KT Made It: Diaper Wreath

Last weekend I was lucky to celebrate with my husband's family at my sister-in-law's baby shower as she looks forward to welcoming the long awaited arrival of a baby boy to the Baker family. I wanted to make her something special for her baby shower, and the invite to a diaper raffle afforded a great opportunity to make her something! I've seen many different diaper crafts including wreathes, bouquets, and cakes on Pinterest. I decided to make a wreath for this celebration!

There are several ways to make a diaper wreath. For this one, I chose to use a wire floral wreath. I used a package of size 2 Pampers Swaddlers, although any size will do. You also need rubber bands and ribbon. 

To make, open the diaper and insert the wreath in between the two sides of the diaper, with the open end facing outside. Secure with a rubber band as you see here. 

Add diapers around the circumference of the wreath, as many as you can fit. 

Next, tie ribbon around each rubber band.

Ta-da!

Clearly this needed a little more decoration! So I decided to make a large bow to go on the wreath. To make the bow, I started with a circle of stiff felt for the base and four different sizes and colors of ribbon 

I cut two slits in the center of the circle, and slid a long piece of ribbon through the center which would be used to attach the ribbon to the wreath. Next, I used the ribbon of the largest width and folded the ribbon lengthwise to make loops, attaching them around the circumference of the circle with my hot glue gun. 

Using the next ribbon, I created loops by folding the ribbon so that the outside ends were touching as you see below. 

Then I glued each loop around the circle...

Then I did the same thing with the next color...

And the same thing with the last color...

Finally, I used the green ribbon and made small circles and glued them close together in the center. 

Voila! And here is the finished wreath. Hope that I get to make another one of these soon!

And of course matching closet dividers like the ones that I made for my little Princess!