Find Out how to Make Your own Stress Balls

What Is Stress?

A lot of us suffer from stress nowadays. It is hard to avoid stress but with regular practice, it is easy to reduce it. Stress is the response of our system to any pressure from outside. Nowadays human’s social acceptance has increased and people are more resistant to stressful lifestyle. But it happens all the time that stress we accumulate crosses the tolerance line and it leads to physical and mental destruction.

Do stress balls reduce stress?

To answer this question, you have to ask yourself first, what do you think and in what believe. If you are determined and practice with balls, they will help you to relieve stress. Stress balls are becoming more and more popular on the market. They are known as an effective relaxation tool. You may probably wonder is this just a market trick or is it a real stress reducer.

It has been proven that stress relief balls work. When you are stressed, try to play with the balls. They will give you positive distraction from the problems and negative thoughts. If you give your body and mind positive distraction, you will be able to release negative emotions and energy from your body. Next time you feel stressed, take the balls and squeeze them and you will notice how tension and anxiety are decreasing.

Stress relief balls have more advantages. They can for example improve blood circulation and can positively affect the supply of oxygen to the various vital organs of your body. Squeezing balls helps also in better segregation of the positive gases from negative- oxygen from all flushes and toxins and from carbon dioxide. This method improves the quality of oxygen given to the brain and gives you the feeling of calm.

Try to use balls and you will notice how effective they are when dealing with stress. Moreover they are cheap and small what means that you can always have one with you, in your purse, pocket or on the desk at your workplace.

How to make your own stress ball?

Here is one simple method for making your own stress balls and reducing the stress:

To make your own stress ball, you will need a small balloon, a tiny funnel, stickers and colors (optional), cornstarch, tying ribbon or thread.

Step by step guide for homemade stress ball:

• Blow the air to balloon until it’s center area is about 5 inches in diameter. Don’t tie the top immediately.
• Next hold your finger about and inch below the top and pinch the mouth of the balloon with your fingers.
• Take the funnel and put it into the open mouth of the balloon and let top shut around the open funnel leg.
• Take a cornstarch and put it in to the funnel’s mouth. Remember to adjust and release your fingers bit by bit to allow cornstarch to drop through the mouth of the balloon. Add cornstarch till around 3 inches of the balloon.
• Next step is to tighten your grip on the balloon’s top and to put out any air which left.
• Put your fingers close to level of cornstarch and tie thread around the balloon tightly.
• You can use colors or stickers to make the stress ball more lively and colorful.
• When you have your own stress balls, you have nothing more to do than to use it and to reduce your stress.
• Remember that when you tie the thread, you have to make sure that the stiffness is optimum and suits your requirements.

Homemade stress balls can not last for a long time but they are easy and cheap to make, so you can always make your own and enjoy the advantages it brings.

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