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Craftykins // DIY Play Birthday Cake

By Priscila Barros, Editor-in-Chief 1 Comment

Babiekins Magazine | DIY Play Cake by Mer Mag Make a fun and colorful birthday cake with household items you’re sure to have on hand!

Babiekins Magazine | DIY Play Cake by Mer Mag

To make this DIY play cake you will need:

  • The lower portion of a cylindrical oatmeal box. We cut ours to be about 5 1/4″ high
  • small extra sheets of cardboard (or sides from cereal boxes so it’s the same fiberboard as the oatmeal box)
  • 4 wooden dowels each cut to 3″ high for the candles
  • Duct tape in various colors
  • hot glue gun and glue

To make this cake:

  1. Cut out a triangle “slice” from one side of the oatmeal box.
  2. Fill in the sides of the inside of the cake as well as the slice you just cut out. Tape together to hold.
  3. Cut out a shape for the top of the cake based on the bottom base . Tape together to hold.
  4. Decorate the cake by covering in duct tape. We chose white for the exterior and pink for the interior. Cut a couple of stripes of white for the interior to indicate cake layers. We also cut up an assortment of colorful triangles to suggest sprinkles atop the cake.
  5. Cover each wooden dowel candle in a different color of duct tape.
  6. Cut out thin strips of white duct tape and coil around each candle.
  7. To make the wick of each candle, roll together a bit of duct tape, about 1/2″ high. Glue wick to top of each candle with hot glue.
  8. Using hot glue, glue on each candle around the top of the cake, being sure to center one of them atop the cut out slice of cake. (you could also use sticky velcro of you wanted to candles to come on and off). Let dry.

Babiekins Magazine | DIY Play Cake by Mer Mag

Babiekins Magazine | DIY Play Cake by Mer Mag

 Your cake is now complete and ready to be played with! Place it on a platter and celebrate by serving it to a host of friends, both imaginary and real!

posted by Merrilee of Mer Mag

Filed Under: Fun Tagged With: #babiekinsmag, Babiekins, babiekins mag, Babiekins Magazine, cake, craft, DIY, duct tape cake, duct tape craft, magazine, mer mag, Party Posted By: Priscila Barros, Editor-in-Chief

About Priscila Barros, Editor-in-Chief

Priscila Barros founded Babiekins Magazine in 2010, and has since been featured in Vogue Brazil, Mollie Makes, Mollie Makes Mama, CIFF Kids Magazine, Kidswear Magazine, WGSN, Cosmopolitan, CNN & more. In addition to her role as Editor-in-Chief, Priscila also stays busy producing editorial shoots, styling lookbooks, creating props, and working as a brand consultant and Creative Director. You can often find her with her three curly-headed boys somewhere on her thirteen-acre property in Northwest Arkansas, where she's remodeling a 1920s farmhouse in between traveling to LA for work. You can find her on Instagram @mamaandthetribe and @folkandflora.

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Comments

  1. Lyndsay // Coco Cake Land says

    April 30, 2014 at 12:49 pm

    i LOVE it! cannot wait to try this for my little guy, he loves “baking” in his pretend kitchen! merrilee you always continue to amaze me how you make cardboard and duct tape look this stylish and cute. LOVE!

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