How to Fold
a Cloth Diaper
Prefold Folding Techniques
There are many, many ways to fold a prefold. Experiment
with a few techniques to find the one that works the best
for you.
Triangle Diaper Fold
(Requires one diaper pin.)
1. Fold a prefold down to make a square.
2. Fold the square in half to make a triangle.
3. Lay on diaper with the point of the triangle pointing
toward you and the long edge at your back.
4. Bring the point of the diaper up between the your legs.
5. Bring the other points around to the front and pin with
the diaper pin.
Standard Pinned Fold
(Requires two diaper pins.)
1. Lay prefold flat in front of you.
2. Fold in sides of the prefold on the end closest to you
(this will end up being the front of the diaper to meet
in the middle.
3. Fold up front (the part you just folded in) 1/3 of the
way.
4. Lay on diaper and bring front up between you legs.
5. Being left and right sides to front and pin each side
with a diaper pin.
Variation on Standard
Pinned Fold (Requires two diaper pins.)
1. Lay the prefold out flat in front of you and lay the
on top of it so the top edge is at the your waist (the prefold
will look too long).
2. Fold the part closest to you (the part that looks too
long) back as far as necessary to fit.
3. Fold the part of the prefold you just folded down into
thirds bringing each side into the middle.
4. Bring this thick pad between the your legs.
5. Take each corner from the back and bring to the front
and pin each side.
Bikini Twist (Requires
two diaper pins.)
1. Lay prefold out flat in front of you This works best
with a day weight diaper.
2. Turn diaper all the way over at the midpoint, making
somewhat of an "X" shape.
3. Lay the on top of the crossed over prefold.
4. Maintaining the cross over, bring front up between your
legs.
5. Bring back corners around to the front and pin on each
side.
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