i used to make make shift nappies out of sanitary towels, plastic bags and old torn up sheets plus tape.
until i discovered how to make nappies that absorb as much as the real thing.
i've made some pretty absorbent nappies.
cut 2-4x lengths of cotton wool or lint padding strips.
then put a bigger piece of the liner underneath, add approx 400g of absorbent gel crystal powder to it, then add another length of cotton wool or lint padding strips over it and glue the edges so the absorbent gel crystal powder don't fall out.
and so that the absorbent gel crystal powder is sandwiched in between.
u can repeat the absorbent pads as many times as u want to make them absorb more.
glue a piece of one way gauze to the last sheet of padding.
then wrap the liner round the whole pad and glue it's edges together.
then place the giant finished pad in one of these plastic wrap around diapers:
plastic tie up diaper outer:
everything can be bought online easily.
plastic tie up diaper outer can be got from save express.
absorbent gel crystal powder and other things can still be got easily online.