• Take a large bowl which has the capacity to mix in it all the required ingredients. Add 1 cup of flour and all the rest of the dry ingredients into the bowl. You can involve you kid and ask him/her to add the dry ingredients in the bowl.
• Add ½ cup of salt to the bowl and 3 tbsp of cream of tartar. There is no fixed amount of adding the cream of tartar. There are some recipes wherein you might have to add more than 3 tbsp of cream of tartar. So there is no problem in experimenting with the amount of this particular ingredient.
• Now add 1 cup of water to the large bowl. However if you want the food coloring to be distributed evenly throughout the play dough then you can also mix in the extract to the water first and then add the colored water to the play dough.
• Take your time to mix in the contents of the bowl properly. You can use a wooden spoon also to mix the contents of the bowl or can use your hands rather.
• Your colored play dough is ready. You can use play dough toys and scissors to experiment some more with your homemade play dough.

There are certain things which are supposed to be kept in mind while making colored play dough with your kid. They are as follows:

• If you make your kid add the ingredients to the mixing bowl then you are helping a lot in enhancing his/her understanding of measurements and sequencing.
• If you are having trouble in finding cream of tartar in your grocery store, have a peep in its spices section.
• You can also add a scent that corresponds to the food coloring of the play dough. This can increase the olfactory senses of your child. For example: yellow with lemon extract, green with mint extract, orange with orange extract etc.
• Try and sit with your kid to make play dough at home as many times in a week as possible. This will strengthen his hand muscles and it’s also fun and inexpensive!
• You can also make oil free play dough by mixing 1 cup of flour with half a cup of salt and half a cup of water. Mix all of them together and then add food coloring to it. Knead the dough nicely until you can make it a ball. You can store this dough in an air tight container.

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1. You just need 2 cups flour, 2 cups warm water, 1 cup salt, 2 tbsp vegetable oil and 1 tbsp cream of tartar. You can also include food coloring and scented oils.
2. After you have assembled all the ingredients, just mix them together in a pan and apply heat. Stir continuously until the mixture thickens considerably. Keep stirring until you can get a consistency which will be like kneaded dough. The dough will start leaving the sides and become a huge mass in the center. There may be some clumps but there is no need to worry.
3. Turn off the heat and allow the dough to cool down. Make sure that it does not stick to your fingers. If it is still sticky, then you need to cook a little longer. In fact, you will get to know that it is done from the look and feel of the dough. It should be akin to the play dough that you find in the market.
4. After the dough has cooled down sufficiently, you can knead it with your hands till you get a soft and silky consistency. The kneading should be done for a long time to get the soft feeling.
5. Then you can divide the dough into balls and add some color and scent to it. Punch each ball in the middle and add little food coloring to it. Add different colors to the different balls. Knead the balls again so that the food color mixes homogenously throughout the ball. In this way, you will get play dough of a variety of colors.
6. Gloves are a good way of keeping the color off your skin. But if you are not using concentrated dye, the bare hands will also suffice. There will be no damage to your hands.
7. You can store this play dough in an airtight container for using when you need it. If it gets completely dry, then just knead it a little more.

Now that your play dough is ready to be shaped into animals and birds and even aliens from the outer world, you can happily place it in the hands of your kids. In fact, this is one task which the kids will also do happily. They can also help you make the play dough. And if by chance, they chew a little bit of the dough, you don’t have to rush to your doctor. It is perfectly safe.

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Diaper cakes at times look very easy to make and at times, they can turn out to be a messy affair. You can make a diaper cake with disposable diapers or cloth diapers depending on your choice. Usually a diaper cake consists of diapers tied close to each other with two or three stacks and decorated with anything like a jingle, teddies, pacifiers, balls and dresses etc.

If you set about making a diaper cake, then you can actually consider whether you want the unborn baby to be girl or boy and design one with that specific color. Small socks and bows look very cute of the diaper cakes. Even small stuffed animals and fairies look very cute. For example, a diaper cake for a girl can be done in pink and a boy can be done in blue but it is always better to make a general looking diaper cake with toys that are used by both the girl or boy baby. Some expectant mothers even do their own baby shower cakes as they look cute and attractive and do well as a center of attraction in a party.

The ingredients you need to make a diaper cake are as follows:

• Plain or printed Diapers (Minimum 60 or more depending on how big you want the cake to be and how many stacks you plan on it).
• ¼, ½ and or one inch Wide ribbons (you can choose the colors that you like and get enough of them to tie and secure the diapers together).
• Small and large rubber bands.
• Get a bottle of shampoo or lotion that is long enough to hold your stacks.
• A cardboard cake platter.
• Decorations like, toys, jingle, bibs, bottles, some stars teddies, pacifiers, balls, little socks, dresses, baby towels etc.
• Some tapes.

Steps of making a diaper cake

• Unfold and wrap the diapers tightly with the small rubber bands.

• Fix the baby lotion bottle on the cake platter and place the wrapped diapers (vertically length wise) close to each other. You can use tapes to fix them close but make sure you use a tape that is easy to remove. Of you can use the rubber bands to secure them properly but it should not be too tight. Make two or three circle around the bottle with the diapers.

• Similarly, place the second stack on top of the first stack and make two circles around the bottle and secure it with tapes or rubber bands.

• In the same style, do the third layer and make sure, your stacks are tight enough to each other and there is no diaper bulging out of the stacks.

• Tie the ribbons in a decorative manner in exactly the middle of the stack (vertical length wise). Make sure, the rubber bands are not visible.

• Stick the toys and other decorations you have collected in a creative fashion.

Place the teddy or the star you bought on the top of the stack and exactly on the middle and you are done with your diaper cake.

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Here are some instructions that will guide to make a perfect baby shower diaper cake. Make sure to fill them with enticing items and accessories that will be really useful in for the new mother

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Things Required

• Medium size disposable diapers
• A platter to serve the diaper cake
• Ribbon
• Baby bottle
• Adhesive tape
• Assorted baby items (pacifiers, bibs, combs, teething rings, etc)

Making Process

1. First, take a long, colorful, narrow ribbon and cut it into 1 foot lengths. Now, roll up each diaper and tie it with the section of 1 foot ribbon.
2. Start forming the layers of the diaper cake. Use a baby bottle for creating the centre of the first layer. Now attach other six rolled up and tied diapers to it. Use the ribbon to tie them around the bottle. Make sure you tie them tightly.
3. Now create the second layer with 15 diapers adopting the same method as mentioned above. However, for this layer you will not use a baby bottle, instead use few of the 15 diapers to form the inner tier and then attach the rest of the diapers to it with the ribbon.
4. For third layer use 27 diapers and follow the same instructions as above.
5. Once your three-tier diaper cake is finished, place some adhesive tape on the platter where the first cake tier is positioned and attach it.
6. Place the second layer on the bottom tier and then attach with tape. Similarly assemble the third tier on the second tier and attach with tape. Make sure you end with the smallest tier.
7. Now give finishing touch to the diaper cake. Stuff it with baby keepsake items. You can tuck the items inside the ribbon that is around each tier. In case you fall short of ribbon, you can use more ribbons to ensure they are secure.

Tips

1. Always prefer using larger size diapers because they allow the mom to use the diaper cakes longer.
2. The number of diapers used in each layer may vary depending on the brand of diaper and how tight you wrap them.
3. You can also use cloth diapers for making the cake.

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1. You will need a lot of diapers and things you want to keep inside the cake. You should also arrange for a firm base on which the cake is to be built. In fact, this is the first step to start with. You have to design and decorate the base according to your liking.
2. Next, take all the diapers, one by one, and roll them up tightly to make them look like cylinders. You can choose to keep the colorful part facing the viewer or the white part. This will depend on the decoration that you have planned along with the cake. Secure each diaper with a rubber band.
3. Since there are going to be three tiers, the bottom tier should have 3 rings of diapers, the middle tier should have 2 rings and the upper tier should have only one ring.
4. Place a gift like a baby bottle or powder in the middle and put the rolled up diapers around it. Around 7 diapers should easily fit in the first ring. Again, secure with a rubber band to keep it tight and free from opening out easily.
5. Make 3 such rings, one around the other, to form a big circle over the chosen base. Make sure the base is big enough and sturdy enough to support the entire diaper cake.
6. To make the diaper cake more delectable-looking, tie a ribbon around the cake so that the rubber bands are camouflaged and the cake looks good too.
7. After the first layer is over, you can start making the second row. The second row will be done exactly as the first. The only difference is that there will be one less ring. This time the decorative ribbon on top of the rubber band of the last ring will be shaped like a bow in front of the cake. You can put in something else as a gift in the middle of the ring like a pacifier, mittens, socks, wash cloths or some baby material.
8. One of these gifts will also form the core of the third layer or tier. There will be only one ring in this tier.
9. Now you have learnt how to make a diaper cake step by step. The next and final part is decorating the diaper cake.
10. You can stick some colorful and decorative gifts like a stuffed doll on top of the cake. The several layers can carry other baby items which can also be used inside the cake like pacifiers, socks and the other things. You can also cover the entire cake with cellophane to give it a novel look.

You can now teach someone else how to make diaper cake step by step and help her gift a wonderful memento to her pregnant friend. She will doubtlessly be pleased with the huge number of gifts inside the diaper cake.

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