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Creative uses for outgrown diapers?

I'm looking for ways to use outgrown disposable diapers. I don't have nearly enough to donate - maybe 10 altogether - but still hate to throw them out. I've thought of dust cloths (nah), hats (ha).. that's all I can come up with.

Any ideas?

Update:

I did try to use them all up before changing sizes, but stragglers keep popping up here and there. That's why there's so few. I found a stash in a suitcase, in her diaper bag and in the trunk of my car. She's about 16 pounds now and there's no way I'm squeezing that chubby butt into a size 1.

I do appreciate the freecycle/donation sentiment, but really, there aren't enough to make it worth anyone's time to pick up or have strangers come to my house.

Swiffer - that's the right track!

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    I put them on a swiper like mop and use them for mopping-- many times the tabs will work to hold it in place. Also you can use them when you clean the tub and other similar surfaces. It is like using a dozen paper towels.

  • jns
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    How about a donation to a church nursery or a shelter for women and children? Or using them to dust with?

    If you have older kids here is a fun and creative way to make snow out of the polymer that is inside disposable diapers. My son wanted to make snow the other day and I was looking for some ways to make it and came across this website. We had so much fun throwing snowballs at each other! It is a little messy cleaning up but the smiles are well worth it!

    http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistryhowtoguide/...

    :)

  • SoBox
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    If there is even a chance that you might want to have more children in the future, I say hold on to them. You can save tons of money by reusing cloth diapers for disposable children. If not, the first thing that came to mind was using them as cleaning rags. I had to smile at your suggestion to use them as hats, though.

    Really though, what may seem like a measly 10 diapers to you would help out a lot of new parents. Why not donate them? It may not sound like much, but that's a whole day's worth of diapers for free! Heck, I'd take them if someone offered them to me.

    Source(s): Mother of a six - year - old and expecting Baby #2
  • 1 decade ago

    Just post them on Craigslist(in the free section) or Freecycle. Someone is bound to snatch them up. Other than that I don't really see much opportunity to reuse them. You could keep them underneath the bathroom sink for emergencies in case you run out of pads/tampons, though. They'd work in a pinch for that.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Way too many people out there who'd be thrilled to get those for free to think about cutting them up -- post 'em on Freecycle or the free section of Craigslist, make another parent happy!

  • 1 decade ago

    well this is just an idea but maybe next time you go to a mall/shopping centre take them wit you and leave them in the changing room for another mom, though the idea for using them as emergency pads is a good one

  • 1 decade ago

    Give them away! I would carry my leftovers in my diaperbag/stroller, and I would always run into another mom (stranger) with a baby about that size. I have used them as emergency pads before. Diapers are way more expensive than paper towels, etc. so why not just pass them on to a grateful mom?

  • 1 decade ago

    I keep the extra ones from my son in my car just in case if he spills something or I clean the Windows with them. They work really great.

  • Maybe keep a few at your house incase a family memeber's baby comes

  • 1 decade ago

    Keep them around for cleaning up liquid spills like if you drop a drink or something. They're super absorbent :)

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