Grandma Reveals Hack To Keep Warm Air Inside This Winter And It Goes Viral

A YouTube user named Alaska Granny posted an easy hack in January 2014 to keep your house warm in the winter, and the wonderful goodness of this simple trick is still circulating today. “This is a trick that I do to insulate the window,” says Alaska Granny.

Step 1. Fill a spray bottle with water.

Step 2. Find Bubble Wrap and cut it to the size of the window you want to work with. It appears Alaska Granny is using bubble wrap with the larger-sized air bubbles, not the mini ones that sound like little firecrackers when you pop them.

Step 3. Spray the window with some water, then spray the bubble side of the wrap with the water. This step doesn’t seem too scientific; actually, none of this seems scientific, but that’s what makes it such a great hack. “Then I just snuggle it in there,” she says as she places the plastic over the window.

And it does look super-easy.

Step 4. Put the bubble side of the Bubble Wrap against the window so that the smooth side faces you.

Alaska Granny assures us, “It’s gonna stay for a long, long time,” and adds the bubble wrap is easy to remove once the weather gets warmer, and doing this trick doesn’t harm the windows. There you have it -- as if we needed another reason to love bubble wrap. It's already one of the world's greatest inventions. And it's so. much. fun. to. pop.

Shared.com recommends other tricks to keep your house warm in the winter, like running a fan to circulate air around the room or house rather than turn up the heat; using a humidifier; and letting cold water run from your faucets while keeping open the cabinet doors to those pipes. You don’t need to turn on the faucet for a flood of water; just a trickle will prevent the pipes from freezing.

One more thing—if you’ve got furniture blocking vents or radiators, it’s time to rearrange that furniture. You need to allow the warm air to flow freely around the room and not stay trapped behind desks and sofas.

Even if using Bubble Wrap on your windows is not right for you at this time, there are plenty of other hacks offered by the genius creation. For instance, you could just buy some and step all over them - that's just plain fun.

Some just have Bubble Wrap hanging around in case of life emergencies, and that's a piece of advice we should all take to heart. "I have an emergency stash of bubble wrap and that's probably all you need to know about me," wrote @lalalisapisa.

The urge to pop Bubble Wrap is nearly impossible to ignore. Over the years, this urge has not waned. Advances in technology, video games, texting -- these things pale in comparison with the satisfaction of popping those little bubbles of air.

Just listen the sound of these bubbles simultaneously popping. These kids, who were celebrating their 100 days of school, are having a blast.

Bubble Wrap may even be the ultimate life hack, as @qikipedia notes on Twitter.