Top 3 Custom Made Stress Balls

Calling a stress ball a ball is a misnomer, considering the fact that in practice they come in a lot of other amusing shapes more often than not. Simple stress balls are also easy to make at home, and there is no limit to the creativity you can put into it. Stress balls are a great marketing strategy and at the same time very helpful to the people who use them- they help relieve stress anytime, anywhere through a series of muscle tensing and relaxing motions. Stress-related physiological conditions like carpel tunnel syndrome also sometimes involves therapy that employs stress balls.

Some of the most commonly used stress balls that are manufactured on a commercial basis and that can be made at home are as follows:

Commercial stress balls usually take on amusing shapes and colours such as the thrifty pig or the dollar sign (top choices). For this purpose, the closed-cell polyurethane foam rubber is most commonly used. A mold is injected with this foam and the chemical reaction that follows leaves behind carbon dioxide bubbles- now these bubbles form the main squeezing component of our stress ball. This method is convenient but cannot be used at home with much ease

The next most popular stress ball is one that can also be made at home with a little effort. The idea of this type of ball is a powder and a rubber membrane covering. The powder may be anything from baking soda to cornstarch to anything finer and less easy to come by- like the one that involves pasting yarn onto a rubber membrane. This is the most commonly seen stress ball and is a very cost effective idea if bulk production is desired, but may not be a great household idea. As for making at home, a balloon (or multiple balloons may be used as the outer rubber covering required.

Another top stress ball uses the idea of sealing off a gel in a cloth or rubber enclosure. The gel may have any density depending on the desired end product. A very similar idea that can be used to make a stress ball at home using commonly available household items is that which uses dough- a leavening agent, flour, some oil, salt and water are needed for this purpose. These ingredients, mixed together and heated on a small flame are let to cool and after kneading, stuffed into a balloon.

By: Luka Malgaj

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