Baby Shower x 3

Our community group has 3 baby boys on the way. I had lots of fun making a different diaper cake for each of the families. They were definitely a hit at our group baby shower. We also had lots of fun watching the men drink juice from the baby bottles and having everyone guess at the baby food. Lots to celebrate and be thankful for!

For one baby, I made a traditional 3 tier diaper cake, but added the blanket and burp cloths for a sophisticated look. Little baby socks in rosettes and topped with a cute puppy holding a onesie. I really like how this one turned out. I've seen some using hooded towels and bibs too that look nice. I need to keep better track of how many diapers it takes for each of the cakes but haven't done a great job yet. I think this one was a little less than 100 size 1.

This bassinet is super cute, but a little more challenging to put together. I used 2 receiving blankets and topped with a lovey and pacifier. I would have loved to get the lovey embroidered with the little guys name, but I ran out of time. I had to make do with his initials on the doggie. This one can be done with fewer diapers, a little less than 50, but still has lots of useful items for the mommy-to-be.

I absolutely adore the bicycles and tricylces. They are so sweet put together. It takes probably around 30 diapers for the bike and 46 diapers for the trike, depending on the size. A bottle is used for the headlight and this needs 2 receiving blankets, 2 bibs and baby socks, link & washcloth. Their theme is sports safari so I added his initials to a football like license plate. Loved that I got this big Ty giraffe from Hobby Lobby with a nice coupon, making this just the perfect gift.

1st Diaper Cake

Knowing I was experiementing with making diaper cakes, my sweet friend, Laura, asked me if I would make one for a small baby shower. I obsessed over it knowing she would be ok with anything. It's far from perfect, but kinda fun to welcome a little boy into the world.

This 2-tier diaper cake is made with pampers swaddlers in newborn size. I used baby washcloths (Thanks Laura for finding blue last minute) for the lollipops and curling ribbon to add some zip.  There is 2 layers of ribbon.

There is a lot you can do with the traditional diaper cake: including how many tiers, color themes, tops, etc. Some diaper cakes have lots of accessories along the sides (not my favorite style) or surprise baby items stuffed in the middle. It can be kept simple or made extravagant; whatever fits the mom-to-be and situation best. The possibilities are endless. Thankful to Hobby Lobby for their 50% off ribbon sales and walgreens for stacking manufacture and walgreens coupons for some good deals on diapers. :)