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My Favorite Fidgets
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items If you're neurodiverse (or have a neurodivergent kiddo), you know the power of the fidget toy. In somewhat of a paradox, having something to mindlessly or meditatively fidget with can help calm and focus someone who's autistic or has ADHD. Here are a...
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Choosy About Chews
Squish It...Squish It Real Good!
Puzzletastic Fidgeting
Tactile Tactics
Why Fidgets?
Choosy About Chews
Oral stimming is a common trait of many neurodivergent people. Here are some of my favorite fidgets for your mouth.
Oral stimming can be a great way to self-regulate, but also a great way to hurt your teeth or ruin clothes if you choose the wrong object to chew. These silicone “chewelry” chew stims are a great solution!
Sensory Chewing Necklace - Silicone Chew Necklace - Autism Chew - Anxiety Relief Necklace - Sensory Chew - ADHD Stim - Stim Chew - Chewelry
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Tired of destroyed t-shirt necklines? These necklaces are made of upcycled tees, AND you can choose the color combos and length of the wearable fidget.
Handmade Fidget | Chewable T-Shirt Necklace for Autism, ADHD, and Anxiety Support | Chewelry Cotton Stim Gift | Unisex Sensory Gift
In pretty, trendy colors, these leaf shaped silicone chew necklaces are great to adults and older kids and teens.
Monstera leaf Chewelry pendant, adhd, autism, anxiety necklace, sensory necklace, adult chew necklace, silicone necklace
The thing I love about the pencil-topper chew stims is how unobtrusive they are.
CHEWABLE PENCIL TOPPER chewing anxiety stress reliever school work adhd oral sensory toy
Squish It...Squish It Real Good!
For a lot of us, smooshy fidgets bring the calm satisfaction that our nervous systems crave.
This squeezy ball provides super smooshy satisfaction.
Maltose Sugar Stress Ball - Ultra Squishy Sensory Fidget Stress Toy
Slime comes in all different textures, colors, scents, and even with embedded items to pick at. It's a great fidget or stim device!
Bye Bye Stress, Therapy Dough, Stress Toy, Sensory Toy, Aromatherapy Purple Butter Slime, Gift For Her, Slime Shops, Slime Fantasies
Speks are fun, tiny rare earth magnets that let you mold, form, and build smooshable sculptures and shapes. Very satisfying and no mess.
Two-Tone Purple Speks
Squishy and mesmerizing to watch the sparkly glitter float in the goo. A great silent fidget.
Liquid Glitter Sparkle Square - Out Of This World - Alien - Sparkle Toy - Stress Relief - Sensory Item - Glitter Toy - Fidget Toy - Plastic
If you tend to stim by picking at things (your skin, clothes, etc.), these silicone picky pads are fabulous. You get the satisfaction of picking little items out of the silicone, and it won't hurt your skin or belongings.
Ocean Fun Silicone Picking Pad for Skin Picking, Picking Fidget, Picking Toy, Fidget Picker
I like the portability of these squishy stickers.
Stick and Squish Sensory Stickers Set of 3, Sensory Fidget Gift
Puzzletastic Fidgeting
Fidgets and stimming don't have to be mindless. Sometimes, focusing on a puzzle or similar solve can bring about the same results.
These are so much fun and so relaxing. It's like a puzzle cube meets a perpetual motion thingy-ma-bopper. Just trust me. You'll like it.
Shashibo Spaced Out
A fun puzzler of linked chains that are also fun to fidget with as you solve.
Coaster Puzzle (Level 4) Hanayama Brain Teasers
This cool little fidget is fun as a mindless object, but you can also solve a puzzle aspect to it by grouping colors and making patterns.
Icosa Fidget Ball Puzzle
The OG puzzle fidget. My older son got into speed-cubing, and it's been such a good brain workout mixed with a fidget.
Rubik's Cube Original 3x3
Push the marble through the maze with this soft, soothing fidget that gives your brain a teeny workout while providing sensory input.
ADHD Sensory Toy Quiet Calm Corner Fidget for Stress Management Gift for Kid Anxiety Relief Soothing Activity Work Stress Fidget
It's a cool infinity cube with additional buttons to fiddle and fidget with. Love it.
Infinity Button - Unique Fidget made from Plant-Based Plastic
Growing up, I loved to play string games, mindfully weaving a looped string between your hands in set patterns to create puzzles. I love that a new generation can learn these same string puzzles!
Mindful String Games
Tactile Tactics
A lot of fidgets are designed to keep your hands busy in a simple, repetitive way so your mind can focus. These are some of my favorites.
These minimalist marble fidgets are super simple, but they really do help get nervous energy and anxiety out.
Marble Fidget Toy | Pastel | Sensory | Autism | ADHD | Neurodivergent | Pink | Yellow | Green |
Some of the best fidgets mimic actions you're already taking. (For instance, rolling your finger over your computer mouse's roller ball.) So don't break your mouse or accidentally click on a link. Use these silent roller ball fidgets instead.
NEW Cluster Ball - a silent fidget
It doesn't get much simpler than this textured sticker that leads you through calming breathing exercises.
Textured Sensory Sticker Inhale Exhale, Box Breathing | Waterproof | Fidget Sticker Calm Strips Anxiety | Inspiring Inserts
Why Fidgets?
Fidget toys come in tons of different shapes, sizes, and types depending on what sensory input you find calming. I love learning the scientific why behind it.
A good explanation of why fidgets are calming to the nervous system.
The Science Behind Fidget Toys | SensoryEdge
Another good article with more info geared toward adults and teens.
Fidget Toys: What Are They and How Can They Help Children and Adults? | Lifespan
Good book on the benefits of fidgeting and how to maximize those benefits.
Fidget to Focus: Outwit Your Boredom: Sensory Strategies for Living with ADD a book by Roland Rotz PH. D. and Sarah Wright M. S. A. C. T.