Baby Shower DIY

A couple months ago I helped throw a baby shower for a great friend of ours and her husband had a Huggies & Chuggies party! That same month another wonderful friend of ours was having a baby shower/diaper party....so I tried to think of a fun unique present & decorations for these 2 couples that were getting ready to have their first child! (they were both having girls also, so this was a plus!) I think that 2018 big year for babies! We know 5 couples this year that have had babies...most of them girls!

Here is what I came up with for the Huggies & Chuggies

Party

Yes, these are sperm cupcakes! I also made a sign that said Thanks for Coming!  Because they were having a baby girl....it was pink strawberry cupcakes with pink buttercream frosting! I ran out of piping bags (happens every time I really need them) so I used a zip lock bag and just cut the end off! Just make sure if you must use a zip lock bag that you seal the top after getting the excess air out of the bag.... otherwise...it becomes a HUGE mess! I am sorry I do not have a picture of the final product.

 I also thought it was not fair that the ladies were the only ones having beautiful diaper cakes...after all this was a daddy diaper party! So, I also made a diaper cake for the guys! They were having their party at our local golf course so that is where the tee's and golf balls came from...it was also hard to keep all the diapers together and not make it look too girlish, so I found these extra-large rubber bands and used that to keep both tiers together! For the topper I just went to Wal-Mart and bought mini tongs and some safety glasses! The topper will also go with the Daddy Tool Box!

Now for the ladies..... Diaper cakes!

These were so much fun to make! I did 3 tiers and in the middle was a wine bottle! That's just an extra perk for mom after the baby is born!
I had to use cake pans to hold the diapers as I was folding them. Once they were all in there...I just took some cute ribbon and wrapped it around. I used my hot glue gun to secure the ends only! Try not to get glue on the diapers that way mom and dad can still use them on their bundle of joy! Now is the fun decorating part!

Hobby Lobby is my go-to for any flowers because they are usually on sale and they have almost every color you could need! After cutting each individual flower away from the main bunch I just carefully inserted them in between the diaper and the wine bottle (remember you don't want to glue these because mom and dad can use the diapers) Last but not least...the topper! For this I just took one of the leftover flowers and hot glue the rubber duck to the top! You're finished!

If you make one of these fun cakes just remember to let the mom & dad to be know about the wine bottle. I did not have anything on the bottom of the cake so if you did not pick up the cake carefully then...the wine bottle would come out! I am sure that if you used a cardboard cake platter then it would have been okay...I was just didn't want to glue it on and was careful!