How to Make Your Own Rice-Filled Heat Pad

Rice-filled heating pads can be used to ease muscle cramps, menstrual pain and even provide comfort for a sick or injured animal. Using just a few household items, you can create an inexpensive, reusable heating pad. This homemade heating pad can be used for a few hours, but repeated reheating in one day can be a potential fire hazard. Make a few rice-filled heating pads so you can trade them out instead of reheating the same one.

Things You'll Need

• Cotton tube socks
• 3 cups long-grain rice
• Rubber bands or elastic ties
• Microwave

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Instructions

• 1

  Fill each tube sock with 3 cups of long-grain rice.

• 2

  Secure the open end of the sock with a sturdy rubber band or elastic tie.

• 3

  Microwave the sock for about a minute and a half, but no more than two minutes.