How to make a diaper cake

Do you want to give the, Mother-to-be, a creative and original gift that she'll actually end up using?

1. To form the top of the diaper cake, roll up a diaper, starting at the,"open top," end. Wrap a rubber band around the rolled diaper to stop it from unrolling.

2. Add 7 more diapers to the rubber band.

3. For the middle layer, make add about 15 more diapers around it using a big rubber band.

4. For the base, make another middle layer and then add about 30 more diapers around it using a big rubber band.

5. Now that you know how big your cake will be, cut a circular base out of cardboard.

6. Place the largest layer of the cake on the cardboard base. Or, use a pizza pan from the dollar store.

7. Remove one or two diapers and replace with a gift. Inside each layer, hide a surprise .

8. Once you have the gifts inserted into each layer, assemble the remaining tiers of the cake.

9. Secure them together by carefully inserting 1 or 2 wooden dowels through the base layer and then carefully stacking the other two layers on top of it, being careful to get the dowels between the diapers and not through any of the diapers.

10. Add a ribbon around each layer to cover the rubber bands.

11. To finish off, (and help transport), you can wrap the, "cake", in cellophane or netting. Tie at the top with a bow, or add a stuffed animal to the tie for a "topper" to the cake.