HOMEMADE BABY WIPES

HOMEMADE BABY WIPES

For the last four years, we have been making our own baby wipes and cleansing wipes.

While baby wipes aren’t thaaat expensive, cleansing wipes are!

In order to make the wipes you use ingredients that you mostly have on hand. You’ll save money and a trip to the store, and will know what’s going on your skin or on your baby’s skin.

Even if you get the sensitive skin or all-natural wipes, some of the ingredients in the wipes aren’t the best (think harsh chemicals and drying agents). I know and can pronounce the ingredients in my wipes. I can count on two hands the number of rashes we’ve had with three kids over four years – I’d like to think the wipes helped with that!

We’ve made them with different ingredients, mixtures, and brands. Throughout the tutorial, I’ll explain which ones worked for us as well as tricks we’ve learned along the way!

 HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

2 containers

1 roll of select-a-size paper towels (Bounty works best, Viva works okay)

4 cups water

1 T of coconut oil (found in a health foods or vitamin store)

FOR BABY WIPES: 1 squirt of organic baby wash or organic cleansing wash

FOR CLEANSING WIPES: 1 squirt of all natural face wash or cleansing wash

 First, you need a container, here are the ones I use:

Make sure your kitchen or other working area is clean before you start, you don’t want crumbs in your wipes! 

 CUT YOUR PAPER TOWEL ROLL IN HALF.

Use a large, sharp, non-serrated knife and cut your paper towel roll in half, brushing off the fuzz at the end

If you don’t have a sharp knife, you can you use a serrated knife or electric carving knife. You will end up with a lot more fuzz from cutting, just be sure to brush them off.

- MAKE YOUR WIPES SOLUTION.

For each container, you will need 2 cups of distilled or purified water.

When adding the water, mark the water level on the side with a permanent marker so you will not have to measure in the future!

If you are making two containers, it also helps to mix everything in a large glass measuring bowl.

-ADD A TABLESPOON OR TWO OF COCONUT OIL.

Coconut oil has a melting point of 76 degrees, meaning that it is solid and white at anything less than that (looks like shortening).

To warm it up, take the amount you’re using, put it in a saucepan with a bit of your water and heat it just warm enough to melt (76 degrees, so it won’t take long). Once melted, pour the mixture into your water and stir.

 

WHY COCONUT OIL?

It’s naturally anti-bacterial, microbial, and fungal, the perfect moisturizer your skin, plus it smells great.

This is all that we use in place of lotion and it is amazing.

-ADD IN A SQUIRT OF ORGANIC BABY WASH.

It may not seem like enough, but keep in mind you are not rinsing them like after a bath and you may have a bit of soapy residue left if you use more. Stir gently.

POUR YOUR MIXTURE EVENLY INTO THE CONTAINERS, ABOUT 2 CUPS PER CONTAINER.

-PLACE THE PAPER TOWEL ROLLS CUT/FUZZY SIDE DOWN INTO THE CONTAINER AND SOLUTION.

Your containers might be bigger than mine, but if not, don’t freak out if they look like the containers are too small. I promise you – they’re not. ;)

-SMOOSH YOUR PAPER TOWEL DOWN WITH THE LID AND SEAL IT.

See – I told you they’re not too small!

Turn your containers upside down, stack them if you like, and walk away for about 5 minutes.

-TAKE OUT THE CARDBOARD TUBE.

Come back, open up (see, they stayed smooshed!), and take out the inside paper towel roll. Don’t try to do this earlier while it’s dry, it just makes a big mess…

-Take out the start of the roll in the center, pop it up for easy grabbing, and close the lid. You’re done!

TIPS:

-When traveling, grab a few and stick them into a zippered baggie – instant travel wipes!

-Two containers will last me between one and two weeks.

-USE DISTILLED OR PURIFIED WATER TO AVOID MOLD

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