#roller bead stim toy

[cutiepieautistic]

Wooden roller bead fidget! Handmade by me! F2u,with credit!

[tucsonhorseunmasking]

Oh! I actually have pictures of some cause I posted about them a while ago, let me find them!

These aren't all of my favorites, and I've got at least one that I want to get, but it's several that have stuck around for me.

The zebra one is a marble maze, except it's small enough to fit comfortably in one hand and I can just rotate the marble around and around and around in it. For me that sort of repetitive circular movement is calming. I made this one myself so if you can't sew idk where you could get one.

The blue thing is an Ono roller. Again I enjoy the repetitive motion, and it rolls so nice and smoothly. It's also a nice solid weight, but that makes it a bit trickier to carry in my pocket. It's metal and seems to stay cool to the touch very well, which I like. It's a little large for my hands so I'm considering getting a smaller version that they have.

The last one is just an elastic beaded bracelet. I like the beads for rolling back and forth between my fingers. It's easy to keep around because I just wear it and I get a lot fewer curious looks when I fidget with it at work because it's more normalized to fidget with jewelry. I also like to kind of fold it in half and play with the elastic-ness of it.

I have a small round pop it like this that has been my most common fidget lately. I like to set it down and like repetitively push the bubbles down in a pattern. I don't know why it feels good, but it does. I actually don't like that it makes noise but it's mostly quiet enough that it's not a problem. If I need it to be silent I will sometimes hold it and pop a single bubble back and forth while holding it between two fingers so I get the popping feeling without the sound

I also have a couple basic fidget spinners that I go back to a lot. I do a number of different things with these depending on my mood. I enjoy holding it in the middle with my fingertips and then setting it spinning because I like the feel of the momentum and the sensation if I wiggle it while it's spinning. Sometimes I'll hold at the end of two of the arms (there's rotating bits there too) and just sort of rotate it back and forth. Sometimes I'll set it down and just spin it because I enjoy the noise and watching it spin is a good visual stim for me.

I didn't think I'd like fidget spinners but someone left one at my job one time and I got delayed while putting it in the lost and found and realized I was fidgeting with it a bunch and it felt nice, so if you haven't tried a particular fidget just because it's currently a popular "toy*, I do suggest giving it a try just to see.

I almost forgot one of my absolute favorites! I couldn't find a picture of them online and they're at work right now, but these tactile shells are what led me to find them. It's a pair of small plastic balls that are covered in little spikes, kinda like the green or the purple sensory shells in the pic. There's something about the sensation being sharp but not so sharp that it actually cuts that I really like. Sometimes it's the only thing that really feels like it cuts through my brain fog, and other times it feels kinda like it's giving the tension a physical channel to escape through.*Highly* recommend hard spiky plastic (but not sharp enough to cut! We're going for stims and good sensory, not harm).

can y’all show me your favorite sensory/fidget toys?? they can be anything

it would be great too if y’all could say what you like about them too/what they help you with sensory wise, I want to buy some sensory/fidget toys I’ll actually use/like

[stimtoybox]

Pet Paradise Beaded Animals - Part One

Previous Post: Pet Paradise Bead Kit

I’ve made the first five animals from the bead kit, and I thought I’d take the time to talk about the making of each. I noticed that the instructions don’t say how much cord to use per animal, so I’ve mentioned that below.

I used the beads that came with kit but my own cord, as the holes in these beads are wider than most pony beads, and the box image shows a thicker cord in use, not the narrow rattail that came with the kit. I thought the beads would sit better on thicker cord. The beads are not quite uniform, so they don’t always fit flush in each row, giving the creatures a clumsy look. I plan to remake some of these with my own beads for this reason.

The instructions do not say how to properly tie off the animals when finished. With the gecko, you can knot at the base of the tail, but for the other creatures, I learnt that you’re better off to take one end of the cord, thread it through the second row of beads from the bottom, and then take that end and the end from the bottom row and knot them together. Using a sewing needle makes it easier to run the cord through the second row of beads.

Gecko: 1 metre of cord works easily. This isn’t any different from the standard tutorial. My kit didn’t have the metallic green beads on the box front, so I used metallic gold. I hope I picked the right replacement colour, as my beads have two colours not shown on the box and are missing one.

Frog: I’d use no less than 1.25 metres of cord. I made this identically to the box image save for the last row, where I threaded the cord through all the beads instead of just some of them. I think this looks neater. The legs with one bead skipped are a little awkward, and I’m honestly not sure this is a necessary step. This isn’t too much different to the gecko in thread patterns. After the frog and gecko, there are eight green beads left over.

Penguin: 1 metre of cord works well. This is the easiest animal here, as you’re beading simple rows without additional limbs, so I’d recommend doing this one for the first non-pattern creature. I made no changes to the pattern.

Ladybird: 90 cm of cord is enough, as this is quite a small design. I had to change the pattern because the one on the box has rows that go from five beads to seven beads, and adding two extra beads per row made the beads bunch up horribly. (I’ve seen this on other patterns as well; I don’t like it.) I only go up or down one bead per new row on my version, which lessens the bunching and looks much nicer to me. Please note that this ladybird is much smaller than the pattern I linked on the first post.

Bunny: 1.25 metres of cord at minimum, but you may wish to go up to 1.5 if you want a lot of play in the cord for the final knot. I struggled to tie mine. My only change to the pattern was to swap a white bead for a pink bead for the feet, as the structure of the feet is almost identical to the ears, and I wanted them to look a little more distinct.

So far, I’ve had enough beads in all colours save for the one missing colour. The penguin was easiest to make, but I like the frog the best. The wider animals are really good for rolling flat between palms.

(If proper tutorials for any animal here are wanted, let me know and I can add it to the eventual to do list.)

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[image description: two photos, taken on a red watermelon slice pillow, of five different bead fidget animals, all attached to silver split rings or lanyard clips to function as a keychain. The first photo shows a frog made from green and yellow pony beads strung on green cord, a bunny made from pink and white pony beads strung on pink cord, a penguin made from white and black pony beads strung on black cord, a gecko made from green and gold and yellow beads strung on rainbow cord, and a red and black ladybird/bug strung on red cord. Second photo is a close-up shot of the pink and white bead rabbit with the ends untied, showing one loose cord end threaded through a silver needle and threaded back through the second last of beads.]

[austim]

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💡: What are your favorite stims?

Okay I have too many stim toys to list them all here but generally I love ones that are kinda small and easy to just fidget with in one hand, like those infinity rings or those roller beads fidgets. I also love playing with slime but I'm super picky about the texture. Flapping and shaking my hands, snapping my fingers, rocking, bouncing my leg are also all body stims I do without even noticing half the time. Also I love cutting up certain fruits and vegetables (strawberries, dragonfruit, zucchini are so good).

When it comes to gifs/videos specifically, my favourite visual stims are slimes (especially glittery ones), food/cooking, and piping/cake decorating. My favourite video/audio stims are cutting/crushing anything that sounds crunchy (clay cracking and soap crushing is really good).

[autismsharkstuff]

used to have one n wore it to school (rainbow Care Bears theme, from Hot Topic)

made fun of by mom and lady at school met mom n talked to her when momma wait pick me up school, she told momma about my lanyard "toys around [redacted pronouns] neck"

the lanyard had: loop Earplugs, a knock-off-brand tangle, a pea popper, a mini pop it gifted by my friend, a Trans bead roller made and gifted by same friend/pos

now want want another lanyard, but when move out, preferably sunflower lanyard. But am TERRIFIED bring sensory aids [besides ANC headphones and Loops]/stim/tic at school because of this interaction, also scared stim/tic at home too

big sad and scare

aaaaa I'm so excited,, I'm making my own Sensory Lanyard (also known as a Fidget Lanyard) inspired by this post and now it's way easier to stim when I need to. and while it's not complete yet (I ordered a keyboard key stim toy on etsy and a fidget prism fidget cube keychain, and I have to wait till thursday to order another stim toy off of etsy for my lanyard)

when it's complete I'll show mine!

[witchykincare]

A self care kit for a burly dragon friend who lives in a cave! They love transparent gems, stim toys, plushies, and anything glow in the dark.

Custom standing dragon plush ($50 US. Image is just an example, dragon will be totally made to order to your specifications. Message seller to see what color fabrics are in stock and discuss what you want before ordering!)🐲

Glow in the dark dragon egg locket ($18, your choice of four scale colors and three locket colors. Shown with purple scales and gunmetal setting)🐲

Pre-cut clear quartz geode ($11 for one geode/two halves)🐲

Custom crystal roller fidget. Spins and can be flipped around/through your fingers ($30. Image is of onyx and rainbow moonstone and is just an example, will be made in your choice of up to four crystal beads. Available crystals in images in listing)🐲

Crystal cave dragon LED backflow incense burner. Comes with 12 cones of backflow incense in your choice of several scents ($15, more incense available in this listing for $.30 per 12 pack. Ships from UK)🐲

Articulated 3D printed glow in the dark dragon fidget ($14 for 5 inch long dragon, $18 for 6 inch long)🐲

[stimming-firebird]

My stim toy collection

1. Rubber hot water bottle filled with sand (it's weighted)

2. Beads on a wire ring

3. iridescent heart bead

4. Weighted bracelet made from hex nuts and a shoelace

5. Hex nut attached to a screw

6. Zuru tangle

7. Roller bead fidget

8. Twistable clicking baby rattle

I'll definitely do a part 2 when I have more stim toys. I used to have a lot more but I lost them over time :(

@stimtoycollections here!!

[eeee-lye]

[image description: several handmade stim/fidget toys, sitting on a blue and white mottled night-sky-with-black-tree-silhouette quilt cover. The toys include an orange and purple bar cake sponge squishy with glittery purple icing; a long rectangle marble maze with yellow stitching made from a fabric printed with cupcakes, sweets, lollipops, candy canes and cherries; a short rectangle marble maze with white stitching made from a dark blue fabric printed with white “X” and “O”s; a pendant necklace of a green cupcake in a yellow case, topped with fake cream, strung on a green rattail cord with a black breakaway clasp; three bead rings made with flower or star eraser beads bracketed by two smaller beads; a bead lanyard made from black rattail cord in trans pride colours and finished with a pink star bead; and a bead lanyard made from blue rattail cord with purple, blue, green, black and white beads, finished with a green star bead.]

@galileoace: I am nowhere near finished, as I mean to make scented pendant necklaces and a bunch of other things, but here’s the start of the stim toy bits I said I’d make for you. There’s a DIY squishy, marble mazes, bead rings, roller bead lanyards and a cupcake pendant that’s quite textured for fidgeting.

The little marble maze is little because I fucked up, but I’m pretending that I did it on purpose so as you’d have a more portable-sized one for travelling with you.

I’m trying to do two of most things so you either have another if one gets lost, or one for at home and one for a travelling stim kit.

[levymcgarden55]

Also, there are more ways to stim than that. Like with stim toys!

Fidget spinners and stress balls are the classics, but there’s more than that too! There are plenty of quiet stims, like bubble poppers that are malleable and easy to pop in and out, and tangle toys are made of hard plastic but are easy to twist around. There are all sorts of noisy stims too, like clacker toys! There are ones you can use if you have both hands full, such as silicone chew stims, and even toys that look “professional” like hand rollers and ring stims.

There are tons of types, and it’s hard to know what you like without trying some out first. I personally found it helpful to get a cheap variety stim pack first and then get more of the ones I liked. But if you can’t afford to buy any, then improvise!

For awhile I would turn some tumbled rocks over and over in my hand. I also had a stim that was just three binder rings looped together with some beads on em. You could make a stress ball with an old t-shirt & a needle and thread, twist pipe cleaner, listen to music, twirl a bracelet, or paint your nails and stim by watching the light play off the polish! Use what you have.

And it’s super important is to keep your stims within easy reach. If it’s far away or out of sight you probably won’t use it, so keep ‘em next to where you spend a lot of time. Happy stimming!! (:

friendly reminder about stimming!

stimming is when a person does a certain repetitive action, often without realizing it. Stimming is usually common in individuals with autism, anxiety, and ADHD. It provides comfort and helps us cope with feelings. Here are some behaviors that are considered to be stims:

flapping hands

humming

biting/licking lips

hair twirling

knuckle cracking

pacing

leg bouncing

rubbing skin

If you don’t stim and someone around you does, there’s no need to comment on it! Making people feel bad about stimming often leads to them masking it, and that leads to heightened anxiety and discomfort. Plus just making someone feel embarrassed about something they can’t control just… isn’t cool. So! Friendly reminder to just! Be nice and don’t be an ass!

[cutiepieautistic]

Pilby stimboard

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[stimtoybox]

Pet Paradise Bead Kit - Chemist Warehouse, $6.50 AUD.

No online listing is available.

This is currently on half-price sale; the full price is $12.99 AUD. If you’re after a kit to get you started on making animal-themed bead fidgets, I think this is a pretty decent way to begin--with one big proviso.

If you buy this, don’t throw out the box. Or do what I did, which was to cut off the front panel (easier to store) and then recycle the rest. Don’t throw out the box, because if you do, you won’t be able to make the animal fidgets.

Despite the back of the box saying “easy to follow instructions”, the instruction sheet only tells you how to thread a single row of beads. If you’ve made any of these before, it’s not so difficult to look at the images on the box and copy them, but if you haven’t, you’d be lost. If you do what I tend to do and open the kit, recycle the box and then go to make the bead fidgets some time later, you’d be beyond lost with no image references. The instructions aren’t easy to follow and there are no real, specific instructions for copying the animals on the front, rendering them useless.

I’ve previously posted tutorials for the beaded gecko and the beaded ladybird. There are also more tutorials on this reblogged post, which have options for butterflies. I would make these first, using those tutorials, just to get the feel of how to thread the beads together. Only then would I copy the other animals from the front of the box.

I have to say that I do like that the kit comes with a storage box. Everything fits within it and it makes it easy to store the beads. It also comes with a good array of colours, and the metallic beads are gorgeous. For the sale price, it isn’t a bad way to start, since you get everything you need but scissors and instructions.

I plan on making the animals in this kit, so I can later discuss things like if they provided the right amount of beads and how easy the animals are to make from copying the box image.

I do like this kit, but I was expecting to get clear instructions on how to make the different animals--it’s most of the reason I bought it, as I have plenty of beads already. If you have no beading experience, it is still a good way to get started, but the lack of instructions provided is absurd.

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[image description: two photos of a DIY beaded animal keychain kit. First photo shows a white, square cardboard box labelled “create your own pet paradise” in red type with smaller text including “makes 10 bead pets”, “bonus storage box” and “create cool keychains”. The front of the box shows images of ten different bead keychains: butterfly, rabbit, penguin, a second butterfly or moth, gecko/lizard, dog, ladybird, frog, spider and cat. Second photo shows a small five-space aqua storage case. A large section is filled with black beads and white and black rattail cord; three smaller sections are filled with red, blue, pink, orange, yellow, green, white, tan and brown beads; a fourth smaller section is filled with metallic beads, split rings and lanyard clasps. First photo takes place in a blue and white night sky background; second takes place on a red watermelon slice pillow.]

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[cutiepieautistic]

Some more assorted rodent stim toys,plus two bonus unrelated diy stim toys. The beaded rat is also a diy,I made all three of those diy toys for myself. I just finished making the rat tonight! Super proud of how he turned out.

Rat plushie was custom made for me/commissioned by me,seller is citrine mouse.

-🐶⚛

[cutiepieautistic]

Teal dragon stimboard

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[cutiepieautistic]

Stimming on a budget:

Cut up straws(especially ones in fun colors!) And string or cord can be used to create fidgets similar to pony bead rollers,and so can wooden beads!

You can use nuts and bolts and other metal parts from hardware stores can be used to make metal fidgets!

You can make worry stones out of play doughs,simply just form them into your desired shapes and let them dry to create your worry stones!

You can use leftover fabric scraps,cheap vase fillers or lentils and other small,dry food stuffs or marbles or pony beads/wooden beads to create beanbags!

You can use pipe cleaners and various cheap,large hole beads to create sliding fidgets or tangle-like fidgets!

You can use binder clips or cheap floral wires and cheap beads to create rolling bead fidgets,or use pop tabs and other large hole objects instead!

You can use things from nature to stim,such as stones or acorns!

Use hair gel or various small,nonsharp objects to fill up a zip lock bag. Duct tape it shut,and presto you now have a fidget bag!

You can use small strongly scented objects to fill up a small jar,bottle or tule bag to carry with you. You can use it for olfactory stimming on the go!

You can use cheap scented oils dollar stores/discount stores to scent beanbags,small glass bottles/worry stones etc etc.

You can buy baby teether at discount stores for a cheaper alternative to high price name brand chewy toys!

Certain dollar stores sell chewy silicone beads,and baby teether and silicone straws.

You can use rice,lentils,legumes,other dry food stuffs,acorns,rocks,small metal objects and rocks or other objects that make sounds to fill up a large hole bottle to use for auditory stimming!

Cheap candles make for good olfactory stimming toys,and you can watch them as their wicks burn down for extra visual stimming!

You can use soft,squishy car sponges for squishing,or rubbing against your skin and picking at!

You can use rice,or other small non sharp weighted things to fill up a kid's bath cloth,then sew it up tightly for a weighted stim toy! Add scents with the aformentied scented oils from a discount store or dollar store,or add dried flowers from outside for an even cheaper scent option!

You can use pony beads,duct tape,and flexible plastic woven tubes(you can find these sold as cat toys,even or as party supplies at a dollar store!) To create your own marble meshes/boinks!

You can use clear glue from the dollar store,and a little bit of baking soda melted into hot water to make slime! You can use small containers at the dollar store to store your slime. You can also find scented orbeez or regular orbeez and slime or putties(and so many other stim toys!)at certain dollar stores!

You can silly putty at the dollar store,and use buttons,pony beads or other small non sticky/dirty objects to create your own therapy putty! You can dig those small objects out of the putty to strengthen your motor skills!

Cheese wax can be used similar to putty once you warm it up in your hands! (Just be sure not to play with it so long that it completely melts on your hands!)

Plants and other natural things can be used to stim in multiple ways!

You can use safety pins+ sead beads and other beads with large enough holes to fit onto the needle,and slide all of the beads that fit onto it and close it,to create a spinning bead fidget!

You can use strings of beads from craft store bargian bins for stimming!

You can pick apart felt sheets!

if you fill up plastic or metal containers with small objects that make lots of sounds,then you can use that as an auditory stimming toy!

Shower gel and gel like body washes from discount stores/dollar stores can be used similar to slime! You can also use corn starch and water to create oobleck!

Feel free to add on your own suggestions!

[cutiepieautistic]

Stimming alternatives masterpost (to replace unsafe stims) tw: for unsanitary mentions/injury mentions!

This post is specifically intended to help people with self injurious behaviors. Please be respectful,thank you.

List of Body safe stim toys for replacing pain stimming

(I will add edible alternatives to non edible things aswell,for oral stimming urges! Check back here later for updates!)

this koosh ball that you can pick at or run your fingers through,instead of pulling your own hair out!

These skintone chew beads. They come in a variety of other colors,so you can find ones to chew on in your own skincolor,instead of your own body!

This chew necklace is similar in size and shape to digits(that means your fingers!) So you can chew on it instead of yourself!

This is pretty similar to a koosh!

This is another sensory brush,except this one looks like it is more scratchy! You can use this to replace scratching urges.

silicone picking pads, for replacing dermatillomania urges!

This squishy floor tile,that looks like it has real blood inside!

this mini red putty that looks like blood!!

these spiky rings!

these spiky rollers!