Diaper cakes are a relatively easy gift that look very challenging to make. They make excellent gifts when all assembled because you can not only give a practical gift (a baby uses between 1,500 and 1,800 diapers a year!!), but it make a stunning centerpiece of the gift table and essentially add another decoration to the shower. The Basics:
Star Trek: The Next Generation
I matched a travel sized baby item next to each color ("red" baby lotion, yellow baby oil and blue baby powder"). I looked long and hard and onesies with stars, or talked about being "out of this world" with the intent of rolling them up and replacing some of the diapers with the onesies, however knowing that my soon-to-be nephew already had several Star Trek onesies, I skipped this to save money. I wanted to find a smaller ribbon that had the Star Trek symbol but when no where near me carried it I just cut some out of card stock and made my own to stick on the ribbon which I think worked just as well just took longer. For the topper if I had had more time would have been these adorable friends on the left by Hallmark available on Amazon. They come out of the enterprise so the ship would have been the topper and Captain Picard and Worf would have been holding the baby lotion and baby oil on those layers. I didn't have time for it to ship though so I had to stick with what I could pick up that day (which was a good thing because my cousin had got this for him). I headed to the mall and went into every shop that looked like they might have something trekkie. I then understood why no one had done something like this before, there is not much of anything Star Trek related on the shelves these days. Finally, at lunchbox I found the light on the right side, also available on Amazon here. In order to make it work on the cake, I hid a portable charger similar to this one in the cake in place of one of the diapers on the top row and plugged it into that. I kept the color on blue since they are expecting a boy. My brother totally loved the one we brought and my family "oohed" and "aahed" over it. I believe either one would make a stellar diaper cake to send your wishes to "live long and prosper" to the new baby! Zoo Animals Playing SportsFor the second diaper cake I made (within weeks of the Star Trek) the theme of the nursery and shower was Zoo Animals playing sports. Yes you read that correctly, and let me tell you, there is not much of a market for this theme, yet. However, with a little ingenuity we worked something out. Again, there was a lot of cute bibs and onesies that had animals or sports you could have put in to the layers, but we did not go that route in this case. I used the same sizes of cake boards as for the first diaper cake and once I had it together did a few things different.
The wide ribbon and animal ribbon came from Michaels and the wide white ribbon from Hobby Lobby. I picked up the lion, elephant and giraffe from Walmart in the craft section for $0.50 each. The balls that each have are buttons that I hot glued on to make them "sporty". I found the football at the dollar store so although it wasn't something they would use most likely, it also didn't cost a whole lot. The baseball also came from the dollar store but is a wrapped bath bomb that I drew the lines on (double gift!). We also acquired the paper shreds from the Dollar Tree which was awesome. The monkey, giraffe and elephant rattles, all came from Walmart in the baby section and tied into our theme. Overall Take AwayDiaper cakes are a lot of fun to make. Once you have an idea for the theme, go to your cheaper store options (Dollar Tree and Walmart) to get what you can there. I picked up anything that related to the theme. I had two adorable bibs that didn't make it on the cake but instead went in a gift bag with extra diapers. As long as you are on budget it is nice to have extra materials to work with! Then get what you know you want at the more expensive stores after your cheaper store options (make far enough in advance to give yourself enough time to order online too in case you find something awesome there). Most of all, enjoy creating something special and unique to give to the expecting parents for their special and unique baby they are awaiting!
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