Spotted: DIY Food Wrap

DIY Food Wrap

Need to pack a sandwich or some snacks for your kiddo? Make a DIY food wrap, and kick plastic baggies to the curb.

If you’re a regular reader here, you know that finding food-safe fabric for snack bags is a hot topic. Most water-resistant fabric is coated in plastic. No, thank you! Connie at Bird & Seed uses an alternative method to make her DIY food wrap water-resistant: she coats it in beeswax.

I asked Connie if she thought that candelilla wax would work in place of beeswax, but she wasn’t sure. Candelilla wax is a bit softer than beeswax, so it’s hard to say if it would do the trick in this situation. Any vegan crafters out there want to give it a go? Let us know how it works out for you!

If you want to make your own DIY food wrap, here’s what you need:

  • fabric
  • pinking shears
  • parchment paper
  • iron
  • grated beeswax (or a vegan wax alternative, if you want to experiment!)

Ready to make your own? Click here for the tutorial!

Written by Becky Striepe

My name is Becky Striepe (rhymes with “sleepy”), and I am a crafts and food writer from Atlanta, Georgia with a passion for making our planet a healthier, happier, and more compassionate place to live. My mission is to make vegan food and crafts accessible to everyone!. If you like my work, you can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, and .

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  1. I cannot get the instructions for the diy food wrap when I click on the tutorial link. All I get is a site for ordering various types of bird seed. Can you give me another site link please?

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