How to Make Therapeutic Neck Pillows

Therapeutic neck pillows will help ease the discomforts of a sore neck, tired shoulders and aching muscles. The warmth of a heated neck pillow may also ease a tension headache and help you relax. An uncomplicated neck pillow can be made from a few inexpensive items, and requires just a minimal amount of sewing. Neck pillows make thoughtful handmade gifts for under-the-weather friends. Children over the age of 8 can make these therapeutic neck pillows for grandparents.

Things You'll Need

• 1 new pair men’s tube socks
• Funnel
• 3 cups rice
• 5 drops lavender oil
• Needle and thread
• 4 Velcro stick-on dots
• Microwave oven

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Insert the funnel in the tube sock opening. Pour in the rice until the sock is almost full, leaving 2 inches of the sock length unfilled near the opening. Add 5 drops lavender oil.

   • 2

     Stitch the tube sock opening closed with a needle and thread.

   • 3

     Insert the rice filled sock into the other tube sock, hand-seamed sock end first. Press the Velcro stick-on dots on the inside opening of the outer tube sock.

   • 4

     Close the outer sock with the Velcro dots.

   • 5

     Heat the therapeutic neck pillow in the microwave oven for 2 minutes on "high." Wrap the pillow around your neck.