How to Make Your Own Hand Warmers
These DIY hand warmers make a great gift for anyone who braces the cold weather. Perfect for outdoor football games and other cold weather sports.
Yield: 1
Cost: $3-$5
Equipment
- Sewing Machine
- Scissors
- Iron
Materials
- Scrap cotton fabric flannel fabric
- Fusable tea bags
- Flaxseed
Instructions
- Fill a tea bag with flax seeds using a small spoon or funnel and iron closed.
- Cut a piece of fabric about 3.5 inches by 8 inches.
- Fold over the fabric about 1/4 inch on the short ends and press.
- Topstitch the folded fabric on each end.
- Next, fold one edge with the right sides together about halfway.
- Then fold the other side overlapping the first edge slightly.
- Sew along each side.
- Turn the fabric right side out and press.
- Now you can slip the flaxseed bag inside.
- Heat in a microwave for 30 seconds or more depending on your fabric, microwave etc..
Notes
Feel free to use rice instead of flaxseed.
Add some dried lavender buds in with the flaxseed if you like.
Remove the flaxseed tea bag when you want to wash the hand warmers. Wash in cold water on a delicate cycle and air dry. Then press them back into shape before adding the flaxseed pouch back in.
After a while you may want to swap out the teabag for a fresh new one.
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