When anxiety strikes, this craft is hard to beat: A DIY crochet stress ball that's beginner-friendly, plenty distracting and just plain adorable. TikTok crafter@vanilla_gurumishows us how to create simple yet effective stress balls (which would also function as fidget toys for those with partic...
How hard can it be to make a ghost costume? Then Kimmie decided she’d be a ghost, too. Bonus! Make a ghost costume times two. How lucky am I? Can’t get any simpler than that. Two white bedsheets, here we come. Originally published October 21, 2016; last updated May 2024. ...
Test anxiety is incredibly cyclical in nature.As we've established, it basically boils down to excessive worry over doing well on a test. Being anxious also makes it very hard to do well on any test. The effect of that whole unfortunate fiasco is to make you less confident about your cha...
If a child is stimming but is not bothered by the stimming and is still able to function well in day-to-day life, then there is no need to replace the child’s stimming behavior with something else. Self-stimulatory behaviors should not be stopped just because it will make the child ...
But we wouldn’t live where we do now, nor be able to go to the beach or play T-ball or get the latest fidget spinner. Well, maybe we could oblige for a fidget spinner. When your baby is throwing up every day, screaming, crying, from an illness, can’t tell you why, and your...
All the way he amused me with tales of his little parish up in the mountains, and I in my turn told him stories about the camp; but, my faith, I had to pick my steps, for when I said a word too much he would fidget in his seat and his face would show the pain that I had...
Fidget or doodle while you listen. Small, repetitive movements like fidgeting or doodling can actually help you listen more effectively. So grab something small like a paper clip or a bracelet or a rubber band and fidget with in in your hands. If you like to draw, sketch out shapes on a...
Pair It With Fidget Ring: Cocktail rings are often big and flashy, so they can be a little overwhelming on their own. To balance out the look, pair your cocktail ring with a simple fidget ring orpromise rings. This will help take the focus off the cocktail ring and make it more wearab...