Baby wet wipes are becoming scarce and lots of people are looking for affordable alternatives to them. Making your own is not a new thing. Minimalists and frugal-ists have been doing it for years.
We rounded up a few variations of the DIY recipes or tutorials so that you can find a baby wet wipe tutorial that suits your needs and what you have on hand.
This tutorial is from our sister site Craftbits.com For this recipe you will need
Paper towel
1 tbs Baby Lotion
1 tbs Baby soap
1 tbs Baby Oil
1 cup Boiling Water
You can see the full tutorial here.
With all of these wet wipe recipes you are making a liquid base and pouring it over disposable paper towel, chux cloths or linen reusable cotton sheets. If you want to make these wipes using the items you have in home consider ripping up an old cotton bed sheet into squares (make sure they are big enough for your hand to wipe with). You could use them as rags and throw them away, especially if you are only using homemade wipes temporarily (till you get out of isolation or get to the shops).
Instead of paper towels, I have actually become a big fan of bamboo cloths
. They still come on a roll but you can rinse and re-use them. They are cheap enough so if you are cleaning up something gross you can throw those ones out.
If you do not have a baby shampoo, look in your cupboard for basic soap flakes, or a gentle shampoo to use diluted in the water. In my experience when making makeup removal wipes, I didn’t need a soap, only the coconut oil so considering omitting it totally. Try it and see what works for your babies butt.
This recipe by Vitacost for wet wipes uses coconut oil. Coconut oil
is gentle on the skin and the perfect cleanser. Here is another coconut oil version too.
The Very Well Family shows you how to make throwaway wet wipes and re-usable ones too. For re-usable wipes I suggest buying cotton cloths in
bulk. You can also buy cotton eco packs on Etsy.
Natures Nurture has a tutorial for wet wipes using natural ingredients and paper towel.
Another simple homemade wet wipes recipe is this one by Favfamilyrecipes.
Wellness Mama also has a suitable and easy to follow instructions for making your own wet wipes.
Diynatural.com has a tutorial here
This is one of my favorites and it is a zero waste wet wipes tutorial that you can make at home and save the environment at the same time.
Still looking? Check out this video showing you how to make these: