I suggest that you treat it like a baby… that is a real human baby in terms of temps. If you are pulling into the cracker barrel and it is 45 degrees, take it in with you. If the mandolin stays at comfy human temps, then no special treatment is needed to recover. However if it does get cold soaked, then you want to give it time to slowly come back up to room temperature (which is done in its case). If you take an instrument from real cold to warm quickly, you can get finish checking and/or cracking.
My favorite humidifier is a half of a sponge in a snack size ziplock with holes poked in it. Wet the sponge, wring it out, put it in the baggy and throw it in the case. Lasts a few days and works great.