{"id":20948,"date":"2012-03-22T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/?p=20948"},"modified":"2014-08-01T15:37:45","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T19:37:45","slug":"homemade-heat-pad-in-minutes-with-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/homemade-heat-pad-in-minutes-with-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Heat Pad in Minutes with Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The following is a post from contributing writer <a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/wZeT5E\" target=\"_blank\">Lana<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you know anyone who gets earaches, muscle aches or cramps?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Fashion-Heat-Pads.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20957\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Fashion-Heat-Pads.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Fashion-Heat-Pads.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Fashion-Heat-Pads-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sometimes applying heat helps soothe the pain.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(<em>Especially those horrible earaches that come suddenly, on the weekends, when all the doctors in the world are not answering their phones.\u00a0 Yes, I am speaking from experience &#8211;\u00a0 I&#8217;m a Mom<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<p>My kids love using and making their own heat pads and giving them as presents!<\/p>\n<h4>Supplies Needed:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>9 x 12 inch soft felt rectangle (<em>Don&#8217;t use any fabric that has foil thread in it<\/em>.)<\/li>\n<li>Rice<\/li>\n<li><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;field-keywords=hot%20glue%20gun&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Ahot%20glue%20gun&amp;sprefix=hot%20glue%2Caps&amp;tag=thehaphou-20&amp;url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;linkId=G33R5EFXKQ5B2R4M\" target=\"_blank\">Hot Glue Gun<\/a> (<em>To be used by a responsible adult only<\/em>.)<\/li>\n<li>Cute kids<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Instructions<\/h4>\n<p>1.\u00a0 Pick out your material.\u00a0 (I found mine at Hobby Lobby on sale for 4 for $1.00.\u00a0 They have a plethora of soft felt designs.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Felt-Printed-Material.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20958\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Felt-Printed-Material.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Felt-Printed-Material.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Felt-Printed-Material-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 Have your cute kid fold the felt in half to make a crease.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Make-Crease.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20972\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Make-Crease.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Make-Crease.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Make-Crease-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0 Hot glue the short sides of the felt.\u00a0 Be careful, it is called HOT for a reason &#8211; just ask my fingers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Hot-Glued-Heat-Pad.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20970\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Hot-Glued-Heat-Pad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Hot-Glued-Heat-Pad.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Hot-Glued-Heat-Pad-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0 Hand the cooled off pouch back to the cute kid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Heatpad-Pouch.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Heatpad-Pouch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have the cute kid fill the pouch with rice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/DIY-Heatpad-with-kids.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20959\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/DIY-Heatpad-with-kids.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/DIY-Heatpad-with-kids.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/DIY-Heatpad-with-kids-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>If you want less mess, put rice in a container that pours.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Easier-way-to-pour-rice.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20960\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Easier-way-to-pour-rice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Easier-way-to-pour-rice.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Easier-way-to-pour-rice-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Use enough rice so the pad will lay flat but not bulge.<\/p>\n<p>5. Have another cute kid make sure the heat pad is flattened out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Flatten-Rice.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20963\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Flatten-Rice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Flatten-Rice.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Flatten-Rice-158x300.jpg 158w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6. Hot glue the remaining open side.\u00a0\u00a0 Use lots of glue &#8211; don&#8217;t be stingy.<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0 Shake the heating pad to make sure none of the rice falls out. If you have a hole, just glue it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Heat-Pad-for-aches.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20965\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Heat-Pad-for-aches.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Heat-Pad-for-aches.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/Heat-Pad-for-aches-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>To heat:\u00a0<\/strong> Set in microwave on high for 15 second increments. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><br \/>\nCaution:\u00a0<\/strong> It could be very hot!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other suggestions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Add essential oils i.e. Lavender or Peace and Calming to make the heating pad aromatic.<\/li>\n<li>Sew the edges after the cute kids go to bed to make it last longer.<\/li>\n<li>Would be perfect for a new puppy who is separated from his mother for the first few nights.<\/li>\n<li>Instead of heat, put in the freezer for a cooling pad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Seriously, this is a very quick and cheap craft that the kids love to do!\u00a0 I <strong>love<\/strong> finding activities that make my kids use their imagination and\/or help others, such as <a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemy5kids.com\/2011\/03\/how-to-build-bean-tepee.html\" target=\"_blank\">building a bean teepee<\/a>!\u00a0 These type of activities just make my kids smile, therefore, <strong>I smile<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>(<em>The heating pad will not cure any infection &#8211; this is just to provide temporary relief.\u00a0 Please consult a physician if you are in pain<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>You might also enjoy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/frugal-living\/12-ways-to-use-extra-pillowcases\/\" target=\"_blank\">12 Ways to Use Extra Pillowcases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/how-to-make-an-easy-superhero-cape\/\" target=\"_blank\">How to Make an Easy Superhero Cape<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/diy-projects-and-tutorials\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dozens of DIY Projects &amp; Crafts including fun kid projects<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/author\/lana\/\">More posts from Lana<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a post from contributing writer Lana. 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