Things to Make With Toe Warmers

For winter sport enthusiasts, no equipment is more wonderful than something to keep your feet warm in dangerously cold temperatures. The development of disposable toe and hand warmer pads has made skiing, snowmobiling, snowboarding and countless other sports accessible and safe even for children. These relatively inexpensive and versatile pads are made of air activated chemicals that immediately create heat and last for several hours. Plastic-covered and sometimes backed with adhesive, these items should not be sewn or punctured.

  1. Food and Drink

    • To keep beverages warm, a warmer pad can be activated and placed on the bottom or side of ceramic or metal cup and held in place with a band made of fabric-covered elastic such as a hair band. Used similarly, a warmer pad can be placed under a small bowl containing food previously cooked over a camp stove. In emergencies, the chemical hand and foot warmer pads can be used to warm outdoor cooking gear, to preheat a canister stove, to melt snow and more.

    Arthritis Therapy

    • For those whose hands suffer from arthritis or other painful conditions, a glove fitted with a hand warming pad may provide hours of relief, especially during repetitious activities such as typing. Some manufacturers recommend the use of gloves heated by the power of a USB port, but the same result may be achieved with the use of a disposable pad far less expensively.

    First Aid

    • Disposable heating pads can be used for medical emergencies involving hypothermia where the patient's body temperature must be raised as quickly as possible. Application of the pads, which are manufactured in a variety of sizes, to strategic areas of the body is a quick-acting remedy. Wraps for injuries requiring heat can be devised using elastic bandages to secure disposable foot and hand warmers over the injured area.

    Warming

    • Before slipping into a sleeping bag, campers know to apply a heating pad in the area of the femoral arteries. They also activate heating pads inside their socks, underwear, boots and the rest of their clothing, especially if the items are to remain outside the sleeping bag overnight.