Make these Earth friendly DIY beeswax wraps and use them again and again. Easy to make and easy to use.
When we moved here, I knew I wanted to try to live more sustainably. At times it’s been a slow journey because life has made us very dependent on plastic, gasoline and more. We are not perfect in this space, but I’m a firm believer in baby steps. Last week I took another one towards doing away with one-time plastic wrap and made DIY beeswax wraps.
I’ve been wanting to make some DIY beeswax wraps forever and to celebrate Earth Day last week, I finally made a handful of these pretty patterned wraps.
Supplies you need for beeswax wraps
- Beeswax – You can buy this in pellet form like I did {HERE}. They come in white or the yellow beeswax color. Or you can buy this as a block {HERE} and grate it.
- Jojoba – You can find this {HERE}. This makes the wraps more pliable.
- Pine resin – This is food safe and this is what makes the wraps sticky. {HERE}
- A large brush to paint with
- A double boiler or a melting pot that used for crafts. This {HERE} is the one I use.
- A baking sheet
- Parchment paper
- A drying space – I made this with two nails in my wall and a piece of twine
- Clothes pins
- Fabric for the wraps
- Pinking sheers – These will be best so the fabric doesn’t fray
How to make DIY beeswax wraps
Things I learned making DIY beeswax wraps
- The pine resin is what makes the wraps sticky and allows them to stick to themselves and the bowls. You can see my wraps glisten and this is from the resin. You can make them without the resin and I’ll go into that below.
- The resin takes awhile to melt. Try to use the small pieces or even the crushed dust as opposed to the larger pieces.
- The pine resin might still clump as you add it to the wrap. To help with this, I suggest using fabric that’s more colorful verses white.
- Make sure that whatever you’re using to melt the ingredients is something that can be used just for crafts. You can put them in a mason jar and have that act as the double boiler if you don’t want to use a melter similar to mine. Although, it has come in handy making homemade soap and beeswax lotion bars.
- You can find jojoba oil at the craft store if you don’t want to order it online. Hobby Lobby generally has some in stock.
Can I make DIY beeswax wraps without pine resin?
Other ingredient substitutes and ways to make beeswax wraps
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DIY Beeswax wraps recipe
Equipment
- Melting pot or a double boiler
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup beeswax pellets or grated
- 3 Tbsp. food safe pine resin
- 1 Tbsp. jojoba oil
- Pinking sheers
- Disposable, large paint brush
- Melting pot or double boiler
- Parchment paper
- Baking sheet
- Clothes pins
- Somewhere to hang to dry. These will not drip so they don't have to be outside.
- Fabric for the wraps, cut to various sizes
Instructions
- Combine beeswax, food safe pine resin and jojoba oil and melt. Use a double boiler, a chocolate melter that you use for crafts or boil water and add a mason jar to it.
- While everything melts, cut the fabric to the desired size.
- Add parchment paper to a baking sheet and preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
- Once the wax mix has melted, place the fabric on the parchment paper and paint with the wax mix.
- Add this to the oven for 2 minutes.
- Flip the fabric over and paint the other side.
- Hang to dry overnight and then you can use immediately.
How do you store them?
You can store them rolled up in a drawer or a basket. Mine are currently in a drawer with the plastics that we still sometimes use. You can see a photo of them if you search the kitchen organization post
Love this tutorial! Can’t wait to try! Do you not need to place back in the oven after you flip it and add wax to the other side?