I had a baby shower for my good friend, Amanda, who is having her second baby (due on the same day as me), but first girl. I wanted to give her something she needed so luckily I found she had a registry and what did I find on it but two packs of white onesies. Most boring baby shower gift in the history of man I know, but I knew she would do something adorable with them. I knew with such an exciting gift I needed to spice up the wrapping. She also had some receiving blankets on her list and I knew I had a couple I had spiced up with some ribbon, so what to do with 10 white onesies and two blankets but make a cupcake.
1. Fold your receiving blanket until it is the height of the onesies and roll securing with tape or a rubber band. Lucky for me, all the onesies were already rolled, so I just added some tape to secure. Line onesies around the blanket until you have a nice cupcake base. Secure with rubber bands.
2. Fold all the blanket edges in forming a square and place a whole bunch of plastic grocery bags in the center. Fold two of the corners in and then fold them over the bags so it looks like the pic below.
1. Fold your receiving blanket until it is the height of the onesies and roll securing with tape or a rubber band. Lucky for me, all the onesies were already rolled, so I just added some tape to secure. Line onesies around the blanket until you have a nice cupcake base. Secure with rubber bands.
2. Fold all the blanket edges in forming a square and place a whole bunch of plastic grocery bags in the center. Fold two of the corners in and then fold them over the bags so it looks like the pic below.
3. Then, take the two points and twist in to the center creating the puckery top. Tuck the pointy ends through the middle of the cupcake base and pulling them through the bottom, securing it on the top. This will take some practice. I had to keep altering it until it looked right.
4. Take a piece of 12x12 scrapbook paper and cut it in half. Fold the paper like a fan with about 1/2 inch slats or smaller if you are really patient. Tape the edges of the two paper halves together to form a paper cylinder. Slip the paper over the cupcake base pulling out the top so it is larger than the bottom.
5. Add embellishments like a shiny poof on top and some layered ribbons tied around the paper to secure it.
Happy Birthday baby, a cute and useful baby shower gift!
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9 Comments:
Hiya! I'm new to blogging and I'm just browsing sites and thought I'd stop by yours. This is a super super cute idea. Everything on here is cute.
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If I ever stop hating babies, I am inviting you to my shower.
This is SO cute!! My sister-in-law is having a baby, and I am definitely going to make this for her!
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I still need to send out my thank you cards because I am such a slacker - but I loved this gift! It was so cute. Everyone loved that it was a cupcake - Thank you very much!
I could possibly do such a craft as this. If someone gave me the scrapbook paper. I am banned from all crafting stores. ;-)
That is too cute!! I just might have to do that for the upcoming showing that I am hosting! Thanks for the great idea!
I love this idea! I make baby shower "cakes" a lot but this seems like a much simpler (and more unique) idea. Bravo!
Okay, how do you come up with these things? You are SO crafty!
This is so adorable!!!
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