How to Make a Diaper Cake

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Learn To Make Your Own Diaper Cake In 3 Easy Steps

If you ask any new born baby’s mother about some of her favorite baby shower gifts, chances are one of the things she will mention would be a diaper cake. Diaper cakes are an ideal baby shower gift when you are not sure what to give. One of the really neat benefits of giving diaper cakes is that you can customize the items that are hidden inside the cake. Spending the time to thoughtfully prepare a diaper cake as a gift really shows that you care and that you put a lot of thought into the gift you are giving.

If you think making a diaper cake on our own is a difficult and time consuming task then you are mistaken. In reality, making a diaper cake is very easy once you know the basics.  You can easily create an amazing gift in half an hour. Purchasing all of the items and making it yourself can also save you a lot of money.  Plus making your own special gift to give just makes you feel good!  Who would not want to receive such a meaningful and beautiful gift?

Here is how to make your own diaper cake:

1) Decide on the size of your diaper cake: The very first step in designing your diaper cake is to decide how large you want it to be.  The more tiers you want it to have, and the larger the diameter of the tiers, the more diapers you will have to purchase to build the cake.  For example, if you are making a 3-tiered cake, the very top tier would need 5-6 diapers, the second tier may require 10-15 diapers while the third tier may require 30-35 diapers in total. So deciding the actual number of tiers is important in the initial planning stage as it guides you in how many diapers you need to purchase.

2) Form the bottom tier first and then create the upper tiers: The next step is to roll all the diapers vertically to obtain the cylindrical shape and then use rubber bands to help them hold their shape. First, prepare the bottom layer by joining all the bottom tier diapers into a circular shape held together with tape or large elastic bands. Similarly, prepare the second tier and the first tier and use an adhesive such as tape to join all the tiers to one another.

3) Insert special items wherever you want: Tie special decorative items such as ribbons around the cake to give it a special look.  Gifts such as baby oil or soap, teddy bears, toys, etc. can be inserted inside of or in between diapers to make the diaper cake into a unique and great baby shower gift.

Making your own gift to give is a rewarding experience and something that the mom-to-be is sure to appreciate.  Here is another tutorial about how to make a diaper cake.

How to Make a Baby Quilt

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Making a soft, warm quilt for your new baby is something that many new mothers plan to do, but often they don’t know where to begin and consequently never get started.  Making a baby quilt can be as simple or as intricate as you’d like.  Either way, you can be proud of the fact that you made something for your precious bundle of joy.  The feeling of accomplishment in knowing that you created something special for your baby really can’t be beat.  The quilt is something that will definitely be used, and is something that you can keep for future children, or as a keepsake for your baby.

 

One of the easiest ways to learn how to make a quilt is to watch it being done.  With that said, here is our favorite video series entitled “Make a baby quilt”.

 

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How to Make Your Own Play Dough

Play dough

Play dough is a wonderful thing to have in your home which can offer hours of fun and creativity for children of all ages. There is no reason you should spend your hard earned money at the toy store when you probably have all the ingredients you need to make play dough in the comfort of your own home.

There are two ways to make play dough, one way requires some cooking while the other doesn’t require any cooking.  The choice is up to you.

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How to Make a Pretty Hair Bow

How many times have people come up to you in the street and told you how beautiful your baby boy is? Even though your baby is wrapped in pink it is frustrating and you need to make your baby girl as girlie as possible.

Hair bows are a great way to stop any doubt in anyone’s minds before they approach you and make a fuss of your new baby, but as you know babies don’t have much hair and the hair they do have is too fine to stick a clip in, so you need to come up with another way to have your baby looking gorgeous.

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Make a Baby Sling

English: Heavenly Bundle pouch sling

 

Making your own baby sling can be really easy if you have a good pattern and a little experience with sewing.  There are plenty of free patterns available ranging from very simple and easy with minimal sewing to more advanced.  You can create padded slings, simple ring slings, reversible pocket slings, and more.  We have compiled a few of our favorites.

 

The first one is a very simple pouch sling that is great for beginners and comes to us from mammasmilk.com.  Here is some information from the website:

 

If you want a quick & easy pattern with step-by-step picture instructions, you want theQuick and Easy Sling Pattern. This pattern for a fitted pouch sling is a fun project that’s perfect for beginners. Learn through full color pictures and simple instructions. Use the handy sizing calculator in the pattern to get your size. Learn the flat-felled seam step-by-step. See picture & video instructions. We take all the guesswork out of sizing and wearing, providing access to our handy sizing calculator and online instructional pictures and videos.

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