Living in a student city, many of the houses and flat around the university are not very well insulated or heated. After making a wheat bag for my boyfriend, I decided to make several of these for my other friends who are also freezing their butts off while trying to improve their education. I made medium sized wheat bags, giving my friends the option of what material they wanted by posting a photo on my facebook, and charging them $5 for the wheat.
This was the simplest project to make and I really have to stress that ANYONE could do this. It was a little tricky getting the size right. I knew I only wanted to use about 0.5kg per bag and my first one ended up having a little bit attached to the end to make it the right size.
Because not just my friends should experience the wonderfulness of snuggling up to one of these on a cold winter’s day, I have written up some instructions as to how I did it and made a pattern for the perfect wheat bag.
Enjoy!
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Aug 3, 2011, 06.43 PMby erin
Thanks, I’m definately going to make some of these for next winter!!!
Aug 2, 2011, 10.24 AMby erin
Such a good idea! What kind of wheat did you take? And how do you warm it up?
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Aug 3, 2011, 08.27 AMby froggypondd
Organic hard wheat (which is all it says on the packet). I just asked in the shop for wheat and the lady said “for wheat bags? You want this one…”
The wonderful microwave! Two minutes and it’s perfect!