Easy Homemade Swiffer Cloths

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I purchased a Swiffer a few months ago. I like to use it in our kitchen because I felt like our broom just wasn’t getting all of the food and dirt off of the floor.

I knew that I didn’t want to purchase the disposable cloths not only because they would be expensive but because I didn’t like the idea of creating more trash.

So, I measured the free disposable cloth that came with the Swiffer and used it as a template to make my own. Then I asked my 11 year old daughter to cut some fleece the same size. 8 1/2 inches x 10 1/2 inches (Having an 11 year old daughter has come in handy on more than one occasion.)

My daughter ended up making about a dozen of these fleece cloths.  They have worked wonderfully.  The great thing about fleece is that the edges don’t fray so this was a completely no-sew project.

The orange cloth was made by my mom out of some terry cloth.  She said she didn’t use a pattern, but just cut some terry cloth and then stitched elastic all around the edges.  She made me three of these and I like to get them wet and use them to mop the floor with my Swiffer.

Update: Check out my post over at The Happy Housewife where I share a tutorial for how to make the terry cloth elasticized cloths for wet mopping.

I am linking this post to Works For Me Wednesday at We Are THAT Family.

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