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Hobbies can be a fun and educational way to pass the time. Below is a list of hobby ideas you might find interest you. I hope it  inspires you to take up an interest and share it with family and friends or just enjoy that sanctuary a hobby can bring to your well being.

Indoor:
Hobbies that include indoor activities can open a creative window or education. You can create, build and learn in the topic of your own interest. Seek other with the same interest as clubs and trade shows.

  • 3D Printing
  • Amateur radio station
  • Amateur radio
  • Baton twirling
  • Cleaning
  • Collecting:
    The hobby of collecting includes seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector. The scope of collecting is unlimited: "If something exists, somebody somewhere collects them. Some examples are;
    1. Antiquing 
    2. Art
    3. Autographs
    4.  Antique
    5. Automotive History
    6. Books
    7. Cards
    8. Cars
    9. Coins
    10. Dolls
    11. Models
    12. Movie
    13. Miniatures
    14. Postcards
    15. Record collecting 
    16. Rock and Crystals
    17. Seashells and broken glass found at beaches
    18. Spoons
    19. Sports Cards
    20. Sporting Memorabilia
    21. Stamps
    22. Toys
    23. Tools

  • Computer programming
  • Cooking
  • Coloring
  • Cosplaying
  • Creative writing
  • Crocheting
  • Cryptography
  • Dance
  • Digital arts
  • Drama
  • Drawing
  • Drinking Coffee
  • Eating
  • Embroidery
  • Foreign language learning
  • Gaming (tabletop games and role-playing games)
  • Gambling
  • Genealogy
  • Homebrewing
  • Jewelry making
  • Juggling
  • Knitting
  • Lacemaking
  • Lapidary
  • Leather crafting
  • Lego Building
  • Magic
  • Microscopy
  • Model Building
  • Music Appreciation
  • Origami
  • Painting
  • Ping Pong
  • Playing Musical Instruments
  • Pottery
  • Puzzles
  • Quilting
  • RC cars
  • Reading
  • Scrapbooking
  • Sculpting
  • Sewing
  • Shortwave listening
  • Singing
  • Soapmaking
  • Sports
  • Stand-Up Comedy
  • Taxidermy
  • Videophilia (Home theater)
  • Video gaming
  • Watching Movies
  • Web surfing
  • Wood carving
  • Woodworking
  • Worldbuilding
  • Writing
  • Yoga
  • Yo-yoing



Outdoor
Hobbies that include outdoor activities are not only fun but can improve your health. Join a team or follow your our drum. Your possibilities are as great as the whole outdoors.    


  • Antiquing
  • Air sports
  • Archery
  • Astronomy
  • Backpacking
  • BASE jumping
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Beekeeping
  • Bird watching
  • Board sports
  • BodyBuilding
  • Cycling
  • Dowsing
  • Driving
  • Fishing
  • Flying
  • Foragin
  • Gardening
    Gardening is the practice of growing and cultivating plants as part of horticulture. In gardens, ornamental plants are often grown for their flowers, foliage, or overall appearance; useful plants, such as root vegetables, leaf vegetables, fruits, and herbs, are grown for consumption, for use as dyes, or for medicinal or cosmetic use. Gardening is considered to be a relaxing activity for many people. Some examples are;
    1. Flower gardens
    2. Growing bonsai trees
    3. Caring for houseplants
    4. Growing vegetable gardens
    5. Building a rock garden
    6. Organic gardening and composting
  •     Geocaching
  •     Ghost Hunting
  •     Graffiti
  •     Handball
  •     Hiking
  •     Hooping
  •     Hunting
  •     Inline Skating
  •     Jogging
  •     Kayaking
  •     Kiteboarding
  •     Kiteflying
  •     LARPing
    A live action role-playing game (LARP) is a form of role-playing game where the participants physically act out their characters' actions. The players pursue goals within a fictional setting represented by the real world while interacting with each other in character. The outcome of player actions may be mediated by game rules or determined by consensus among players. Event arrangers called gamemasters decide the setting and rules to be used and facilitate play
  •     Metal detecting
  •     Motor sports
  •     Mountain biking
  •     Mushroom Hunting or Mycology
  •     Net Ball
  •     Nordic skating
  •     Paint Ball
  •     Photography
  •     Polo
  •     Rock climbing
  •     Roller skating
  •     Rugby
  •     Running
  •     Sailing
  •     Sand castle building
  •     Scuba Diving
  •     Sculling or Rowing
  •     Shooting
  •     Shopping
  •     Skating
  •     Skateboarding
  •     Skiing
  •     Skydiving
  •     Surfing
  •     Snowboarding
  •     Swimming
  •     Tai Chi
  •     Urban exploration
  •     Vehicle restoration
  •     Water sports
 
Competition:

  • Animal showing
  • Badminton
  • Baton Twirling
  • Billiards
  • Bowling
  • Boxing
  • Bridge
  • Cheerleader
  • Chess
  • Color Guard
  • Cubing
  • Curling
  • Cricket (Indoor)
  • Dancing
  • Darts
  • Debate
  • Fencing
  • Football
  • Gaming
  • Go
  • Gymnastics
  • League of Legends
  • Marbles
  • Martial arts
  • Poker
  • Table football
  • Video Games
  • Volleyball
  • Weightlifting
Did we forget to include your favorite hobby. Please let us know and we will consider adding it to our list.
Content by R. Anthony * Copyright 2008 ~  United Community Publications
Data Revisions 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 &
2014
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