There are a few different types of wipes that you can make. My sister-in-law buys a whole heap of Chux cleaning cloths, and cuts each cloth into smaller rectangles - about the size that would fit into a Huggies wipes plastic box. Then, she places one cloth into the plastic box, layers it with a small amount of sorbolene cream before putting another cloth on top. Repeat until the box is full. These wipes are friendly on the skin and are far cheaper and more effective than your regular commerical brand wipe. Used wipes can be washed out and used a second time.
A variation on this is to use a roll of paper towels (preferably a thick and strong brand). Cut the paper towel roll in half (leave the cardboard roll on). Then, in a plastic container (one that can be sealed and used to store the home made wipes) mix 2Tb of baby bath lotion or wash, 1Tb of baby oil and 2 cups of water in the container. Place one half of the towel roll into the container and let set for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, flip the container and allow to rest for a further 10 minutes.
You want to make sure that the ingredients have soaked through all of the paper towels. When all of the ingredients have absorbed, open the container and stand the paper towels on end with the jagged side that was cut down. Pull the brown cardboard out of the middle, so that you can pull the wipes through the center. Then you just pull the wipes as needed. They tear apart very easily and make nappy changing simple.
Repeat for the second half of the towel roll.
