An ice pack is used for all different kinds of things. For example, if you have an injury, an ice pack works to help it. Or if you having swelling in any part of your body, an ice pack works to reduce the swelling. It also helps to reduce your temperature. Depending on the size of the ice packs, it can rage from $2 to $20. The ice pack I decided to make was out of salt and corn starch. I decided to make my ice pack like this because there was a video example and I had those ingredients in my house.
For my ice pack, I needed 3 cups of water, depending how much I wanted. 1/2 cup of salt and 3/4 cup of corn starch. I got a pot and put it on the stove, turned on the stove and waited for the pot to heat up. After that I measured how much salt i needed on a measuring cup and put it in the pot. I stirred the salt in the water until it dissolved. After the salt was completed dissolved, I measured how much corn starch I needed on the same measuring cup and poured it into the pot. I stirred the pot until it wasn't liquid anymore and it was a thick consistency. I didn't add any food coloring because I didn't have any in my house. After I was done stirring the pot, I turned off the stove and waited for it cool down. Once it cooled down, I got a zip lock and put it inside, took out the air in the zip locked, closed it and put the ice pack in the freezer so that it could become cool.
My experience making an ice pack was kind of annoying because when I was stirring all the ingredients together, there were bumps of the corn starch that weren't dissolving. So, I made a second one because I thought the problem was probably that I put too much corn starch. In the beginning everything was dissolving good, but i noticed that it was still liquid, so i added more corn starch and the same thing happened. But I think that i would try this again, just maybe a different method to see which one would be easier for me. I think it's important to make an ice pack because you never know when you could need it. Also because sometimes you might not have time or enough money to buy one and making one could be a different option. You could need an ice pack any time. Whether you are at home or at the park playing basketball. You could get injured and an ice pack could help you. It's important to have an ice pack in the freezer in every home because like I said, you could get injured and you might also need it when you're sick. An ice pack could control a high fever or a swollen ankle. It's useful because it can also be used to keep things cool. For example, when you go to the beach and you take ham to make sandwiches, and ice pack could come in handy to keep them cold. An ice pack is useful for almost anything and I think that keeping one in your freezer isn't a bad idea. Especially when you can save a little bit of money by making one yourself with ingredients that you already have at home.
For my ice pack, I needed 3 cups of water, depending how much I wanted. 1/2 cup of salt and 3/4 cup of corn starch. I got a pot and put it on the stove, turned on the stove and waited for the pot to heat up. After that I measured how much salt i needed on a measuring cup and put it in the pot. I stirred the salt in the water until it dissolved. After the salt was completed dissolved, I measured how much corn starch I needed on the same measuring cup and poured it into the pot. I stirred the pot until it wasn't liquid anymore and it was a thick consistency. I didn't add any food coloring because I didn't have any in my house. After I was done stirring the pot, I turned off the stove and waited for it cool down. Once it cooled down, I got a zip lock and put it inside, took out the air in the zip locked, closed it and put the ice pack in the freezer so that it could become cool.
My experience making an ice pack was kind of annoying because when I was stirring all the ingredients together, there were bumps of the corn starch that weren't dissolving. So, I made a second one because I thought the problem was probably that I put too much corn starch. In the beginning everything was dissolving good, but i noticed that it was still liquid, so i added more corn starch and the same thing happened. But I think that i would try this again, just maybe a different method to see which one would be easier for me. I think it's important to make an ice pack because you never know when you could need it. Also because sometimes you might not have time or enough money to buy one and making one could be a different option. You could need an ice pack any time. Whether you are at home or at the park playing basketball. You could get injured and an ice pack could help you. It's important to have an ice pack in the freezer in every home because like I said, you could get injured and you might also need it when you're sick. An ice pack could control a high fever or a swollen ankle. It's useful because it can also be used to keep things cool. For example, when you go to the beach and you take ham to make sandwiches, and ice pack could come in handy to keep them cold. An ice pack is useful for almost anything and I think that keeping one in your freezer isn't a bad idea. Especially when you can save a little bit of money by making one yourself with ingredients that you already have at home.