Oh Elissa!! You are such a doll!! Yes, the lavender heat pack and bone broth!! Together that will heal whatever ails us!! This is such a wonderful craft and so (sew!) easy to make. I am really excited to try this because I have a ton of lavender growing in my garden right now - and all in bloom!! And I have to share that for my birthday, my husband gave me a new sewing machine!! I am so excited!! Can you believe that the sewing machine I had before was over 50 years old!! My dad got it for me when I was 12!! So you can imagine my delight to have a new one!! And this is the perfect project for me!! Thank you for sharing and for the inspiration!! You're the best!! Love, Mary
Hello Mary at Mary's Nest, how wonderful to get a new sewing machine for your birthday, happy belated birthday my friend. I bet the new machine is way lighter to move around. I know my original (very old and half working) machine was so heavy, it was hard to put away on the high shelf. You will be all set to make the lavender hot /cold packs as soon as the lavender is dry. I am in full production mode for bone broth, now that the weather is cooler so I am able to enjoy my heat sack and bone broth together 😀 Much love 💕
Elissa, thank you for the wonderful project suggestion! I always make Christmas gifts for my family. Each year, I make soaps and treats - cookies, honey mustard pretzles, jams, jellies and relishes - and I try to include something non-edible. Last year, I made gathering aprons from a 1944 American Farm Bureau pattern. These look like just the thing, maybe packed with a mug and some home-canned bone broth!
Hello Carol Avant they are the most wonderful gifts, homemade that is, I totally agree with you on that. Your aprons sound so wonderful and they are not something you can just buy either, I’m sure your homemade gifts are very well received. 😊💕
I have one I bought about 25 years ago at my work and I still have it. It has soothing calming scent and even though it's over 20 years old it still works great. Of course you can't put it in the freezer like the ones you are showing us how to make, but it's still an awesome product and has last me for all these years.
Jelly Nanny Ninera that is so fantastic, you’ve definitely out good value out of yours. Mine has been living in the freezer for our super hot heatwaves, it’s a lifesaver when the house doesn’t cool below 35C at night (that’s 95F inside, in the middle of the night 🥵) but I love it as much warmed up in the winter time.
Thank you so much for posting this! My grandma used to make sock buddies (tube sock with white or Basmati rice inside) and since she's passed I have taken on making them for the family. Some of my family members including me like to put the buddies on our feet and the material can get kind of stinky after a while haha! I was thinking of putting a twist on them this year. Thanks so much for sharing!
These are amazing! I’ve never made one myself… But my mother made one for me a few years before she passed away and I cherish it now. At the time, I was much younger and didn’t feel the need to use one very often...but now I am happy to have it. I love your idea of putting lavender into it as well. I may have to make some of these as gifts this Christmas. Thanks for the great instructions. As always, wonderful content! Your home looks very cozy right now. Wishing you well!
Hello Trisha Brink, the heat sack your Mother made for you is now so special, this is another reason I love homemade gifts, they are more than the gift itself. I have found these heat/ cold packs make fabulous Christmas gifts and your Christmas time is at a more favourable time of year for the heatpacks so I’m sure they will be well received. Remember to include instructions, including to use the mug of cold water when heating. I’m sure you would know to do this anyway. 😊💕
Yes dry your Lavender flowers first, make your hot/cold pack using natural fibre material and when heating in microwave, have a mug of water in there for the moisture required when microwaving. 😊
No because that depends on the size of your bag and how you want to use it. I fill mine about 3/4s full, including flowers, so it has movement and can wrap around a neck.
Great video. I was specifically looking for a DIY video that included essential oils. Yours was perfect. I would love to know why you add the cup of water as I've not seen that on other similar videos. Thanks in advance. Sasha
Hi Sasha, I use the cup of water in the microwave while warming up the heat sack, to add moisture to the contents so it doesn't dry out over time and then catch on fire. Thanks for watching
Hello HootOwl Holler, lol yes, I definitely need to keep my rice stash up now that I’ve been using some for the packs. We are preferring Arborio rice, to eat these days, so using some of the older basmati for this project made perfect sense. I hope you are going well and that your Spring weather is favourable. 😊
My DIL made me a lavender heat/cold bag a couple years ago and it’s been wonderful once some of the scent wears off. It was a little too strong at first.
Thank you for this video. Re the dried lavender, is that a hard thing to grow? My sweetie loves lavender and was just diagnosed with cancer and I'd like to make his a pillow or something with lavender in it. Thank you so much. God bless.
You can buy dried lavender online to make your pillow while your lavender grows, if you can grow it in your area. I find it very easy to grow. it requires regular pruning to keep a nice shape and to encourage plenty of flowers. Of course i depends on where you are wanting to grow lavender. It hates humidity and wont tolerate being under snow all winter ( I have neither ) Sending healing love to your Sweetie.
Thank you Elissa for this instructional. May I ask, how do you keep the rice inside the heat sack from growing molds, developing a foul odor or be infested with insects? I have been watching various videos on how to make heat packs because I wanted to make some for Christmas gifts. However I came across a video that did not recommend using anything edible like rice grains, corn or flaxseed as filling for the heat sacks because they spoil over time and produce an awful smell. I live in a tropical country where humidity is high so this is a concern for me. What is your experience in the use of rice grains for the heat sacks? What can be done to prevent the grains from developing molds? Many thanks in advance for your help.
Hi M M, I don’t live in a humid climate, but my family is in the tropics and they keep their sacks in the freezer. This prevents any eggs hatching out of the rice and moulds. When you microwave it the moisture steams out too. They are inexpensive to make, so you could test one. I have had some for years and they’re still ok and so have my tropical based family. You could also try using other fillings if you’d prefer, like cherry pips.
No it’s not machine washable and I don’t have a dryer so don’t know how this would turn out. Using in the freezer as a cold pack would still be an option and if you try it in the dryer, let me know how it goes…. Make sure it’s sown up well.
That depends on the size sack you make, I use enough to be full enough so that there is rice in it but it can still bend around the neck or leg without splitting at the seams from being over full.
Rosemary is a nice alternative and so is Rose Petal. I always use an old variety of rose that has a strong aroma. You could also make an orange one, using some chopped, dried orange peel and pure essential Orange oil, but this would be to keep you alert - good for office work or driving.
No because the cup of cold water creates humidity as you microwave and you don’t over heat the pack by microwaving for too long. Keep an eye on your pack when it’s in the microwave and test regularly, until you get to know your microwave for the size pack you’ve made and then you’ll know how long it takes each time.
Have you ever experienced one of these smelling funky after quite a bit of use? I imagine that it may be from using an unclean microwave. Please let me know your thoughts
Because if you are using rice and alternating heat or using them in the freezer it collects moisture and gets moldy. I am looking for alternatives for filling because I sell these for a side business ...with it being summer I want to make cold packs but not sure what I could use that wont get all gross
Love it. Subscribed. And please just use centimetres. It's really jarring to hear another Aussie conflicted between inches and centimetres. You have an Aussie audience.
Hi Peter and welcome to Most Cottage, it’s nice to have another Aussie here. I used both metric and imperial in my trade for years, so it’s easy to include it for the half of my audience that is still on the old scale. 🛠 😊
Hi Tanya, I would try ebay, etsy or research another online supplier (I dont live near shops so I wouldnt know the types of shops that sell that sort of thing)
Absolutely love this. I'm going to make a few for my grown kids who are new parents. Thank you. Your voice is so calming!
Oh Elissa!! You are such a doll!! Yes, the lavender heat pack and bone broth!! Together that will heal whatever ails us!! This is such a wonderful craft and so (sew!) easy to make. I am really excited to try this because I have a ton of lavender growing in my garden right now - and all in bloom!! And I have to share that for my birthday, my husband gave me a new sewing machine!! I am so excited!! Can you believe that the sewing machine I had before was over 50 years old!! My dad got it for me when I was 12!! So you can imagine my delight to have a new one!! And this is the perfect project for me!! Thank you for sharing and for the inspiration!! You're the best!! Love, Mary
Hello Mary at Mary's Nest, how wonderful to get a new sewing machine for your birthday, happy belated birthday my friend.
I bet the new machine is way lighter to move around.
I know my original (very old and half working) machine was so heavy, it was hard to put away on the high shelf.
You will be all set to make the lavender hot /cold packs as soon as the lavender is dry.
I am in full production mode for bone broth, now that the weather is cooler so I am able to enjoy my heat sack and bone broth together 😀
Much love 💕
Elissa, thank you for the wonderful project suggestion! I always make Christmas gifts for my family. Each year, I make soaps and treats - cookies, honey mustard pretzles, jams, jellies and relishes - and I try to include something non-edible. Last year, I made gathering aprons from a 1944 American Farm Bureau pattern. These look like just the thing, maybe packed with a mug and some home-canned bone broth!
Hello Carol Avant they are the most wonderful gifts, homemade that is,
I totally agree with you on that.
Your aprons sound so wonderful and they are not something you can just buy either, I’m sure your homemade gifts are very well received. 😊💕
I have one I bought about 25 years ago at my work and I still have it. It has soothing calming scent
and even though it's over 20 years old it still works great. Of course you can't put it in the freezer like
the ones you are showing us how to make, but it's still an awesome product and has last me for all these
years.
Jelly Nanny Ninera that is so fantastic, you’ve definitely out good value out of yours. Mine has been living in the freezer for our super hot heatwaves, it’s a lifesaver when the house doesn’t cool below 35C at night (that’s 95F inside, in the middle of the night 🥵) but I love it as much warmed up in the winter time.
THATS MY AUNTIE 🤪🤪🤪
Hey Josh Potts, thanks for visiting Moat Cottage Homesteading, stay warm up there, I’m sure you had ice this morning like we did in the south.
🥶
Thank you so much for posting this! My grandma used to make sock buddies (tube sock with white or Basmati rice inside) and since she's passed I have taken on making them for the family. Some of my family members including me like to put the buddies on our feet and the material can get kind of stinky after a while haha! I was thinking of putting a twist on them this year. Thanks so much for sharing!
These are amazing! I’ve never made one myself… But my mother made one for me a few years before she passed away and I cherish it now. At the time, I was much younger and didn’t feel the need to use one very often...but now I am happy to have it. I love your idea of putting lavender into it as well. I may have to make some of these as gifts this Christmas. Thanks for the great instructions. As always, wonderful content! Your home looks very cozy right now. Wishing you well!
Hello Trisha Brink, the heat sack your Mother made for you is now so special, this is another reason I love homemade gifts, they are more than the gift itself.
I have found these heat/ cold packs make fabulous Christmas gifts and your Christmas time is at a more favourable time of year for the heatpacks so I’m sure they will be well received.
Remember to include instructions, including to use the mug of cold water when heating.
I’m sure you would know to do this anyway.
😊💕
Brilliant idea. I love to learn to make something like that.
Glad you like it
Awesome! Thank you.
Hello Audrey Stewart you are so welcome 😊
I need to try making these, thanks so much for the easy to follow tutorial 😊
Hey Chicken Duck Homestead let me know how you go, I know you’ll love them. 😊
Moat Cottage Homesteading I made 3 and we love them, thank you so much 🙏
That’s fantastic Chicken Duck Homestead, I am so thrilled for you 😊
OMG so cool ❤❤❤ I have a lavender plant...do i dry it? Also it is microwave safe, the lavender?
Yes dry your Lavender flowers first, make your hot/cold pack using natural fibre material and when heating in microwave, have a mug of water in there for the moisture required when microwaving. 😊
This looks really good. Your video doesn't say the quantity of the rice. How much should I use? Thanks for responding.
No because that depends on the size of your bag and how you want to use it. I fill mine about 3/4s full, including flowers, so it has movement and can wrap around a neck.
Great video. I was specifically looking for a DIY video that included essential oils. Yours was perfect.
I would love to know why you add the cup of water as I've not seen that on other similar videos. Thanks in advance.
Sasha
Hi Sasha, I use the cup of water in the microwave while warming up the heat sack, to add moisture to the contents so it doesn't dry out over time and then catch on fire. Thanks for watching
👋 Elissa, hope you are doing well. This is a good idea for using up your resources. How very "Prepper-ish" of you. 😁
Hello HootOwl Holler, lol yes, I definitely need to keep my rice stash up now that I’ve been using some for the packs.
We are preferring Arborio rice, to eat these days, so using some of the older basmati for this project made perfect sense.
I hope you are going well and that your Spring weather is favourable. 😊
My DIL made me a lavender heat/cold bag a couple years ago and it’s been wonderful once some of the scent wears off. It was a little too strong at first.
They are a good gift, glad you are liking yours.
Thank you for this video. Re the dried lavender, is that a hard thing to grow? My sweetie loves lavender and was just diagnosed with cancer and I'd like to make his a pillow or something with lavender in it. Thank you so much. God bless.
You can buy dried lavender online to make your pillow while your lavender grows, if you can grow it in your area. I find it very easy to grow. it requires regular pruning to keep a nice shape and to encourage plenty of flowers. Of course i depends on where you are wanting to grow lavender. It hates humidity and wont tolerate being under snow all winter ( I have neither ) Sending healing love to your Sweetie.
Thank you Elissa for this instructional. May I ask, how do you keep the rice inside the heat sack from growing molds, developing a foul odor or be infested with insects?
I have been watching various videos on how to make heat packs because I wanted to make some for Christmas gifts. However I came across a video that did not recommend using anything edible like rice grains, corn or flaxseed as filling for the heat sacks because they spoil over time and produce an awful smell. I live in a tropical country where humidity is high so this is a concern for me.
What is your experience in the use of rice grains for the heat sacks? What can be done to prevent the grains from developing molds?
Many thanks in advance for your help.
Hi M M, I don’t live in a humid climate, but my family is in the tropics and they keep their sacks in the freezer.
This prevents any eggs hatching out of the rice and moulds.
When you microwave it the moisture steams out too.
They are inexpensive to make, so you could test one.
I have had some for years and they’re still ok and so have my tropical based family.
You could also try using other fillings if you’d prefer, like cherry pips.
@@MoatCottage thank you very much Elissa.
@@ryogiyu you are so welcome
Will it be okay to add dried lavender leaves to the rice bag?
Yes that is fine
If you don’t have microwave can you heated it up in dryer, also is this machine washable?
No it’s not machine washable and I don’t have a dryer so don’t know how this would turn out. Using in the freezer as a cold pack would still be an option and if you try it in the dryer, let me know how it goes…. Make sure it’s sown up well.
can you use brown rice
Hi Michelle, I wouldn’t because brown rice has a high oil content and goes rancid quite quickly
Where can you purchase the dehydrated lavender if you don't have it?
I hope you found some
How much Basmati rice did you use for this size bag?
How much rice do you use please?
That depends on the size sack you make, I use enough to be full enough so that there is rice in it but it can still bend around the neck or leg without splitting at the seams from being over full.
What other herbs can you use?
Rosemary is a nice alternative and so is Rose Petal. I always use an old variety of rose that has a strong aroma.
You could also make an orange one, using some chopped, dried orange peel and pure essential Orange oil, but this would be to keep you alert - good for office work or driving.
Hi I have question doesn't that dried herb burns in the microwave?
No because the cup of cold water creates humidity as you microwave and you don’t over heat the pack by microwaving for too long. Keep an eye on your pack when it’s in the microwave and test regularly, until you get to know your microwave for the size pack you’ve made and then you’ll know how long it takes each time.
@@MoatCottage thank you I will make it for my wife.
@@iparitoshbhatt I’m sure she will love it and remember to tell her to use the mug of cold water every time she heats it up in the microwave 😀
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G'day Erica, thanks for watching
Have you ever experienced one of these smelling funky after quite a bit of use? I imagine that it may be from using an unclean microwave. Please let me know your thoughts
Because if you are using rice and alternating heat or using them in the freezer it collects moisture and gets moldy. I am looking for alternatives for filling because I sell these for a side business ...with it being summer I want to make cold packs but not sure what I could use that wont get all gross
I seen someone (here on UA-cam but can’t remember who). uses lava sand to make these. I haven’t found it in bulk yet but I’m looking lol
Love it. Subscribed. And please just use centimetres. It's really jarring to hear another Aussie conflicted between inches and centimetres. You have an Aussie audience.
Hi Peter and welcome to Most Cottage, it’s nice to have another Aussie here. I used both metric and imperial in my trade for years, so it’s easy to include it for the half of my audience that is still on the old scale.
🛠 😊
I'm American... and was grateful for the inches... but we're weird.
Where can you purchase the dehydrated lavender if you don't have it?
Hi Tanya, I would try ebay, etsy or research another online supplier (I dont live near shops so I wouldnt know the types of shops that sell that sort of thing)