"Baking" a Diaper Cake

Just wanted to share this fun project that I worked on last week for a friend's baby shower. I was waiting for someone to have a baby so I could finally make one of these cakes, so yay! My first try didn't go so well, see below..The ribbon was too narrow so it was hard to hold the tiers together. I also had stuffed a rice cereal box in the middle, which didn't give me enough room to set anything on the edges, and wasn't tall enough to help hold the upper level of the cake in place.

I decided to start over, and this time used a bottle of sparkling cider like all of the websites had suggested. The result...much better! I also used wider ribbon this time and didn't have trouble with the diapers coming loose. Instead of using tissue paper like I had planned, I found some brown paper crinkle that sort of looked like it could be frosting...well, it was something to fill in the cracks:)Ted took part in this project too! Since he loves any excuse to use his tools or saw, I asked him to cut me out a "plate" from his plywood collection. Then, I wrapped it in tin foil to use as a base.

I found a bunch of wooden wild animals at Michaels (I'm seriously thinking of moving into the store, as much as I'm there) to go along with the narrow spotted leopard ribbon. And added some baby products in there too (powder, baby oil, binkies).