DIY Beeswax Food Wrap Kit

$22.00
Sample Fabrics

There’s no feeling quite like the achievement of using something you’ve made yourself – so we’ve made it easy for you to make your very own beeswax wraps, using our special beeswax blend.

It’s as simple as selecting your fabric, shaving or grating your wax blend onto the fabric, and infusing the wax blend into the fabric with heat from either an oven or iron.

No special equipment, no measuring, pre-melting or blending required. 

And you know the recipe is right, because it’s the same recipe we use on our Dee’s Bees ready-made wraps.  Your DIY beeswax wraps will be every bit as flexible, sticky, durable and hygienic as ours.

Each kit contains  one 120 gram block of our special beeswax blend, wrapped in one of our ready-made wraps, and a detailed instruction sheet.

That’s enough beeswax blend in one 120 gram block to cover over half a metre of fabric, so you could make:

  • 10 wraps of 20 x 25 cm, or
  • 6 wraps of 30 x 30 cm, or
  • the exact sizes and shapes that will best suit your needs.

Our full colour printed instructions tell you all you need to know to make your wraps using your oven or an iron to infuse the blend into the fabric, plus a bunch of handy tips and care instructions.  And if there’s any question we missed, just pop on over to our facebook page or drop us an email and we’ll be happy to help.

And since they say a picture is worth a thousand words, here’s a short video of Leo making a wrap using the oven method:

 

 

A few more things you might want to know:

What’s in the blend?

Pure New Zealand beeswax, damar tree resin and Pacific coconut* oil.

 * From 6 August 2023 we've switched from jojoba oil to coconut oil.   We love that the coconut oil is grown in our neighbouring Pacific islands and we can help their economies, and the oil is refined right here in New Zealand.  Jojoba is grown in the northern hemisphere, so switching to coconut saves a whole lot of mileage and is the greener, more sustainable option. 

 

I know what’s in the kit, but what else do I need?

  • Pure cotton fabric of your choice
  • Baking paper
  • An oven or iron (your choice of method)
  • Scissors – pinking shears if you have them, but ordinary scissors work just fine as the wax blend will hold the fabric edge together.

Where do I get fabric from?

We have a selection of our most popular fabrics available right here on our site: Pure Cotton Fabrics, and because they're the same fabrics we use, you know they'll work perfectly.

Or any fabric store should have suitable fabrics - look for pure cotton in a quilting or craft weight. 

 

 Why on earth is it in a plastic bag?

Aha!  Gotcha!  It's actually a genuine cellophane bag made from vegetable cellulose - fully biodegradable and home compostable.   We're always happy to cut down on packaging though, so just let us know in the notes section at checkout if you're happy to go packaging free :)

 

Keep scrolling... our customers want to tell you how much they like our kits too!

 

 

 

We ship worldwide from our home in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

We will always do our best to dispatch your order within 2-3 working days, but please note that most of our products are made to order, which may require a few more days  lead time. 

If you need an something in a particularly tight timeline, feel free to drop us an email or give us a call on 027 244 1751 and we'll do our best to help. 

 

New Zealand

Courier delivery $7.50 flat rate on orders up to $70 value.  FREE COURIER DELIVERY in NZ on orders $70+.   

Delivery within New Zealand is generally 2-3 days urban once shipped, with rural around 5 days.

 

International Shipping

For our international customers we offer tracked airmail and courier services.

International delivery varies depending on destination and service, from 3 working days to around 3 weeks.

 

International Orders and Bee Products

We send our beeswax candles, wraps, DIY blend, and polishes  worldwide and have never had a problem with border restrictions.   Generally finished beeswax products are acceptable for import in most countries.

However, in some countries raw beeswax may not to be allowed in order to protect the health of their local bees.  We get it.  After all, Kev and  Dee are beekeepers, first and foremost.  On that basis, we opt to make our beeswax blocks and pellets available to New Zealand addresses only. 

 

Some countries may have various border or import charges - please note that you will be responsible for any such charges. 

  

What about packaging?  Do you use plastic?

We're committed to eliminating plastic wherever we can - the clear bags our kits are packaged in are NOT plastic.  They are genuine cellophane, made from vegetable cellulose and are fully biodegradable and home compostable. 

And we're very happy to announce that the black courier bags we use are also NOT plastic!  They are made from plants and are fully biodegradable, and home compostable.  And, a little oddly, they smell like fresh toast, or maybe popcorn!

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Customer Reviews

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Lynne B (Auckland, NZ)
Brilliant

Used to refresh older wraps and make a few new ones. Used the iron method and even the 9 and 6 yr olds made one. Will definitely recommend to anyone.

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Jendy

Awesome product - Fun school holiday project!

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Bert Visser (Auckland, NZ)
Bees wraps

Great product clear instructions. Very pleaseð

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Margaret Rogerson
Artful Wax

I wanted this product to try out for waxing fabric for my art collage. Worked perfectly!

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Pippa Wilson-Dore (Christchurch, NZ)
Beeswax food wrap

Very happy with product. Highly recommend using Dee’s Bees NZ.

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Olga Hemmingsen (Dunedin, NZ)

Totally awesome thank you. I used 5 blocks today with a group of kids and we got great results 👍 on our wraps.

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Leanne Adamson
Great product

Prompt delivery and great product. Thanks

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Alex

Awesome.

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Brenda Brook TENZ (Dunedin, NZ)
Beeswax Food wrap blocks

A good product. But it did take some time to get down to Dunedin.
Perhaps there needs to be clarification about this when ordering.

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Carole Green

DIY Beeswax Wrap Blend - Unpackaged Blocks