Home Made “Diaper Genie” Tutorial

At the beginning of my daughter’s life, in the breast-fed baby stage, we used a majority of cloth diapers and never decided to purchase a diaper genie.  As she now approaches two, well past the breast-fed stage, we’ve made the switch to disposable diapers.  But we still haven’t purchased the “genie.”  I’ve figured out how to avoid buying a genie all together.  If you’re interested, here’s my “tutorial:” it’ll save you money, give purpose to those plastic grocery bags you have hoarded in the pantry, take a nibble out of your fabric stash, and save your nose at the same time!

First you need a trash can – if you want to really be “genie”-like, use a lidded trash can.

…Or use something fun…

Then you need to make a plastic bag holder.  You’ve seen them before.  I used a scrap of quilted fabric that was in my stash and simply added some purchased bias tape for the edges and the handle.  Using the bias tape as my casing, I shimmied some skinny elastic through the top and bottom, and Voila!

If you want some more thorough direction, you can click here for a good tutorial.

Finally, stuff your plastic bag holder with all those plastic shopping bags that you have.  Hang it close to your changing table, and grab a bag when a dirty diaper comes along.  Just tie up the top, and drop it in your trash can.  Simple as cake!

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