Nappy Cake Tutorial

Nappy Cake Tutorial

What you'll need......

Loads of Nappies!

Cake Board

Mini clear elastic bands (used for hair)

Plastic or V.Strong cardboard tubing

Assortment of baby clothes, fluffy blankets and accessories

Assortment of safety pins

Roll lots of Nappies - I use about 65...

Use small clear elastic bands to keep them rolled.

Assemble your bottom tier,

holding the nappies together with larger elastic bands whilst you go...

Use tube in the middle to stabilize the tiers as you build.

Take bottom tier off cake board and wrap in fluffy blanket...

Use large safety pins to fasten in place.

Place back onto board and reinsert tube...

Assemble middle tier in situ to ensure the sizing is correct.

Remove middle tier and wrap with chosen item...

Here I'm using a 'muslin' sheet. Fix with pins.

This looks too 'thin'

So add a vest - tucking in as you go to make tidy.

Make top tier with only a few nappies...

Wrap a Sleep Suit around, fixing with pins.

Add more clothes...

Tucking arms in and fixing with pins as you go.

'Encourage' top tier over tube...

this tube will offer stability whilst you move your Nappy Cake...

Sit a cuddly toy on the top - tie some ribbon around him and the tube....

Decorate the Nappy Cake with sock flowers for a girl and sock candles for a boy!

Make sure the back is as tidy as the front!

I've hidden the top of the tube here with a sock flower.

Sock Flowers...

Sock Candles...

Wrap your completed nappy cake to finish it off....

My Nappy Cake Top Tips...

DON'T use newborn sized nappies or clothes.

Mum will want to keep the cake up for a while and new babies always get loads of first size clothes. I use size 4 Nappies and 6-9 month clothes.

DON'T use cheap Nappies...

Especially if you're making them to order! I only use Pampers or Huggies - but you may have a different favorite brand.

DO add a Recipe Card showing what you used and the sizes....

I take a picture of the cake for the front of the card as a keepsake.

31/08/11 - just added this tutorial to - Clear it out Challenge - link your fav tutorial