Promotional Stress Toys: All You Need to Know

Fun, colourful, lightweight and memorable - promotional stress toys are everything you need in a corporate gift! Read on to find out what they are in more detail, how they can be customised and how your business could benefit from them.

What Exactly are Promotional Stress Toys?

Promotional stress toys are shaped balls made from polyurethane foam, that are meant to be squeezed and played with in order to relieve stress.

A study conducted by researchers at the University of Surrey found strong evidence to suggest that stress toys work at reducing stress in tense situations by providing a distraction from whatever it may be that's causing the stress. This makes them a highly useful promotional gift that can actually help people deal with tense situations, as well as a fun, novelty item.

Which Businesses Can Use Promotional Stress Toys?

Because they're so adaptable, many different types of businesses can use branded stress toys. A health service provider would benefit from providing branded stress toys in their establishment for those who are anxious or undergoing nerve-wracking procedures.

These pill capsule shaped stress toys are ideal for promoting a medical facility or pharmacy

Meanwhile, lots of other types of businesses and charities can use promotional stress toys simply as eye-catching giveaways for customers, as well as for staff to show employees that their well-being is a priority. Stress toys are very well-suited to brands that want to present a fun, youthful image due to their wacky appearance.

Startups and small enterprises can also use promotional stress toys thanks to their affordability.

Stress Toy Shapes

Stress toys are available in so many shapes that it would be impossible to show them all to you here. Needless to say, there is a shape to suit any brand and business type. If you run a construction business a house shaped stress toy could be a good choice, whilst a plane stress toy would suit a travel company.

Stress toys can take any shape and the sky is the limit!

However, if by some chance you aren’t able to find the shape you want, we also provide the service of sourcing alternative, even more unique stress toy shapes for you. And, if you're still not one hundred percent sure that the shape is perfect, we can help you design a bespoke stress toy that meets your needs precisely.

We can develop a completely bespoke stress toy design to represent your brand

Stress Toy Colours & Printing

Not only is the shape of your stress toy fully customisable if you need it to be, but we will also make sure the colours meet your exact specifications. All of our stress toys can be printed in ANY colour, so if you want your promotional stress toy owl to be the same blue as your logo, we can make it so.

This stress toy owl traditionally comes in red, but we altered the colours to match those of Kognito's branding

Most of our stress toys are printed with spot colours, which is where a few block colours are printed one at a time. However, if you want a full-colour printed design, this can be produced on a stress ball. This will allow you to achieve a complex design of photographic quality, with gradients.

Ordering Stress Toys

Because stress toys are often highly customised items, lead times can be around four weeks, meaning you should try not to order them at the last minute if you need them for an event or seasonal promotion.

However many of our shapes are now being produced in the UK, which means they can be ready in as little as one week. And our standard shapes come with express lead times of just three days! If you're worried about not receiving your promotional gifts in time, let us know and we'll advise on what your best options are.

How Should You Distribute Promotional Stress Toys?

You have plenty of options for distributing your promotional stress toys as they are small, easily transportable and light-weight. You could use them as purchase incentives in a shop, offering a free one alongside every purchase. This would also work with online orders. Alternatively you could use them as decorative items at trade shows and other events.

Your customers will be full of inspiration when they receive their branded stress toy

They can be included in direct mail to make "lumpy mail", which will encourage prospective customers to open any promotional literature you send them. Or you could include them in your organisation's goodie bags during the holiday season to reinforce company loyalty! Whatever method you choose, people will be pleasantly surprised to receive a fun, novelty freebie.

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We hope we've provided you with the information you need if you're considering investing in promotional stress toys! If you have any further questions, though, please don’t hesitate to give us a ring on 01204 577 995.