How to make a stress ball
May 23, 2009 by admin
Filed under Stress Management
Stress balls can be a great help in reducing your stress levels. Not only that, but they can also help improve your coordination, prevent arthritis and rheumatism, stimulate blood circulation and help with meditation.
If you’ve ever searched for information on how to make a stress ball you’ve probably come across many sites where they recommend a technique of partially filling a balloon and then using a funnel to pour in flour or cornstarch to make the stress ball.
I’ve tried this method and found it really doesn’t work very well. What tends to happen is as your opening the balloon to let the corn starch or flour in, the air in the baloon comes out. The result can be clouds of flour everywhere and not much in the balloon - something that doesn’t do much for your stress levels!
I’ve found a simple additional technique when making home made stress balls that completeley avoids this problem and makes the whole process much simpler, less messy and more enjoyable.
Just try the instructions below and you will end up with a nice homemade stress ball without the mess.
Items you will need:
1. A small, thick round balloon.
2. An empty 2 litre plastic drinks bottle.
3. Corn starch or flour for filling the balloon.
Method:
1. Put your corn starch or flour, into the empty 2 litre plastic bottle.
3. Stand the bottle upright and put the balloon over the bottle rim without inflating it.
4. Squeeze the bottle to partly fill balloon with air.
5. While still squeezing the bottle, turn it upside down and shake the corn starch or flour down into the balloon.
6. Release the bottle, and work the excess starch back out of the balloon, along with any excess air. This allows the starch to settle and any excess filling goes back into the bottle.
7. Pinch the end of the balloon at the bottle rim and turn the bottle back upright, remove the balloon and tie it off as near to the filling as you can.
After you finish making your stress ball, you might want to decorate it with stickers, or paint a face on it. It’s a good idea to make sure your decorations won’t irritate your skin or rub off on your hand when it is squeezed.
And that’s all there is to it. You now know how to make a stress ball for very little cost compared to store bought stress balls. Of course your home made stress balls won’t last anywhere near as long as commercialy produced ones, bus because they are so easy and quick to make, you can simply replace them any time you need to.
