Homemade Baby Wipes
How to Save Money and Clean Up Any Part of Your Baby
Consider the savings involved: commercial baby wipes cost around $3.50 per package. They contain chemicals, fragrance, alcohol or other skin drying ingredients and water. A roll of Viva or Bounty paper towels runs about $1. You cut the roll in half, so each roll makes two refills of wipes. Baby bath liquid is about $1-2, and you only use 2 tablespoons per container of wipes, so it lasts a very long time. You choose the kind of baby bath liquid you will use, so you can get organic or all natural at your own choosing.
To make homemade baby wipes, first choose a cylindrical container a little larger than a quart container. It should be wide enough to hold a roll of paper towels cut in half the short way (a little larger than a roll of toilet paper). Be sure the container has a lid. Cut an "x" slit in the top center of the lid.
Take the roll of paper towels, and using a sharp knife, cut it in half so that each half resembles a roll of toilet paper. Place the paper towel half into the container so that the cardboard tube inside is in reach from the top of the container.
In a separate container, mix together two cups of water and two tablespoons baby bath liquid. Pour the mixture on top of the paper towels in the container and wait about five minutes for it to soak into the paper towels. Then, carefully pull the cardboard core out of the middle. The innermost paper towel piece should come up the middle with the core. Pull it through the slit you cut in the lid of the container and close the container.
When you need another wipe, just pull the paper towel through the slit in the top, and because it is perforated, it will conveniently tear off at the perforation, leaving the next wipe ready to pull through when you need it.
If you need portable wipes, just pull out the number you will want to take with you and place them into a zip lock plastic bag. Cut a small hole in the bag and pull through one end of the wipes. You may choose to put the bag of wipes into a small plastic portable wipes case to keep them protected from air. This way, your homemade baby wipes can come with you and your baby.
Natural homemade baby wipes are better for your baby's skin than commercial wipes, cost considerably less, and are easy to make.
Published by Alice Langholt
Alice Langholt is a published card writer, musical playwright, Reiki Master, game developer and teacher. An all around creative person, Alice is also a mom of 4 adorable kids. View profile
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5 Comments
Post a CommentI did a cost comparison many different ways. Using Viva for example, usually there is 66 sheets in roll. If you double it, you only get 132. In a pack of 6, you get 792 wipes. The cost of a 6 pack around here without coupons is $14.00. I can go to target and buy a pack of 792 wipes for $13.50. If you add the costs of oils etc. then it really costs more. I realize you can get towels cheaper, but it would have to be less than a dolor to really see any cost effectiveness.
I found reusing diaper wipes 2 times, you would have to find a roll of paper towels for less than $.66 to cut even. Seems to be a more greener approach. thought I would let you know. The only benefit is that you know what is going into the wipes as ingredients.
We all have levels of green living that make us feel comfortable, Heather. And if you purchase Viva in a 6-pack roll, you reap the savings. I do appreciate recycling and do my part in other ways. Hopefully this article will be helpful to those who are interested. Since you're not, I wish you well with what you do.
I am wondering where you live that a roll of paper towel costs $1, even back in '06? ESPECIALLY Viva...it is $2.30 a roll, I can't even get it for a buck with a coupon! I agree that making your own baby wipes IS cheaper...but NOT this way, and this definately is NOT the greener approach. I think that we should all be a little more concerned about the earth and a little less concerned about saving a buck. Make your own wipes out of cut up baby blankets, they work MUCH better than a paper towel and they are MUCH better for our planet, and YES they are MUCH cheaper than disposable wipes!!
It's really easy - cut the paper towel roll so that it looks like two slightly oversized toilet paper rolls.
Then put one of the halves in the tupperware canister with the core in reach. (You look from the top at a letter "O" shape. The core is upright in the middle).
Pour your liquid ingredients over and let them soak in.
Reach in and pull out the core, and the innermost towel comes out too.
Thread that inside paper towel through the hole you made in the lid, put on the lid, and there you go.
I'd love to see a picture of how you assembled this, as I am a klutz at following directions. This sounds like a wonderful thing to do for your baby!