No fair me taking credit for this one since I learned it from the kids’ mother; then again, she can start her own blog, right?

Here’s the hack: we always keep 4 or 5 juice packets (Capri Sun) in the freezer. She started doing it for the kids’ lunches — it would keep everything in the lunchbox cool and would melt to nice, cold juice by lunchtime. But their uses don’t end there! They make great ice-packs for owies around the house. Since they’re bigger and cheaper than most commercial cooler packs, they’re great to throw into the cooler with sodas and whatever else you want to keep cold, even if you’re a grown-up who’s moved beyond the juice pack. And they’re tougher than “normal” ice packs, so they don’t burst as easily and can be reused over and over.

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