Homemade Baby Wipes
I recently ran out of store bought wipes and realized someone had given me a recipe for homemade wipes a couple years back, so I thought I’d give it a shot.
1 Bounty big roll – white, no dyes
2Tbsp baby bath
1Tbsp baby oil
1 1/2 cups hot waterLay paper towel on it’s side and cut in half. Take out cardboard tube and discard it. Put the rest of the ingredients in a container with a good sealing lid. Put paper towel in container of liquid and turn upside down to soak through. Pull ‘wipes’ from center of roll.
Cutting the roll in half was a bit troublesome. It made quite a mess with bits of towel everywhere. I actually ended up using my electric knife to cut it and that was a bit cleaner of a cut. And since they aren’t as thick as conventional wipes you do use a couple more each time.
I don’t know how much I would use these right now since I only change a couple dirty diapers a day, but with a newborn this could be pretty cost effective. And it works great in a pinch!
I made most of our wipes when Jessica was a baby – now we use the boughten ones because they’re so easy to keep in the car or what not, on the go for dirty fingers and the like – but when baby #2 comes I’ll be doing this again, I found they worked really well! I would decrease the soap as needed so it wasn’t so slimy but other than that the recipe is an awesome way to save money.
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Thanks for the great tip! I have a 4 yr old, 2 yr. old and a baby on the way! This would be very helpful. I have never tried to make wipes before!
~Liz
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Jodi – I’ll have to find out what kind of container you use next time I give this a try. My tupperware was just to much of a pain.
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