Diaper Bassinet

A relative of mine was having a shower. I wanted to do a diaper cake but wasn't sure if anyone else was planning on bringing one. When I searched the pinterest archives, I unintentionally found directions to make a diaper bassinet. I figured that was safe because then it wouldn't matter if someone else brought a diaper cake. The tutorial I found requires some sewing...and I wasn't about to do that. So I took the general idea and made it into a no-sew, minimal glue gun craft.

For this craft, you'll need 50 diapers. Any size will be fine, you just want to use all of the same size. Just be aware the smaller the size, the less material you'll need. Rubber band 3 rows of 15 like so:

If you did your math right you'll have 5 diapers left. Roll 4 of them and rubber band them together. I rubber banded them individually and then one larger one. Just do whatever works.  

  

 Taking the last diaper, lay it across as a frame for what will later be the head of the bassinet. 

 Next, take thin rope or twine and tie it snugly around the 3 rows of diapers. You'll use this to tuck in the material into. If you can find a rubber band large enough to fit around all the diapers you can use that.

Next, take your solid color (or print) material that you'll use as a background and tuck it into the twine. For size 1 diapers, you'll need about 40 inches to wrap all the way around. 

Then, place the rolled diapers at one end, and take your 5-inch (roughly) strip of material to cover it. Just tuck the edges into the sides behind the skirt area. 

Next, take the trimming you bought and tuck it into the bed skirt as well. The trimming I bought was about 6 inches. It was just long enough to tuck in and still go down to the bottom. If you wanted to sew it in, you could buy the next size down. 

  

Finally, add a little extra decor to make it fun. In my case, baby's theme was planes, so I bought a little wooden plane and hot glued it to the top of the head of the bassinet.

There you have it. No needles required, and hot glue only if you want to get crazy. To transport, I used a cereal box trimmed down to support the bottom. I've seen baskets used as well. You can also try to make it look more bassinet-ish and cover the diapers with a receiving blanket or a few burp cloths. Your options are essentially limitless in these crafts--which is awesome for us only pretending to be crafty.