As a child and now as an adult there is nothing more soothing than heat for an achy tummy or muscle aches. The other day Keagan was complaining of a tummy ache and then I thought to myself, I should make him a rice pack! (he has dubbed it his rice buddy LOL probably because the material I chose had Buddy from Dinosaur Train on it). So I went and picked up some fleece material but you could flannel, a sock or even an old towel. I picked fleece because its soft and I was making them for my youngins. So here is how you make them :) (please excuse the poor pictures, I was trying to work around little bodies LOL)
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| You'll need material, rice, scissors, and a sewing machine (or you could sew by hand, but thats way too much work for me LOL) |
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| I used a dish towel to cut out how big I wanted it, now you can make them any size you'd like but I like them bigger :) |
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| I folded it in half, pinned the sides, leaving a small space in one of the seams open, I got a little carried away with pinning :/ LOL |
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| make sure you're fabric is inside out! or you'll have a not so pretty pack lol, sew it up like so. |
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| pull your material through the hole so the pretty side is out |
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| Now for the messy part lol, my children kept telling me to not make a mess |
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| My funnel was too small so I had to improvise :) fill it however full you'd like it, I like mine a little less full to make it more "cuddly" |
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| Now, you can get fancy and sew up the hole by hand so your thread doesn't show, OR do like me because I don't have patience and just tuck in the material to match the rest of the pack and sew it on the outside, since its just us using them I did it this way :) |
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And there you have it!! Now I use these for my babies so I don't put it in the microwave as long as mine.
Between a minute to 2 minutes for my kids, 3 to 4 minutes for myself :) |
Now if one of my instructions aren't clear enough for you, comment and I'll try to explain better :)
Hope you have a blessed day!!!
~Brenda
2 comments:
These are adorable! We have always used a tube sock with the rice. It works pretty well, but yours definitely have more flair...lol.
A favorite of mine is to substitute corn for rice. It is less moist when warm, but holds the heat longer. My aunt makes these, and then makes a pillowcase type cover to slip off when microwaving. I have two rice socks and two corn bags right by my bed. :-)
Neat!!! I should try corn!!! Ha I have a sock on too, but I just tied the end ;p I was too lazy to sew it at the time LOL ;p Keagan likes to lay down with his and fall asleep with it like a stuffed animal :)
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