Know someone who is expecting a baby? Try making this easy no-cal cake. Trust me. They'll love ya for it!

How do you make a diaper cake?

I wrote a diaper cake tutorial a while back. And by a while, I mean four years ago. You can check it out here:


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Diaper cake using Pampers Swaddlers

Recently, our staff held a little Baby Shower luncheon for a staff who is expecting her first in a few weeks time. One of our talented educational assistants prepared some yummy baked goods, including a really big baby bottle made of cupcakes. It was really neat!

For my sister-in-law's baby shower, I decided to make a diaper cake. Being pressed for time and having mistakenly bought a small pack of diapers, I kept it as a two-tier with a stuffed animal on top that I had bought at Hallmark. I used my Cricut to cut out the sentiment and made a small card to attach to the black and white gift back with pink bow that I also found at Hallmark. I had a larger one kind of like it from when Madeleine was a baby which I used for the larger gifts. I wish I had taken a better picture of the diaper cake.



Mine paled in comparison to the 6-tier diaper cake that someone else had made. Something to aspire towards, right?


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I would like to share with my readers a little diaper cake tutorial I created for a guest post on Practical Mum. I kept the diaper cake plain and simple since I won't be needing one anytime soon. But I also included a picture of one I made for a friend last year which was personalized with the baby's name. Head on over to Practical Mum and if you have any questions or comments on making diaper cakes, I'd love to hear from you. Here's the link:

A Diaper Cake Tutorial - Easy as Pie!

TwitterMoms and Glue Dots have partnered up to bring you their Summer Bonding Project contest. With $2000 worth in prizes up for grabs and a chance to try out Glue Dots for the first time, how could I resist? I was among the lucky bunch to try out 6 packs of Glue Dots. Here is a look at the fantastic stash that arrived at my door last week:


My Glue Dots stash could not have arrived at a more appropriate time. I taught a grade 6 class this year whose homeroom teacher is pregnant with her first child. This class was one of my favourite classes of all time and their teacher is super sweet, so I thought we should do something during our little remaining time together to make something for their teacher. I love making diaper cakes and felt it was easy enough for my grade 6 students to put together. So during our second-last French class, we secretly went to work. Within twenty minutes, one group had rolled up and assembled the diapers into a cake and another group had embossed the lettering and used the Glue Dots to adhere the green letters onto the brown letters for a shadow effect. I had used my Cricut Plantin Schoolbook cartridge for the letters and my Big Kick and Swiss Dots folder for the embossing. The problem I often find when adhering the flowers is finding a two-way glue that works well. Glue Dots solved the problem and solved the problem well! My students figured out how to use the dispenser quite easily, too. I didn't have a thick enough ribbon to wrap each tier so I cut out strips of wrapping paper that matched the lettering and the bow, which topped off the cake quite nicely. I was so proud of my students that they managed to come together so quickly and effectively to produce une pièce de résistance such as this:


Their teacher loved it and hadn't seen anything quite like it before. She told me that it's sitting on her table as a centrepiece. All in all, it was lots of fun putting this diaper cake together with my students. A great way to end the year! Here's a little close-up:



This was my first time using the Glue Dots and I am thrilled at how well they work and how easy it is to use them. It was a little unfortunate to find that the dots are so spread out in the dispenser so it took some getting used to. I think perhaps they should put them closer together. But I do like how they offer different sizes and different types depending on your needs. I will definitely be using them again in the future.

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You can visit the Summer Bonding Contest on Twittermoms for more details on how to enter. All entries must be received July 13, 2010.

Disclaimer: I wrote this blog post while participating in the TwitterMoms and Glue Dots blogging contest to be eligible to receive a $30 gift card. For more information on how you can participate, click here.