Stress balls can be a great help to lower your levels of stress. Not only that, they can also help with improving your coordination, prevent debilitating illnesses such as arthritis and rheumatism, stimulate blood circulation and help with relaxation techniques such as meditation.

If you've ever searched for help on how to go about making a stress ball, you are likley to have come across a large number of web sites where they advise on a method of partly inflating a balloon and then using a funnel to pour in a flour or cornstarch filling to make the stress ball.

I've used this method and felt that it really doesn't work very well. What often 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 a cloud of flour dust all over the place and hardly any inside the balloon - something that doesn't help your stress levels!

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

Just follow the method outlined below and you will have a nice homemade 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.


The Technique:

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 blowing it up.

4. Squeeze the bottle to partially 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 any 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. Squeeze the end of the balloon at the bottle rim and turn the bottle back upright, carefully take off the balloon and tie it as near to the filling as you can.


After you finish making your stress ball, you might want to decorate it with stickers, or paint a face on it. It's best to make sure your decorations will not irritate your skin or come off on your hands when you squeeze it.

And that's basically it. You now know how to make a stress ball for very little, compared to shop bought stress balls. It's important to remember that your home made stress balls may not last quite as long as commercially produced ones, but because they are very easy and quick to make, you can easily make new ones any time you need them.