How to make a towel cake..

Jessica at Acting Adult mentioned that maybe I should do a how-to for the towel cake I posted a picture of earlier and since it was SO easy to make I thought it was a good idea! Plus it's a really cute gift for anyone going to a wedding shower :o)

So here is what you need to get started: 

2 bath towels

2 hand towels

2 washcloths

large safety pins

decorative straight pins

flowers and ribbons to decorate the cake (I like to get them in the wedding colors)

Then just follow these 5 easy steps:

 1. Start with the 2 large bath towels. fold them both in thirds long ways and line them up to the ends match up perfectly. Then use the safety pins to secure them together like pictured..

2. Next simply roll the towels to form the base of the cake. (try to roll it tightly) Use the straight pins to keep it together..  (I took this picture after I was done with the entire thing, but you can see the pins I put in after I rolled the towels)

3. Repeat the first two steps with both the hand towels and washcloths. The only thing that changes is that for the washcloths you fold them in half instead of in thirds. 

4. Now that all 3 layer are done, stack them on top of each other and use the straight pins to secure them in place.  (also make sure to line up the straight pins you used to keep the towels together in the back like this picture)

 

5. Now the fun part.. decorate your cake! I started with the ribbon that I wrapped around each layer and secured at the ends with straight pins and then for the flowers I just stuck them into the folded layers (on the bottom layer I used a couple of pins to hold the flowers since there wasn't a towel underneath to stick them into.)

And then you're DONE! 

See, I told you it was super easy AND super cute ;-)