 pack of size one diapers from target. I tied them with some curling ribbon since I didn't have a ton of rubber bands just sitting around. Then I created the 3 layers. I used some random snacks to fill the center of the cake so that cake was a little bigger. Rubber bands kept them all together. I also cut out circles and covered them with tissue paper for the layers to sit on.

Then I stacked them all up and secured them with just a little bit of hot glue since it's not too sticky and can peel off when she disassembles it. I then used a wide pink ribbon and a blue giraffe print ribbon to go around each layer. (Her theme elephants and giraffes so the ribbon fit well). 

After it was all set up I added little toys, spoons, and mini bottles of baby soaps and creams. I finished it off with lots of curling ribbon and my finished cake came out so cute. I topped the diaper cake with a giraffe and elephant silhouette that I traced and cut out. I think I will be making diaper cakes as my shower gifts from now on. Oh and the best part, did this all for less than $20.

And she is having a baby boy!!