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Hows to Making the Perfect Baby Gift

Going to a baby shower or first birthday and not sure what baby gift to getmay I suggest a Diaper Cake. Not only is it a great gift, but beautiful and economically helpful. Baby diapers are one of the biggest material costs that a parent will spend on their baby for the first three years. A mom can easily go through 4,000 diapers annually. That is why giving a diaper cake as a present to a new mom is such a wonderful and useful gift.

Not only is it fun to give the gift that you know will be used, but it is also fun to make. The creative possibilities are endless. You can make the diaper cake gender specific, themed, colorful, musical, playful, big or small. You can use blankets, bib's, clothes, plush toys, rattles, teethers, pacifiers, ribbon, flowers or anything else. Before you begin, you should ask yourself the following questions:

Decorative Accents (ribbon, bows, flowers etc)3) Take your diapers, roll them and then secure each with a rubber band. You will then stack the rolled diaper in an upright position around the tube on the base. Continue to add more diapers until they extend out to your desired size (usually around 30 diapers are used).

4) You will then put a rubber band around the 30 diapers in the first tier to hold them in place and secure them to the cardboard tube.

5) Repeat that process for the second tier that will be stacked on top of the first tier, but use less diapers (usually around 20)

6) If decorating a third tier, repeat process and use 10 diapers that will be stacked on top of the second tier.

7) After tiers are built and rubber banded. Use the decorative ribbon to wrap around each tier, covering where the rubber band is that is holding all the diapers to the base and tube.

8) Now you can start adding decorations to the diaper cake. You can place the items anywhere that you would like. One suggestion would be to tie a ribbon around each item that you want to attach, that way you can super glue the ribbon on the item to the decorative ribbon wrapped around the diapers. This will prevent the items from falling off or ruined by the glue. You can also stuff items in the top hole of the cardboard tube attached to the base.