How to Make a Diaper Cake

This doesn't really have much to do with home improvement or gardening, but I made a diaper cake for someone last night. Since I haven't posted any articles the last few days, I'm going to bombard you with lots for this project. First I cut pieces of ribbon into strips long enough to tie around the rolled diapers:

Then I rolled the diapers up:

Then I tied the ribbon around them:

Next I tied 6 of them around 1 to make a circle. This will be the center of the cake for both tiers. I made 2 of these:

Next I stacked 12 around one circle for the bottom tier:

Then I put diapers around the bottom in a swirl:

I tied it all cute with ribbon and tied a bow:

Isn't that cute? Next I used baby spoons inserted in the center of the top tier to attach them to the bottom tier:

That just makes so it doesn't move around:

Now I cut some more pieces of ribbon. These are longer because I'm going to tie them into bows on the outside of 6 of them:

I tied the bows on the smooth facing side like this:

I did 6 like that and 6 the same as the others:

Then I stacked them on every other one with bows and regular. This is kind of a balancing act to get them all to stay on while you tie the ribbon around:

After I put 2 rows of ribbon to hold that tier together, I added some baby spoons to look like candles:

It's almost cute enough just like that, but it gets ever cuter! I added some flower hair clips to the top tier:

...some baby socks to the bottom tier:

...some cute little zip lock bags filled with mini M&Ms:

...a few pacifiers and a set of baby toy keys:

...and filled the sock with Skittles and Mini M&Ms:

Doesn't this look most tasty?

Here are just a few more shots:

I'm going to finish it off with a tin foil covered tray. Baby is due next week and I hope she likes her new cake! :D It reminds me of what my parents' sign looks like right now. We planted morning glories by it and this is what happened:

If that doesn't describe this cake to a T, I don't know what does. ;)