By Anna Hazard
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Summer is a time of year where people of all ages tend to be on the go and spending much more time outside than during the chillier months and so these crafts focus on items suitable for outside decorations & activities. Tutorials focus on designs that use common household objects and which can be made with relative ease for beginners or for those with strength or hand dexterity issues.
Please always keep safety in mind when it comes to those crafts that require open flames or the melting of materials.
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Part 1 : Do-It-Yourself
Introduction
If crafting up your own version of a stress relief toy is too time consuming or stress inducing in itself, there are a variety of pre-made versions in a wide range of types and price points. Each type of stress relief or fidget toy comes in varying colors, styles, and shapes, many that can be tailored specifically to a user's preference or that can pull double duty as a lamp, paperweight, or even a source of lunch.
While most stress relief toys and small & inconspicuous for easy office, classroom, or other necessarily discrete stress relief, more fancy & wide spread displays are also available. Some of the most currently popular stress relief toys & items include... Pre-Made
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Part 2 : Pre-Made
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Whether it's at school, at the office, or during any of the other myriad times when stress or anxiety may rear it's ugly head, the use of stress relief toys has become quite popular. Caregiving with its many responsibilities is a well known source of much worry and thus tension relieving activities and objects are often prescribed. Patients and loved ones who are sick, disabled, or otherwise frail enough to require specific caregiving can also be under a great deal of stress.
The following stress relief toys & objects would be good for use with with caregivers or for those seniors who tend to fidget with their hands or would otherwise benefit from tactile or other sensory stimulation. Many DIY versions would also make good craft activities for seniors, children, or the whole family depending upon the exact level of hand dexterity & technique required. While many tutorials are only available in only one style or another, some tutorials include video demonstrations as well as written instructions. Do It Yourself
By Anna Hazard
Introduction
With the coming of long, warm, and sunny days, it's a good opportunity for seniors, as well as their caregivers, to take some of their recreational activities outside to soak up some rays and take advantage of the good weather for the next couple of months. In particular, sun exposure helps to generate Vitamin D within the body, a vitamin that tends to be inefficiently produced as one grows older and which many seniors are deficient in during the colder months.
However, remember to keep senior loved ones properly hydrated as temperatures rise and activities increase, especially as the perception of thirst can diminish with age. This, as well as the decline in a body's ability to regulate and adjust to temperature, and the presence of other health problems & further complications arising from other medicines being taken, makes seniors particularly susceptible to temperature related illnesses such as heat exhaustion and heat stroke. |
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