Learn to Make Your Own Stress Ball

The stress concept and the problems that it can cause to an individual, has evolved in the past decade. This has led to its medical research which would propound solutions to solve this rather stressful problem.

Stress is usually caused due to different reasons, some of which are mentioned below:

1. Competition at workplace.
2. Overburden of work.
3. Stress due to relationship barriers.
4. Nearing deadlines.
5. Poor physical fitness leads to stress.
6. Stress can come from any direction even from a little traffic scowl that can sometimes increase it to a better and bitter level.

All the above points are some of the main issues that one needs to lookout for and I am sure most of you must have already been past this situation.

Now there may be a hundred solutions that you can use to manipulate your stress but the one that stands out of them is using a stress ball and on top of that, nothing can be more stress relieving than the thought that you have made it yourself. First, overview about the stress ball - it is a supple toy which is usually about 6 to 7 centimeters in diameter. It is constructed by hand and then operated by fingers. Muscle tension as well as the stress is largely effected by this exercise.

Here are the steps that you can imply to create your own stress ball:

Materials that you need:

1. A small thick rubber balloon.
2. A 2 liter empty plastic water bottle.
3. Cornstarch or flour for filing the balloon.

Method:

1. Fill the bottle with cornstarch or flour.
2. Make the bottle stand upright and squeeze the balloon over the bottle rim. Don’t inflate it yet.
3. Now after this compress the bottle so as to partly fill the balloon with air.
4. Then stuff the cornstarch/flour into the balloon by inverting the bottle. Make sure it is properly stuffed by shaking it a little bit.
5. Work the surplus starch and air back into the bottle.
6. Now before inverting the bottle, pinch the end of the balloon. Then make the plastic bottle upright again.
7. Tie a knot as close as can be to the filling.
8. The stress ball is finished but you can follow this extra step which
is to decorate your stress ball, so that while manipulating it you get a satisfying feeling.

Now you can play and relieve yourself off the stress using this homemade stress ball.

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