Cutting Edge Baby Shower Decorations: From Diaper Cakes to Diaper Bassinets

Diapers are no longer just an necessary element of modern parenting. Disposable diapers are now way more favorite than cloth diapers, but it isn't just because they are the most favorable way to keep small babies dry and comfortable. Today, diapers are being used as ornamental elements for baby showers and gifts to expectant parents. It all started with rather easy diaper wreaths, but today it can be as cute as diaper cakes and as involved as diaper bassinets.

Cutting Edge Baby Shower Decorations: From Diaper Cakes to Diaper Bassinets

Cutting Edge Baby Shower Decorations: From Diaper Cakes to Diaper Bassinets

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Cutting Edge Baby Shower Decorations: From Diaper Cakes to Diaper Bassinets

Cutting Edge Baby Shower Decorations: From Diaper Cakes to Diaper Bassinets

Yes, we are talking about multi-tiered cakes that look real and functional bassinets all designed from nothing more than disposable diapers! This is quite innovative, but once you take a look at these products you start to wonder why the ideas weren't conception of long before.

In order to be productive in their job, disposable diapers have to be more than super absorbent. Since they are wrapped colse to a baby's body and move along with a growing child, they have to be very flexible and durable as well. This is exactly what makes them so great for designing and construction items like bassinets and cakes.

Baby Shower Diaper Cakes
These are the best kind of cakes you could ever give to an expectant mother. She won't have to worry about how many fat of sugar is eating and it won't add to the baby weight she has already packed on. This type of cake is thoroughly without guilt and comes with something every expectant parent needs a lot of: diapers!

Each tier of the cake will be formed with a series of diapers, with each tier getting smaller and smaller just as a real multi-tier cake would be designed. Baby diaper cakes are then held together with rubber bands colse to the diapers and ornamental ribbon added colse to each tier.

These cakes are typically set out at the baby shower as the centerpiece of the gift table or on the opposite end of a long table from the actual baby shower diaper cakes. The expectant parents get to keep the cake at the end of the partying, giving them a nice start on their diaper collection.

Most diaper cakes will be made of sized 1 or 2 diapers, which is what size newborn babies typically wear.

Diaper Bassinets - An explain Gift
This is a more explain baby shower gift that you can now purchase online through adopt retailers. Entire bassinets are made entirely of diapers! They shouldn't be used with a real baby, but they are incredibly cute and right on grab the attention of shower guests.

Of course, baby diaper cakes are the more functional, affordable selection here. Baby bassinets are just mentioned to give you an example of how detailed and explain baby diaper designs are becoming today.

Cutting Edge Baby Shower Decorations: From Diaper Cakes to Diaper Bassinets

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Homemade Baby Shower Decorations

Homemade Baby Shower Decorations

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Homemade Baby Shower Decorations

Homemade Baby Shower Decorations

Diaper Cakes

For the table where you will have the food and beverages set up, you want to generate something festive. Although there are many great ideas, one of the most favorite is the diaper cake. You can learn to make your own diaper cake centerpiece or purchase one online.

Since this "cake" is constructed of baby diapers, these would be presented to the expectant mom after the baby shower. This centerpiece is honestly very beautiful, as you can see in the picture and in most cases, very affordable, especially inspecting that they are fully functional.

There are many distinct variations of diaper cakes so you can be as creative as you like. If you want to try making the centerpiece on your own, simply following these instructions:

40 small diapers

2 baby towels or small receiving blankets

1 burp rag

1 baby bottle

Rubber bands or scotch tape

3 diaper pins

1 cardboard cake plate

1 roll of colored curling ribbon

1 cake topper (toys, stuffed animals, flowers, etc)

Various baby items for ornament such as petite powder or shampoo, rattle, brush, teething ring, etc

For the bottom layer of the "cake", roll the diapers lengthwise colse to the baby bottle, lasting to roll the actual diapers colse to themselves until 20 of the diapers have been used. Then, with the rubber bands or tape, fetch them so they remain firmly in place.

For the second layer, you would use 10 or 15 of the diapers depending on how thick you want it and do the same for the top layer using the remaining diapers (usually colse to five). Next, fold one of the receiving blankets so it is the same width as the bottom layer and then wrap it colse to the diapers, outside them. Do the same thing for the middle layer with the other blanket and then for the top layer, use the burp cloth. After each has been wrapped around, fetch them with a consolidate of protection pins.

You will then take the curling ribbon, choosing colors to match the sex of the baby or theme of the party, wrapping it colse to each of the three layers. Be sure to leave about four inches on each to curl. To halt the cake, use your cake topper on the top and then place smaller baby items colse to for decoration.

Keep in mind that you can make a consolidate smaller diaper cakes using 20 diapers for the entire cake or one really, large one with 65 diapers. If you prefer to buy the diaper cake, the price will range on midpoint in the middle of and .

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