Make Your Own Cooler Ice Pack

Use these in your lunchbox or your beach cooler to keep snacks cool for up to seven hours.

Make your own cooler ice pack.

Hence you can get your own slushy ice pack that is not too hard on your skin by adding rubbing alcohol to water. With a no sweat ice pack your cooler will stay dryer and cleaner and your food less soggy. Make an ice pack cover. Having a store bought cold pack on the ready is the perfect solution for minor bumps bruises sprains and strains but why spend money on bright blue ice packs when you can make your own right at home.

10 best pain relieving products 6. Icing an injury too long. These homemade cold compresses will give your the same level of pain relief for your skin muscles and other injuries possibly without requiring a trip to the store. The packs are biodegradable and non toxic.

Find some thick comfortable material e g. The pack is 1 x 5 5 x 6 5 inches and weighs one pound. Applying ice directly to bare skin. I prefer to take it back out of the freezer after just 2 hours because then it will still be flexible and squishy much like the corn syrup.

Before applying your homemade ice pack you should cover it to avoid direct contact with your skin. Since rubbing alcohol is highly inflammable take extra care to ensure it doesn t leak out of the pack. Asa b003l08h2e asa reusable ice packs for coolers. They are custom built pvc pipes with end caps.

The polar bear tubes are aptly named because of their function and color. From an old flannel shirt and cut out a piece that is an inch 2 5 cm wider than your ice pack and twice the length of the ice pack plus an inch. The units are cut to fit inside your cooler or freezer for easy management.