Make a Rice Bag Heating Pad
Get an old T-shirt (any kind of clothing you don’t wear anymore, but preferably stretchy and soft, but NO METALLIC - remember it‘s going into the microwave!)
Cut out rectangles twice the size of however large you want the bag to be (for instance, if you want a medium sized bag, cut out a rectangle the size of a sheet of paper 8x11 inches)
Fold it in half and sew (either by hand or sewing machine) two short sides of the rectangle together with the inside of the shirt facing outwards
Now, the bag should look like an inside-out tube. It should be a rectangle (or square) half the size of what you started out with when it’s lying flat on the table
Sew the bottom of the bag together (still inside-out)
Turn the bag inside-out so that the outside of the shirt is facing out and the inside facing inwards
Fold about an inch of the top of the bag into itself so that the frayed edges are now inside the bag
Pin that part you just folded so it wont spring back out
Put some white long grain (NOT INSTANT) rice in the bag (I suggest that it’s full but not too full so the bag can conform to your feet or hand shape)
Sew up the top. You’re all done!
DO NOT WASH IT!!
Microwave it for only a minute the first time you use it so you don’t smell a burning scent then add a minute or two depending on how hot you want it (the length of time you microwave it for depends on the amount of rice you have in it, so until you know how hot you want it and how long it takes to make it that hot, do it in one minute intervals)
It stays warm for quite a while
Don’t over-do it or you will scald (maybe even burn) yourself
