Anti-stress pillow with balls inside

You can quickly relieve stress by taking a shower or eating a chocolate bar. But if you work nervously, the chocolate bars will settle on your figure, and you won’t be able to take a shower at all in the office. An anti-stress pillow can replace sweets and water treatments. This is a fashionable and useful thing, it decorates the interior and protects the owner’s nerves. Its cover contains synthetic or natural fillers.

Synthetic filler (polystyrene, foam, silicone) is easy to care for and is enjoyed by both adults and children.

Natural (wool, buckwheat husk, bamboo, herbs) – retains its properties less, requires special care. The first are more popular.

An interior item, a toy and a stress reliever, this is how you can describe an anti-stress pillow with balls inside. Most often, the granules are made of foamed polystyrene, durable and lightweight. The diameter of the balls is about 1 mm, so it feels like a thick mass rustles slightly under your fingers and rolls smoothly. Believe the reviews, the feeling is pleasant even for adults, so you want to squeeze such a thing endlessly, stress and bad mood pass quickly!

What is an anti-stress pillow?

An anti-stress pillow can look like a regular rectangle, a semicircle under the neck, a bolster, or a funny soft toy.

Soft toys are at the peak of popularity, they are given to both adults and children. Most often, the toy is bright, unusual in shape, with funny inscriptions, it will easily become the highlight of the interior.

It is useful to sleep on such a thing, because the small particles inside completely take the shape of the body. Although it wrinkles well, it returns to its original state perfectly. The smooth fabric from which such products are sewn is called biflex - durable, well-stretching, non-fading knitwear.

How to wash a pillow

The knitted antidepressant will be loved by all household members, so it will need to be washed periodically.

Laundry Tips

• If you use it frequently, clean your anti-stress pillow at least once every few months.
• Pre-rub fresh stains on fabric with a sponge soaked in water and detergent.
• When machine washing, select a delicate cycle, minimum spin speed, and add baby powder or delicate care product.
• You can clean it by hand, but do not wring it out. Rinse, let the water drain, then dry it horizontally on a towel.
• Never use temperatures above 40 degrees or bleach.
• The product without a pillowcase can be cleaned by ripping it open on the side and removing the filling; some have a lock to prevent accidental unfastening.

  

• Wash the filler in soapy water and rinse well.
• When ripping open a pillow with balls inside, be prepared for the tiny electrifying contents to escape and prepare a container for it.
• If the granules stick together, fluff the toy. If necessary, you can buy new granules and fill the case with them.

Safety for the child

Due to their light weight and cute little animal, in the form of which the product is made, they have become a popular gift for children. A toy with polystyrene content is safe for a child, since the filler is hypoallergenic and non-flammable, does not absorb moisture, does not dissolve in water, and is frost-resistant.

Thanks to the content through the fabric similar to plasticine, this is an excellent means of developing the baby's fine motor skills. The balls do not collect dust and infection, do not burst and do not crawl from the inside. But you need to make sure that the child does not eat the contents if he rips the toy. The surface of the product is also safe, because elastic sports suits are sewn from such fabric.

Therapeutic effect of anti-stress pillows

The benefits and therapeutic effect of anti-stress pillows are not exaggerated. The product, even made in the form of a toy, can be used for sleeping, it takes the shape of the body and, stimulating the nerve endings, helps to relax.

It can be placed under the neck, lower back as a soft massager. The anti-stress effect is achieved by crumpling the case with granules with your hands. There are millions of nerve endings on the tips of the fingers of a person, so touching a soft mnushka is so pleasant for the nerves. In addition, their rustling, quiet crunching soothes a person, forcing him to listen to his feelings and, as a result, calm down. There is knitwear for covers with carbon threads, they have a positive effect on cerebral blood circulation, normalize blood pressure. Pregnant women can put an oblong product under the belly, lying on their side, under their legs to reduce swelling.

Where to find and buy an anti-stress pillow

Mnushki can be found in almost any gift shop in Moscow and St. Petersburg, in the children's toy departments. Usually, such products have an original design, are pleasant to the touch, so they are often given as a gift, because they will please anyone. Manufacturers offer different shapes, colors and sizes. Children can be given in the form of a flower, fish, car, ball, animal, adults are more practical: rollers, semicircular in shape under the neck for traveling. You can find a large assortment and buy in online stores. On average, a small product costs 300 rubles, a large one - about 1000 rubles. The price is affected by the complexity of the design and size.

The cover with polystyrene content has a pillowcase on it, on which you can order the printing of an original inscription, photo or logo. This also makes it easier to care for the product, just remove the pillowcase for washing.

How to Choose a Stress Relief Pillow

1. Pay primary attention to the reliability of the seams, the service life of the product depends on it. Even a small hole will lead to the fact that the balls will pour out.
2. Shape and design. Mnushki with photo printing fit harmoniously into any interior, however, when buying as a gift, consider the taste of the future owner. A geometric-shaped pillow will be useful for a car driver, a young lady will be pleased to receive a heart or flowers. Most often, the product is decorated only with an image, without additional elements, so that nothing interferes with calming the nerves.
3. For sleeping, it is better to buy a large massager. It is unlikely that you will sleep on it often, but sometimes a head and neck massage is useful.

DIY Anti-Stress Pillows

You can make a stress massager yourself.

For this you will need

• Stretch fabric. Look for as much lycra, elastane or nylon as possible in the composition, this will ensure that the material will stretch in any direction and not deform.

  

• Sewing machine, thread, needle.
• Filling. You can buy foamed polystyrene in online stores or use any small grains. Polystyrene costs about 100 rubles for 30 liters, this volume is enough for several toys. The grains will add weight.
• Safety pins, chalk.
• Decor: fabric paints or eyes and nose of an animal cut out of scraps if you are making an animal.

Determine what shape you want to give the mnushka. The easiest geometric shapes to make are a circle, rectangle, triangle, they will make great smileys, SpongeBob, a bird from the computer game "Angry Birds". You can also make simple patterns of any animal in the shape of a circle or square with ears. In general, show your imagination, involve the child! Children enjoy playing with bright and soft animals.

Get to work.

• Start by making a drawing on paper, cut out the drawing and transfer it to the fabric with chalk. Remember to cut out 2 symmetrical sides from the fabric, leaving a couple of centimeters from the edge.

  

• Decorate the front side of one pattern. Decorate with fabric paints or sew on buttons, sequins, eyes, nose, etc.

  

  

• Place the patterns right sides together and pin them in place. Sew the fabric along the chalk line, leaving a few centimetres from the edge and leaving a small opening.

  

  

  

• Turn inside out and fill with prepared polystyrene or cereal.

  

  

An item that a child has taken part in sewing will always bring back pleasant memories.

A case filled with granules is not a cure for nervous conditions, but it can help to relax and distract yourself a little. In addition, you can’t look at soft toys for stress without smiling, they raise your mood with their very appearance.

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