2. A great gift idea:
Wedding
Bridal shower
Housewarming
Birthday
Etc
A great way to gift towels from a registry in a
cute and exciting way!
3. 4 bath towels
4 hand towels
4 washcloths
1 spool of ribbon 2”
1 spool of ribbon 1”
12-24 fake flowers
1 wooden dowel
1 pack of safety pins
3 large rubber bands
1 pack of sewing pins
Topper for the cake
Plastic base (I used a dollar tree circular
platter… perfect!)
Note: You can create a
smaller version of the
shower cake with 2
towels. I used 2 grey
and 2 blue in each
towel. All of my
accessories were shades
of purple.
4. Prepare the bath towels by
folding them in thirds and
laying them on a flat surface.
Lay two towels next to each
other to create a long line.
Overlap one towel over the
other by 2”.
5. Lay the second two towels over the first two. If
you used different colors, make sure the same
colors are on the same layer. Overlap these
towels (same as the first layer).
6. Roll the towels tightly from short end to short
end. Secure with a rubber-band and some
safety pins.
7. Layer the hand towels just like the bath
towels. If you used two different colors of
towels, make sure the other color is on the
outside layer this time. Roll & secure just
like the bath towels.
8. Layer the washcloths the same way as the other sets
of towels, making sure the outside layer matches
the color of the outside layer of the bath towels.
Roll and secure.
9. Stack the layers,
with the biggest
(bath towels) on
the bottom and the
smallest
(washcloths) on
the top. Secure
with three or four
safety pins.
10. Insert a wooden
dowel down the
middle of the
rolled towels and
cut ½” below the
tip of the cake so
that it doesn’t
poke out. This will
support the cake.
This is also a good
time to put the
cake on the plastic
base.
11. Add the topper to the
top of the cake. Mine
was a crystal branch so
I was able to just stick
it in the cake. You
may have to use safety
pins or sewing pins. I
also added a glass ‘L’
ornament later on for
the first name of the
recipient.
12. Add ribbons around the center of each layer,
covering the rubber band. You can put the
larger ribbon the bottom and the smaller
ribbon on top of it to create a more dynamic
ribbon. Secure in the back with sewing or
safety pins.
13. Cut your fake flowers off
the stems and secure
in a cascading pattern
down the cake. Secure
using sewing pins.
Make sure you warn
the recipient about
the pins in the towels!
14. Do anything necessary to
straighten ribbon, hide
pins, and tuck in edges
to make the cake as
beautiful as possible!
