How To Make A Stress Ball - A Simple No Mess Method of Making Stress Balls

Stress balls can be a really useful tool in reducing your stress levels. In addition, they can help with improving your coordination, prevent conditions such as arthritis and rheumatism, stimulate blood circulation and help with relaxation techniques such as meditation.

If you've ever tried to find information on how to make a stress ball, you may have seen a large number of sites where they give a method of partly blowing up a balloon and then using a funnel to pour in a flour or cornstarch filling to make the stress ball.

I've tried this technique and discovered that it really didn't work too well. What tends to happen is that as you are opening the balloon to fill it with corn starch or flour, the air in the baloon blows out. This can result in clouds of flour dust all over the place and not much in the balloon - something that won't help your stress levels!

I've found a very easy way of making homemade stress balls that completely prevents this problem and makes the whole procedure much simpler, less messy and more enjoyable!.

Take a look at the instructions below and you will have a nice home made stress ball without the mess.


You Will Need to Have:

1. A small size, 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 inflate the 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 your grip on the bottle, and work the excess starch back out of the balloon, together with any excess air. This lets the starch settle and allows any excess filling to go back in the bottle.

7. Nip the end of the balloon at the bottle rim and turn the bottle back upright, carefully remove the balloon and tie it off as near to the filling as you can.


After you finish making your stress ball, you may want to decorate it with stickers, or paint a face on it. It's best to make sure your decorations won't cause any irritation to your skin or rub off on your palms when you squeeze it.

And that's all there is to it. You have now learned how to make a stress ball for very little cost, compared to store bought stress balls. You should be aware that your home made stress balls are unlikley to last anywhere near as long as commercially made ones, but as they are very simple and quick to make, you can easily make new ones any time you need them.

Learing how to make
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