We Love Therapy Putty!

Therapy putty can be a simple and effective tool to help with managing stress, anxiety, and boosting motor skills. These versatile and tactile substances come in various forms, each offering unique benefits tailored to different therapeutic needs.

Below are several different types of putty and their hidden benefits for children, teachers, occupational therapists, and more:

 

Classic Therapy Putty: Classic Therapy Putty is the foundational form of this tactile tool. It's soft, pliable, and ideal for hand exercises and sensory stimulation. This type of putty is offered in different resistance levels, allowing users to tailor their experience based on their strength and dexterity. The repetitive motions involved in manipulating the putty can help improve fine motor skills, increase hand strength, and promote relaxation.

Benefits:

  • Improves fine motor skills.
  • Strengthens hand muscles.
  • Tactile stimulation
  • Comes in a variety of different resistance levels

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Aromatherapy Putty: All-natural essential oils putties are excellent for calming and focusing. This medium resistance sensory putty is scented with pure essential oils and comes in 3 amazing scents: Lemon, Mint, and Lavender. Aromatherapy Scented Putty is an effective stress-relieving, self-regulation tool for strengthening fingers and building fine motor skills. It also makes a wonderful calming or alerting silent, sensory diet fidget tool for classrooms and transitions.

Benefits:

  • Combines tactile stimulation with aromatherapy.
  • Promotes relaxation and stress reduction.
  • Comes in a variety of different scents with different properties (Lavender is calming/relaxing; Lemon is refreshing/believed to help reduce anxiety/stress; and Mint is alerting/energizing /can help improve focus)

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Hide inside Thinking Putty: Our Hide Inside Thinking Putty features 100s of dazzling charms hidden inside crystal clear putty!  Sold in a variety of different design options, his scrumptious sensory putty provides an enticing way for fidgeters to refine those crucial fine finger, visual perceptual, and sensory processing skills. 

Benefits:

  • Sold in a variety of different designs (emotions, sweet treats, animals)
  • Builds fine and visual perceptual-motor skills
  • Improves finger strength

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Magnetic Thinking Putty: Magnetic putty contains tiny particles of magnetized material, allowing it to be attracted to magnets and exhibit unique behaviors. Make the putty come "alive" when it's charged with the magnet to make patterns, waves, coils, or just have fun stretching, squishing, and smashing it to get rid of stress.  A fun and engaging silent fidget and desk toy for kids, teens, and adults. 

Benefits:

  • Promotes focus.
  • Provides a unique sensory experience.
  • Encourages creative play
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Crackle Thinking Putty: This tactile putty offers a unique twist by making satisfying crackling sounds when stretched, pulled, and twisted!  This extra texturey sensory putty makes a perfect alerting fidget for auditory and tactile sensory stimulation lovers. 
 
Benefits:
  • Builds finger strength
  • Provides tactile stimulation
  • Makes satisfying cracking noises - a great alerting fidget option
  • Great for self-regulating and de-stressing
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Putty Charms: Putty Charms offer a creative twist by allowing users to hide small objects inside the putty. This encourages exploration, problem-solving, and sustained focus as individuals search for hidden items. It provides a calming sensory experience while stimulating imagination and cognitive skills.

Benefits:

  • Boosts creativity and imagination.
  • Great for building bilateral coordination, pincer grasp, and finger strength
  • Encourages problem-solving and sustained focus.
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