Easy to make Nappy Cake

I love creating great gifts so when I needed a gift for a new baby I thought this jungle themed nappy cake would make the perfect gift. These easy to make nappy cakes make great gifts for a new baby or for a baby shower.

To make this easy to make nappy cake you will need the following supplies:

Cardboard - old cardboard box

Ribbon

26 size 2 nappies - any supermarket

various sized elastic bands

4 Toilet tubes

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Getting Started

To get started draw a 10’’ circle on cardboard and cut it out. This is going to form the base of the nappy cake. If you wish you can cover this in foil or paper.

Next stick together the 4 toilet tubes using the sellotape. This is going to make the tree trunk. This part can be quite tricky so my best tip is to start by taping 2 tubes together. You can add the other tubes as you go along.

Sellotaping 2 of the tubes together. One on top of the other.

Making the tree

Take the raffia and glue the beginning of the raffia to the bottom of the toilet tube to hold it in place.

All 4 tubes sellotaped together and starting to hot glue around the bottom

Then wrap the raffia around the toilet tube holding it tight.

Adding Raffia to the hot glue at the bottom of the toilet tubes.

Keep adding glue at random points to keep it secured.

wrapping raffia around the bottom of the toilet tubes

When I had used one piece of raffia I just glued down the end and also the beginning of the next piece.

Starting to add a fresh piece of raffia by adding hot glue to the tube and continuing to wrap the raffia around.

When the whole toilet tube is covered, pop some glue around the top.

Showing the raffia wrapped part way up the tubes. This also helps join the tubes together.

Continue to wrap the raffia tightly to hold the two tubes together.

I carried on with this process until all 4 toilet tubes were covered in raffia and resembled a tree trunk.

The 4 toilet tubes completely wrapped in raffia.

Preparing the nappies

Next start to roll the nappies up and wrap the small clear elastic bands around the middle of them. I repeated this 26 times.

A rolled up nappy with a clear elastic band wrapped round the middle

Assembling the nappy cake

Next take the cardboard base and start to stand up the nappies on the base. At this point I used a large elastic band to wrap around the nappies to try and hold them in place. I placed all the nappies within the elastic band.

Multiple rolled up nappies stood up on the cardboard base

Also you need to slot in the tree trunk you have just made. Place this slightly to the side rather than in the center to allow room for the monkey to sit on the nappies to.

Multiple rolled up nappies stood up on the cardboard base with the raffia covered toilet tubes as well

Adding Burlap and ribbon

To hide the elastic band holding it all together, I cut a strip of burlap to wrap around the nappy cake. If you don't have burlap you could use ribbon or material that you have in your craft stash.

I wrapped the burlap around the centre of the nappies.

Wrapping the hessian strip around the rolled up nappies

Pull the burlap (or the materials you are using) tight around the centre of the nappy cake and secure with glue or hot glue.

Glueing the hessian around the rolled up nappies

I then took some ribbon and secured this around the middle of the nappy cake on top of the burlap. This will also hide the elastic bands. You can use any size or colour ribbon you may have.

Finishing touches

Take the flannel and fold it in half and half again.

Pinch the bottom corner and then pop this into the top of the toilet tubes. Allow the flannel to fall open as this is going to make it look like the top of your tree.