Woman uses a NAPPY to make a face mask in joke video – but gets slammed by parents who say they’re in short supply

A WOMAN has been slammed by mums for making a DIY face mask out of a nappy - with parents saying they’re already in short supply. 

The French woman shared a clip of herself to , demonstrating the technique which involves putting your head through one of the leg holes. 

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With the front part around your mouth, you attach the nappy around your head using the velcro tabs, and lift the sides over the top of your ears to keep it in place. 

She captioned the video 'day five', and even shared the video to YouTube where she called it the 'coronavirus mask'.

And she added you "obviously do it with a clean nappy";.

Despite her saying the video was only for "humour", it’s since gone viral, racking up more than 500,000 shares and nine million views.

And mums haven't reacted well, claiming nappies are already in short supply and stunts like this will only make it harder to find them. 

Thousands of angry parents have commented on her video, with one saying: “Now people are going to be unnecessarily buying nappies and leaving people without who truly need them.”

Another raged: “I would do this but trying to buy nappies atm is like finding gold but I do want to do it.”

A third commented: “Annnd this is how buying nappies gets even harder. I get it’s a joke but the nutcases won’t.”

Someone else wrote: “And this is how buying nappies gets even harder. I get it's a joke but the nutcases won't.”

This mum fumed: “Now people are going to be unnecessarily buying nappies and leaving people without who truly need them.”

While another pointed out: “Except I know a few mums personally that are absolutely struggling to buy nappies and baby wipes…”

“Great, now parents won’t be able to buy nappies.”

Plus one mum shared her homeschool timetable and people are loving the 3pm ‘mum quits’ section.

And mums are sharing hilarious memes as they grapple with homeschooling their kids.

Meanwhile, this mum was in shock after buying 18 loo rolls only for her kids to put them all in the bath.