How to Make a Heat Pad

Ever strain your neck or pull a muscle and not have a heat pad handy around the house? There's an easy way to make a simple heat pad that you can use for muscle strains or sore necks, and you might already have it lying around the house, especially if you have kids! This article will teach you a quick way to make an heat pad.

Things You'll Need

• Disposable diaper
• Microwave oven
• Gauze or scarf (optional)

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Instructions

• 1

  Moisten a disposable baby diaper with water. You want it damp, but not sopping wet. Start with 1/2 cup of water and work from there, depending on what size and brand you use; you may need to add more water.

• 2

  Place the dampened diaper into the microwave and heat on a medium setting. Depending on how strong your microwave is, you may need more or less time, but 90 seconds is a good place to start. Just don't cook the diaper.

• 3

  Remove diaper from microwave, check and make sure it isn't too hot against your skin and also make sure it is warm enough.

• 4

  Wrap the diaper/heat pad around the afflicted area and keep in place with some gauze, bandage wrap, a scarf or even a towel. Just use something you have on hand as there's no need to buy anything extra.