The Tangle Toy
Created 40 years ago by sculptor Richard X Zawitz, Tangle Creations has sold over 250 million creations worldwide, aiming to stimulate and enhance the creativity of children and adults alike with their variety of fun and colourful fidget toys. Here at AMT, we are selling some of their very own solid colour printed toys, so let’s take a look at some of their range of benefits.
Fidgeting for more than fun
Studies have shown that fidgeting isn’t just a childish behaviour in response to an anxiety or threat, but in fact can help stimulate or destress our minds just the right amount to keep us focussed on a task. Everyone indulges in this subconscious action, and if you do it a lot, fidgeting can actually increase the number of calories you burn by 29-38%, or roughly 100-800 calories per day. Even those high up in office do it under pressure, to the right are some doodles by John F. Kennedy done during the Cuban Missile Crisis!
Sensory stimulation
One of the main and most important functions of the Tangle toy is to improve focus, helping regulate your attention in any situation. When you fidget with a Tangle toy, you are using both hemispheres of the brain, triggering a release of endorphins and serotonin, also known as the ‘happy hormones’ of our body. The boost in creativity this causes can be applied both artistically and logically, ranging from any activity like painting and drawing endeavours to complex problem solving, and being able to think outside the box like this is crucial in our modern day society.
Healthy mind, healthy body
Creativity of course can boost the immune system and bodily health, but Tangle toys have a whole range of other health benefits. They have been proven to help with conditions such as dementia and ADHD and are a great stop smoking aid with their destressing qualities. They have been proven to help conditions such as dementia and ADHD, and improve motor skills and coordination as well as rehabilitating hand muscles and joints. Motor skills are vital in our everyday lives, and using a fun fidget toy to develop them is a very rewarding thing to do. Tangles also improve the range of motion in your hand, reducing pain in later life and placing less stress on your wrists or other areas of your arm.
Get your Tangle today
As you’ve seen, Tangles are one of the best ways to manage stress both at home and in the workplace, so make sure to buy one from AMT today. We offer them in all solid colours with room from your own personalised logo, so make sure to get one to keep the stress low and happiness high in your office!
