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Homemade Baby Wipes Recipe
This recipe comes from an old frugal email list. Makes two batches.
Homemade Baby Wipes
4 cups boiling water
4 TBS Johnson’s baby bath soap
4 TBS Johnson’s baby lotion
1 roll Bounty Paper Towels (cut in half)
2 airtight containers to fit paper towels
Directions:
- Mix together the liquids then pour half (approximately 2 cups) into each container. Place paper towel rolls in the liquid and seal containers. Wait 5 minutes then flip the containers over to evenly distribute the solution on the paper towels. Make sure to use containers that are airtight and can hold boiling hot water.
- Remove the cardboard tubes from the center of the rolls, then use the wipes by pulling the towel from the center.
Baby soap and lotion can be changed to whichever brand you prefer.
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Homemade baby wipes: Cut Bounty (only bounty will work) paper towel roll in half. Put in a container with a lid. Mix 2 cups water, 2 tbls. baby oil and 2 tbls. baby shampoo. Mix well and pour over paper towel roll. I sometimes add a little baby lotion.
These are much cheaper and leave baby soft.
It can be difficult to find a container that is just the right size to hold half a roll of paper towels. After searching at a couple of stores I found one that works well. It is the 11 cup Multi-use Storage Container manufactured by Lock & Lock of Scottsdale, Arizona (wwwlockandlockusa.com). This is a square container that measures about 5.5 inches across the bottom. Even thought it is not fully 6 inches across a 6 inch roll of Bounty towels will fit snuggly into it. The lid has four locking handles and a silicone seal so it is very water tight.
We have used this successfully for 3 children. Quite a money saver!
We use this recipe and love it more than store bought wipes! As for a container we do buy one box of wipes from the store and then cut the paper towel in thirds and reduce the liquid accordingly. We like this because then we can still use the easy pop top lid and the nice opening that has them feed out on the wipes box. Works great!
Thanks for the feedback everyone and the added tips, glad they’re such a success
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My son is 13 years old and I used the baby wipe recipe with him. They are great due to the lack of alcohol in the solution. The only downfall is that the wipes do need to be used fairly quickly. As I recall, they will sour if not used within 5-7 days.
I used the recipe with Viva paper towels and it works great…I clean my face with them every morning!
I found that an empty Folger’s coffee container (the large plastic kind) fits half a roll perfectly! A great time saver is to use your electric carving knive to cut the paper towel roll in half (it’s super fast and doesn’t leave the edges as jagged).
Love these wipes, don’t think I’ll ever buy from the store again!
My girlfriends and I have found this way to do it much easier and you use less product!
2 cups water
2 TBL baby soap
1 TBL fragrance free lotion
Viva paper towels (regular size without any print on it) CUT IN HALF (I use a serrated bread knife, my friend uses a hand saw)
-in a LARGE sausepan bring water to boil.
-add lotion and soap.
-whisk together(return to boil)
-turn off stove
-put paper towel half in the pan
-cover 30 seconds
-with tongs flip the paper towels
-wait another 30 seconds/until all water is absorbed
-remove center/core with the tongs
-remove paper towels/wipes and let them cool on a plate about 10 minutes.
then you can put them in a NORMAL wipes container!!
no need to figure out what to store them in!
remember that they will mold if you don’t use them in a couple of weeks!
*edit: removed email address, thanks for the recipe Jen
can you use lotion with a fragrance for this recipe??
i think the reason for no fragrance it’s because they are mostly toxic! no fragrance for babies
Jen Marten’s recipe is the one I’ve been using (from this blog) and it’s working great – it allows me to put the paper towels in a normal wipes container (which I appreciate). Thanks for sharing it!