Macho Manly Man Pocket Hand Warmers for Men
This little project combined two activities Emily has asked if we could do recently, but I had to give the “yes, we will do that later” answer. A good tip — Keep a list of requests your child makes to be done “later”. When boredom starts to creep in, break out the list! In this case, Emily had been asking if we could 1. Make hand warmers. and 2. Leave a surprise in the mailbox for our letter carrier. So today, we made hand warmers for our letter carrier!
While working on this, it occurred to me that men are particularly hard to shop for, and even more difficult to craft for. I think they would be great for all the manly man things that men do (ie. shoveling the walk, taking out the garbage, going to football games, fishing, or hiking). Place in the microwave for 30-45 seconds, remove from microwave, and warm your hands! They also double as cold packs for bumps and bruises if kept in the freezer. If you don’t have the time to sew, there are a couple of these available in
our new Etsy shop!
To make your own macho manly man pocket hand warmers for men, cut two pieces of generously sized 4 x 4 1/2 inches of denim. We recycled a pair of mens jeans for this! I used manly fish-print fabric for one side. Fold the top and bottom sides of the fabric and pin into place.
Zig-zag stitch along the fabric.
Trim excess fabric.
With right sides of denim together, stitch three sides closed. Be sure to leave an opening for turning and filling with rice!
Leave an opening, as shown.
Flip right-side out, and gently poke corners out with a chopstick or knitting needle.
Fill with rice! We couldn’t find a funnel, so Mark made another
paper cup and we cut off one of the bottom corners.
Attach instruction card….
…and give to someone special!
