How to Make a Stress Ball

Whether you’re searching for a fun activity with your kids or simply want to relieve tension, these Homemade stress balls are perfect. A fantastic simple craft that the entire family will enjoy creating!

I adore a nice stress ball. They’re just so convenient, and the squishy sensation in the palms really helps to relax me. Did you realize there is a science underlying it?

Holding stress balls.

When you grasp a ball in the palm of your hand, it activates the nerves in the muscles and hands, triggering your nervous system and helping to reduce stress and even the hormones that cause it. Isn’t it amazing how much science goes into such a basic ball?

Squishing Stress Balls

You may create your own stress balls. Right at home, and if you’re feeling it, go all out with the personalization and decoration. Don’t you adore the lazy looped look of these stress balls-balloons?

If you’re ready to get began on this project, have a look at the necessary items.

Supplies You’ll Need

Balloons

Some cold water.

Plastic bottle

Retractable knife

Teaspoon

Paper cup/bowl

Toothpaste

Permanent Markers

Stress Ball Supplies

Potato starch, cornstarch, and wheat flour

sacks of flour

Ways To Make Anxiety Balls

Just a quick heads up when you start: make sure that you have enough of magazines or paper towels on hand. This project is guaranteed to get a mess, especially after you begin mixing.

How to Create a Stress Ball

Step 1

It’s time to make the paste. You’ll want one cup of water for this recipe and anything starchy, such as starch from potatoes or corn flour. You can also use flour made from wheat, which would give you a whole different texture for the paste.

A water bottle

Measure a little flour into the paper cup.

Pouring flour into a cup

Mix flour in a cup.

Next, add the appropriate amount of cold water. If you want, pour the water in gradually and whisk it in as you go until you reach your desired consistency.

pouring water into a cup.

In a cup, combine water and flour.

Your paste’s texture will vary according to the flour you choose. Corn flour It will not be as smooth as you might hope. Rather, it will be watery, nearly glazed.

Wheat  flour, in contrast, will be silky and sticky, similar to sourdough, albeit slightly runnier.

Combine flour and water.

Simply roll up the sleeves and dip both hands in there. Mix around with the mixture until you’re satisfied with its consistency. Enjoy getting your fingertips messy as well!

Also, to help the paste last longer, add a small amount of salt.

Step 2

Now grab a balloon. Choosing the balloon is usually the nicest part. There are numerous vibrant prints to pick from.

Bowl of dough. Don’t worry if all you have right now are basic balloons. You can use markers to create loopy emoji on the surface. So, blow out an empty balloon to expand it. The more stretchable it is, the more putty you can fit inside.

Step 3

There are two options to assist you get the paste into the balloon. For the first one, take a bottle of water and an instrument for cutting and cut the top off to make a funnel-like device

Cutting a water bottle

top of the water bottle.

Step 4

Stretch the balloon’s mouth and place it over the opening of the water in the bottle. Important to take off the cap first.

Putting the balloon on the water bottle.

Step 5

Next, put the mixture into the hole in the funnel and let it fill up the hole in the balloon. Squeeze as much paste into the balloon as you like–the squishier the better, right?

Pouring flour mixture into bottle

Twisting the end of the balloon

Step 6

Next, carefully draw the balloon’s mouth away from the bottle’s lip so that the paste does not spill out. You may twist the balloon’s neck several times before removing it. This can assist you avoid a massive mess.

Pulling the end of the balloon

Simply pull the other end into a knot–or a double knot–and you’re finished!

Tie a knot on the balloon

squishing a balloon

Step 7

Now, this next approach is a hack that you may apply when you need an instant stress ball without having to make the paste from scratch. You’re going to use toothpaste!

The best thing about this approach is that the mixture will last longer because it is not comprised of perishable ingredients and comes in a pre-made squeezy tube.

Holding the toothpaste tube

Squeeze toothpaste into balloon

Putting toothpaste in balloons
So go ahead and press all of that material into the balloon.

holding a balloon with toothpaste.

Don’t forget to design lovely emojis! There you are, your Homemade stress balls are prepared to help you relax