63 Surprising & Creative ways to use baby wipes!
Did you know that baby wipes are great for cleaning and many other uses beyond wiping little bottoms? So don’t throw them out just yet. First check out these creative ways you can use baby wipes around your home.
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It might sound a little dramatic, but I LOVE baby wipes.
Baby wipes are convenient, efficient at cleaning, do not have any harsh chemicals, and are have many surprising and unexpected ways to use them.
They can be used for personal use, cleaning your home, bathrooms, & kitchen.
They can be used to clean your car, or wipe deodorant stains off of your clothes, especially the white deodorant marks that can be embarrassing, just to name a few.
So whether you are a new mom, an experienced mom, or not even a parent at all, these tips are for you!
And baby wipes are still worth the purchase.
Here are 63 creative ways you can use baby wipes around your home.
Used For Personal Care and Beauty
1. Use a beauty wipes to remove makeup before washing your face.
A great way to use wet wipes is to wipe off your make up prior to washing your face. Works wonders for eye makeup, mascara and full coverage foundation. I store a pack of baby wipes in my bathroom vanity drawer for quick access every night.
Esthetician, Emme Diane, also agrees.
2. Wipe away excess nail polish that gets on your skin.
3. Beyond using them for your baby’s bottom, adults can use them as a toilet paper substitute, especially if you have sensitive skin, to wipe their own bottoms. Also great to use for toddlers who were just recently potty trained.
Baby wipes should never be flushed down the toilet and should be thrown away after each use.
4. Remove excess tanning lotion
5. Wipe away hair dye stains
6. Calm down and tame flyaway hairs
7. Clean your body when camping
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Used For Cleaning
Stubborn stains can be a nightmare to remove, especially when they’re caught on fabric. Baby wipes are an effective way of getting rid of stains on clothes, carpets and upholstery. They work wonders on pop and juice spills, blood, and makeup stains, so always keep them handy.
8. Dust faux plants
For both outdoor and indoor, wipe down your faux plants with baby wipes.
9. Remove stains on carpet
10. Clean and remove stains on your furniture (upholstery), and leather sofa, leather jacket
11. Wipe dirt and children’s handprints off of walls
12. Clean light switches
13. Dust blinds
14. Blot and remove stains on clothes
15. Dust lamps, décor and Knick knacks
16. Clean small spills off your floors & baseboards
17. Use baby wipes with your swiffer to have your floors shinning
18. Wipe dirt and mud from kids’ shoes.
19. Shine your shoes and purse
A quick swipe at leather shoes will have them shining in no time.
20. Wipe dirty feet & little hands, so dirt doesn’t track in to the house.
21. Quick wipe down of your trash can(s)
22. Clean cobwebs
23. Grabbing small spiders and bugs.
I personally can attest to this use. I felt way more confident using a baby wipe then toilet paper when I had to kill the Scorpion that I found in my house!!
24. Clean up arts and crafts
Use baby wipes for a quick clean up of markers, crayons, play-doh, molding clay, glue, and paint off counters leaving no residue behind.
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Kitchen and Bathroom
I love having baby wipes in my kitchen and bathrooms for quick cleaning.
25. Clean stainless-steel appliances.
Your refrigerator will shine. Get all of the finger prints off easily.
26. Wipe down and clean counter tops in Bathrooms and Kitchen
My kids love to get toothpaste all over their bathroom counters. Cleaning it up with a baby wipe is easy and quick, and something my kids can do!
27. Wipe up spills on floors and counters
28. Clean wood cabinet doors.
Won’t affect cabinet stain. Perfect for little boy pee spray near the toilet that lands on the nearby cabinet.
29. Wipe toilet down after little boy’s pee
30. Degrease pans
31. Clean mirrors
Easily gets the crusted toothpaste off of the mirror without leaving streaks.
32. Clean windows
33. Hairspray overspray. Wipe down counters, cabinet doors and handles
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Multiple Uses in your Car
Baby wipes are great for cleaning the interior of your car. They can help to remove dirt and grime from seats, dashboard, and steering wheel. Additionally, they are also great for cleaning up spills and messes.
34. Clean / wipe down inside of car.
Get all of the dirt, food, and stains off of the inside of the doors, chairs, dashboard, and center console.
35. Clean exterior of car to remove bugs and bird droppings off of car and windows
36. Clean windows in car to easily remove fingerprints
37. Wipe down car seats and booster seats
38. Wipe down the shopping cart before shopping to keep germs at bay
39. Clean dirty hands while on the go
40. Clean hands after getting gas
41. Use at the gym for equipment and yoga mat or to clean the sweat off of your face
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Great for travel
42. Bring on a camping trip
One of my most used items when camping. Wipe down hands and dirty feet before getting in to the tent. Use for cleaning up after meals. Clean your face when dry camping.
43. Use in public restrooms to wipe down toilet seats and door handles
44. Use during airplane travel
45. Use at the beach!! Easily gets sand off before getting back in to the car
Unique Uses for Baby wipes
46. Sealing letters and adding stamps
47. Chilled baby wipes are refreshing on a hot day
48. Clean pet hair & wipe dog’s paws
49. Wipe down electronics: cell phone, keyboard, remote controls & tablets
50. Wipe deodorant off of clothes
51. DIY Hemorrhoid wipes
52. Clean a chalkboard
53. Clean rubber stamps
54. Make lightly scented sachets for your drawers
55. Keeping herbs fresh longer
For Babies and Children
56. Clean kids’ messy faces
Your kids are never too old to need their messy faces cleaned. Paper towels often don’t do as good as a job as baby wipes, especially with ice cream.
57. Wiping & blowing noses
58. Cleaning kids hands
59. Clean bottoms
I still have my 5 year old twins and 7 year old son use baby wipes to clean their bottoms instead of toilet paper. So much easer and cleaner for young children.
60. Clean toys, kids’ plastic toys, high chair, shopping carts
61. Getting spit-up out of clothes
62. Getting food and syrup out of baby and kids’ hair
63. Cleaning pacifiers
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Best Brand Of Baby Wipes?
Amazon wipes are great for cleaning the kitchen, bathrooms, have in the car for everyday use. Amazon wipes have the perfect amount of moisture needed to clean up messes.
My favorite face wipes are the Kirkland Fragrance Free Baby Wipes from Costco.
If you come across some baby wipes that have dried out, don’t toss them. Add a little distilled water to the package to re-moisture them for continued use again. If that doesn’t work, they can always be used as paper towels for cleaning.
Check them out and give them a try for yourself.
Baby wipes are so versatile, but they should not be flushed down toilets, but instead thrown in a trash can.
Where to store your baby wipes?
1. Bathrooms. I put mine in a cute basket on the back of the toilet in every bathroom.
2. Vanity Desk
For washing my face, taking off make up, painting my nails, using self-tanner.
3. Kitchen
Mine are in the Misc. drawer in my kitchen and in my butler’s pantry since I use most of my appliances in there.
4. Dining room
I store in the wine bar drawer in the dining room. A hutch or console table drawer would work great too. Every night I use one to quicky wipe down the table without having to go back in to the kitchen.
5. Car
I store a pack of wipes all throughout my car. In the center console, in the trunk in my Emergency Bag of my car. I also always have a pack in my Snack Bag and diaper bag that comes with me every day since I still have younger kids.
I use them also at restaurants to clean the restaurant tables for my young kids.
6. Laundry room
7. Garage
8. Drop Area
Have children clean their feet from when they come in from outside.
9. Pool / Cabana area
We do a lot of eating outside during the summer months. Before my kids jump back in the pool, I have them wipe the food off of their hands and faces. Children are quick to make messes, even outside by the pool.
10. Gym bag
Baby Wipes Aren’t Just For Babies
As you can see, baby wipes aren’t just for babies, diaper changes and baby bottoms.
They are affordable, versatile, and can be used for anything from cleaning spills to wiping your pet’s paws. Next time you’re at the store grabbing some baby wipes, why not pick up a few extra and try out some of these creative hacks? You’ll be surprised at just how useful these household staples can be.
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