"Ugh," you sigh. "If only I had a heating pad at this very moment. But all I have is a bag of rice and a sock, and I have to be somewhere in ten minutes." I hear you, friend. So I am going to tell you how to make an awesome heating pad in ten minutes or less.
Step 1: Go to your sock drawer and find a nice, clean, long sock.
Step 2: Get out the giant bag of rice that you bought at Costco this morning. Note: the rice does not need to be brown nor does it need to be organic...heating pad/socks don't need to be health conscious.
Step 3; Using a measuring cup or a funnel, fill up the sock with rice until it reaches the size that you would like.
Step 1: Go to your sock drawer and find a nice, clean, long sock.
Step 2: Get out the giant bag of rice that you bought at Costco this morning. Note: the rice does not need to be brown nor does it need to be organic...heating pad/socks don't need to be health conscious.
Step 3; Using a measuring cup or a funnel, fill up the sock with rice until it reaches the size that you would like.
Step 4: Sew up the hole at the top of the sock with your sewing machine or with a needle and thread. Then cut off the extra sock.
Step 5: Heat up the sock in 30 second to 1 minute increments. Voila! You just made yourself a heating pad.
I decided to make this today because we're starting to get our hospital bag ready. I wanted to have some kind of heating pad, but I've been using a hot water bottle at home. I assume that the hospital won't have boiling water available whenever I need it, so I decided to make something that I (and by I, I mean Johnny) could quickly microwave. I was going to go and buy one, but this one was essentially free.
If you want it to smell nice, I suggest adding a touch of cinnamon or rosemary to the mix...or any of your favorite herbs or spices :).
ReplyDeleteGood call...as opposed to always smelling like rice is cooking.
Delete