Dear Heloise: I lost your recipe for a homemade cold pack where the ingredients are put in a zipper bag and kept in the freezer. I know it was water and possibly rubbing alcohol, but I don’t even remember the amounts. Can you please reprint it?—A Reader, via e-mail

With summer here and little ones—plus big ones—spending more time outside, there are lots of bumps and scrapes to deal with. A cheap cold pack helps ease things. For quick packs, you can use a bag of frozen veggies or little takeout condiment packets of mustard, ketchup, etc., that have been kept in the freezer just for ...

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