Crocodile Rock Diaper Cake

by Kimberley Dickson
(New Brunswick, Canada)

Crocodile Rock Diaper Cake

For an undetermined gender, critter themed baby shower

For this Crocodile Rock Diaper Cake you will need;

2-84pk. #1 Pampers, ouchless mini hair elastics, a crocodile hand puppet, 6 pack of child sized hangers, wide ribbon, fancy yarn, fishing twine, 2 pack of soothers, 4 pack of facecloths, 2 pairs of booties, a pair of mittens, a bug garden stake, a mobile-like butterfly, a digital thermometer, a bib, sleeper, hooded towel, small pack of wipes and a platter.

Procedure;

- Rolled both packs of diapers (picture side in) and held them together with the ouchless elastics
- Glue gunned the ends of the ribbon together and stuffed the diapers, standing on end into the ribbon center until full. Diameter of your glued ribbon, depends on your desired tier size but remember this has to be big enough to sit a stuffed, 3 month sleeper on the second tier and you must leave enough diapers left to stuff your hand puppet sleeper
- Put the fancy yarn of your choice around the ribbon?s middle, could also use a narrower ribbon
- Stacked them all together on a platter
- Held them all with the bug garden stake through all three tiers
- Used the hangers to make a support for the alligator with some of the hangers going lengthwise across the top to stick the alligator hand puppet on and some going through the body to support the frame, using the bottom of those hangers (in the area of the sleeper?s bottom) to stick it between diapers of the second tier, tying him to the cake and posing him with fishing line
- Then decorated the alligator with; soother in his hand, pair of mittens on his other hand, a bib around his neck, a facecloth rolled up in his arm and a pair of booties on his feet
- Used two of the facecloths to wrap the wipes with yarn (or ribbon) and rolled up the hooded towel, tying it to the top of the wipes and then to the top tier of the cake with the fishing line then stuck the booties through the line on the top which tightens and secures it more
- Tucked a digital thermometer between the diapers and tied on the remaining soother with fishing line, hung a mobile butterfly and the last facecloth over some of the fishing line.

This was a very fun project to do and so much more personal than just handing someone a few bags of diapers. You?re only limited by your imagination when doing these. Everything is usable.

This cost about $80 dollars to make and the mother-to-be absolutely loved it. It was the hit of the shower.