How to Make a 3 Tier Diaper Cake​ (2024)

FAQs

How many diapers do u need for a 3 tier diaper cake? ›

For example, a three-tier cake might have a bottom layer made with 32 diapers, a middle layer made with 16 diapers and then a top layer made with eight diapers.

Shown below on the left, you can roll up individual diapers and secure each one with a rubber band, or tie them with a ribbon. Place the rolled diapers around the cake and secure each layer with one big rubber band or ribbon.

For a wraparound nappy cake, place a clean paper towel roll upright on your base and wrap the nappies around it. Keep wrapping until the first tier of your nappy cake is as wide as you want it to be. Once you're done, secure the nappies in place with an extra-large rubber band or a ribbon.

Build the Base

Cut a piece of clear stretch jewelry cord to the fit the circumference of the base layer of the diaper cake. Place items like baby lotion, baby wipes or toys in the center of the cardboard or cake plate and start inserting the rolled up diapers one by one until you've created a circular shape.

Assortment of ribbon in colors that complement the diaper pattern you selected. We used a 3-inch wide “thick” ribbon and a 1-inch wide “thin” ribbon. Cake plate, paper plate, or piece of cardboard for the base. Cake decorations or baby accessories (optional).

Place a heavy bottle of baby lotion or shampoo in the center of your cake base. You can also use an empty paper towel or wrapping paper tube. Begin making a layer of rolled up diapers all the way around the bottle. Secure all of the individual diapers together with one large rubber band all the way around the outside.

I bought one small pack each of newborn, size one, and size two. It's nice to give the mom a variety and it also looks really nice on the cake to have the tiers be different heights. My secret to the perfect shaped diaper cake is…. an oatmeal can inside!

To stack a tier cake you need a support structure to hold the weight of each cake, and you can do this with boba straws or with dowels made with wood or plastic. Push your first support into the bottom tier of cake, pushing it all the way down until you hit the board at the bottom.

How do you secure cake tiers? ›

Carefully stack tiers. For added support and to avoid shifting of tiers, sharpen one end of a bamboo dowel rod. Insert through center of all cake tiers and cake boards. Use this method to make extra-tall cakes (taller than 6 in.):

As a rough guide: the base may require 20 and 60 diapers, the second tier about 10 to 40 diapers, and the third tier 5 to 20 diapers. These numbers are just estimates, though, and it's entirely your choice how big each tier is and how many levels you would like to create. Elastic rubber bands.

A wide range of babies need size 3 diapers—in fact, they're commonly used by infants from 5 months to 24 months old. At this age, babies go through six or seven diapers each day, so you'll need about seven or eight boxes, assuming there's 136 diapers per box.

Choose size 2 diapers for your cake, since many babies never wear the newborn size, and they grow out of the size 1s astoundingly quickly. Make your cake colorful by picking washcloths and blankets in different shades and patterns. Use a special toy or stuffed animal as a cake topper.