The bigger your family the more laundry you do and the cost for doing laundry adds up pretty quickly. I set out to lower my laundry costs the first things I tried were these homemade dryer sheets.
Easy Homemade Dryer Sheets – PS They are Reusable!
I love reusable dryer sheets and it's really easy to customize the scents. Plus being a mom of a kid that broke out in hives when we used the wrong laundry soap I love that I am in control of what goes into it.
To lower laundry costs I also started making my own laundry soap this came more out of necessity than saving money if I'm being honest.
As I mentioned, my son broke into hives when we switched laundry soaps and that was my primary reason for switching to making my own. The money it saves me is a great second reason!
To cut my laundry costs, even more, I started using these 3 tips to save on my laundry costs.
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Another reason I love these homemade dryer sheets is that I can change the scent of them just by changing the essential oil I use. I love using lavender especially for my kid's items and towels is helps them get to sleep sooner 😉
I have tried the wool dryer balls and while they are good in a pinch I don't like them as much.
Mostly because they don't give any scent to my clothes and they get tangled in the clothes and if I don't fold the clothes right away (and honestly, mom of 5, I don't) I run out of them pretty fast.
Here is what you need to make your own at home!
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Items Needed for Homemade Dryer Sheets
Lint Free Cotton Towels (Rags or T-shirts work well)
White Vinegar
Essential Oils for scent
Tight Sealing Jar
Directions for Homemade Dryer Sheets
First, cut your rags into small sizes. Cut rags into small sizes, about the size of your hand.
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Next, fold and place them in the jar you will be using to store them.
Add enough vinegar to saturate the rags. My jar and rags took about ¾ of a cup.
Add 7-10 drops of essential oil of your choice. You can use any scent you want and change it up each time but a few I recommend are lavender, lemon, and citrus fresh.
When using squeeze out excess vinegar back into the jar. Toss a rag into the dryer with your clothes. Vinegar is a natural softener and the smell dissipates while your clothes dry.
Essential oils leave a long-lasting pleasant scent to your clothing but are completely optional.
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Homemade Dryer Sheets
Save money on your laundry bill each month by making these easy homemade dryer sheets. Never spend money on them again and they are reusable.
Materials
- Lint Free Cotton Towels, Rags or T-shirts
- White Vinegar
- Essential Oils for scent
Tools
- Tight Sealing Jar
Instructions
- First, cut your rags into small sizes. Cut rags into small sizes, about the size of your hand.
- Next, fold and place them in the jar you will be using to store them.
- Add enough vinegar to saturate the rags.
- Add 7-10 drops of essential oil of your choice. You can use any scent you want and change it up each time but a few I recommend are lavender, lemon, and citrus fresh.
- When using squeeze out excess vinegar back into the jar. Toss a rag into the dryer with your clothes. Vinegar is a natural softener and the smell dissipates while your clothes dry.
- Essential oils leave a long-lasting pleasant scent to your clothing but are completely optional.
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Gotta try this one I love the micro fiber towels anyway so I think those would work great!
Love,love,love this DIY. So I made it tonight. Thank you!
This was so simple and very easy to make.
I made them orange and lemon scented dryer sheets.
-Toni
Does this help with static though?
Wool dryer balls help with static and can have essential oil added to them too, plus wool ball decreases dryer time.
Yes!!
Does the clothes smell of vinegar?
Mine have if I’ve added too much vinegar it took 2 tried to get the right balance for my family.
No!
Hello, I was wondering if you have any static problems when using these homemade dryer sheets, and if so, what do you do to avoid static? I saw a post above that the person said she uses wool dryer balls, but, I read a post from a Young Living Essential Oils person who uses their wool dryer balls, that they still had to use safety pins attached to the balls to help with static. Please let us know how you handle static. Thank you so much!
I think this is based on where you live. I am in Florida where it is humid and I have had no problems. But when we lived up north in PA nothing I tried helped. I’ve never heard of the safety pin thing. I’d be worried of them coming off and hiding in the clothes.
I am currently using the wool dryer balls and adding EO to them for each load in my dryer with no issues my son keeps playing with them had 8 down to 2 now only problem.
How big are they?
Do you go through all the rags then start over or do you put them back in your jar until the liquid is all used?