It’s time once again to put your crafting caps on to help a fellow crafter who is in need of some brainstorming power. Reader Lori asked for your help over at the Dollar Store Crafts Facebook page. What can you come up with?
DSC Readers help! I have a million little baby washcloths from my kids, who have outgrown them. I hate to throw them out. What can I do with them?? I thought of beanbags but that’s boring. I want something cute! Ideas?? Thanks!!
My quick baby washcloth craft ideas:
Washcloth Duckies at Martha Stewart: these are made from baby washcloths and stuffed with sponges to make them bath-friendly toys.
Washcloth Bibs at Gracious Rain: These are made from baby washcloths and recycled t-shirts.
Washcloth puppets at Martha: another great idea from Martha’s clever crafts team.
So readers, what can you come up with? What can you make with baby washcloths?
12 Comments
Camille Landry
This isn’t a craft idea, but I use baby washcloths as “wet wipes” in our lunch boxes. I dampen them with plain water and put them inside a plastic soap box — the kind you use while traveling. I also put small bottles of hand sanitizer in the lunch box, since the kids do not get a chance to wash their hands before eating.
Reannah
Love the ducks!! How about washcloth cupcakes? These make great gifts! :) You can even couple them with real cupcakes. Here’s the link:
http://shapedbygracelife.blogspot.com/2011/07/washcloth-cupcakes.html
:)Reannah
Becky
It’s not a very creative use, but I keep mine under my bathroom sink for wiping my face after oil cleansing. I don’t like rinsing and reusing an oil cleansing wash cloth — I’d rather toss it in the laundry basket and get a new one the next night. The little baby wash clothes are perfect for it and they’re soft enough that I don’t have to worry about using something too rough on my face.
Leeanne A
http://kreativeactivities.blogspot.com/2011/08/bubble-snakes.html
I used baby washcloths on the ends of the bottles to create our bubble snakes!
Becca
Reuseable cloth napkins for the kids, dust clothes, reuseable ‘paper’ towels…
Jennifer
I tossed my old ones into the dishcloth drawer to use for little spills and wipes – like when you need to wipe just the stove or just the table. (we stopped buying paper towels a couple of years ago)
Erika
This is not cute, but I’m practical. I put them in my drawer and use them to wipe hands and faces after meals instead of paper towels. Also you can put several in an old baby wipes tub and pour homemade antibacterial solution in it and use it like you would disinfectant wipes, wash in machine after use and refill tub as needed.
Jen
Make boo-boo bunnies. Google it for tutorials galore.
Carol
I used the nice looking ones as quilt squares for a friend’s baby gift.
Lori
All great ideas! My arsenal is getting fuller. Thanks everyone! Keep em coming!
Andi Fasimpaur
Use them as a layer in cloth menstrual pads. The thin terry cloth used to make baby wash cloths is absorbent without being super bulky. (Check out the Museum of Menstruation and Women’s Health at mum.org)
You could also use them to make a patchwork bathrobe. If you base it on a kimono pattern, there’s very little tailoring required.
Anna M.
The duckies and puppets are adorable.