List of Hobby Ideas

We had a request from one of our readers for a list of hobby ideas as she was looking for a new pastime to occupy herself.
We have compiled this list of hobby ideas. We hope that you enjoy it. If you have any more ideas please drop us a line and we will add it in.
List of Hobby Ideas
Arts and Crafts
- Woodwork
- Patchwork/ Quilting
- Basket making
- Embroidery
- Drawing - Still Life
- Oil painting
- Pottery
- Multimedia
- Upholstery
- Sugarcraft
- Dressmaking
- Pottery
- Candle making
- Homemade soap
- Whittling
- Make your own instruments
- Beading (my daughter loves to bead)
- Crochet
- Knitting
- Build your own kite
- Paper mache
- Mosaics
- Stain glass
- Furniture restoration
- Sculpting
- Weaving
Collecting
- Stamp collecting
- Train spotting (collecting train numbers)
- Collecting Staffordshire figures
- Old toy car collecting (thanks to Ken Biro)
Around the house
- Gardening
- Garden Design
- Grow your own vegetables
- Plumbing
- Flower arranging
- Fish keeping
- Interior design
- Hair dressing
- DIY
Food
- Wine tasting
- Cooking
- Foreign foods - Indian/ Chinese/ Italian
- Baking
- Mushroom collecting
- Cake decorating
Electronics and computing
- Amateur Radio
- CB
- Electronics
- Digital photography
- Computer programming
- Computer graphics
- Web site design
Language and literature
- Learn a language
- French/ Italian/ Spanish/ Mandarin/ Welsh/ Gaelic/ Latin/ Greek/ German/ Arabic/ Russian /Bulgarian
- Join a literature group
- French literature
- Creative writing
- Lip reading
- Sign language
Other
- Astronomy
- Origami
- Magic
- Drama
- Join a local operatic society
- Scrap booking
- bonsai trees
- bird watching
- model airplanes
- building birdhouses
History
- Family History
- Local history
- Trace the history of your house
- Stone circles
- Discovering Ley Lines
- Restore old photographs
Sport
- Scuba diving
- High Diving
- Fishing
- Swimming
- Judo
- Tae Kwon Do
- Orienteerig
- Hill Walking
- Trampolining
- Jogging (thans to Ken Biro)
Health and personal development
- Alexander Technique
- Yoga
- Pilates
- Reiki
- Massage
- Belly dancing
- Line dancing
- Reflexology
- Aromatherapy
If you have any more hobby ideas please add them in the box below and we will add it in to the page. Special thanks to Ken Biro for sending in the last update.




stitching
(Thanks to Anonymous)holes in things
Railway Modelling
(Thanks to Anonymous)public speaking/singing
(Thanks to Anonymous)Collecting and making miniatures (dollshouses)
(Thanks to Anonymous)Dance
tidy my room
(Thanks to Anonymous)tai chi
(Thanks to Anonymous)robotics
by Iovita Anca
(Thanks to Anonymous)djing and producing
(Thanks to Anonymous)Join a Bridge club
(Thanks to Anonymous)Learn to use the Tarot
(Thanks to Anonymous)digital scrapbooking
(Thanks to Anonymous)Create a fun website
(Thanks to Anonymous)Collect random collectables e.g elaphant related stuff
(Thanks to Anonymous)rearrange furniture
(Thanks to Anonymous)Learn a Musical Instrument
(Thanks to Anonymous)Paintballing
(Thanks to Ken Biro)Bird Watching
Go Carting
Eddie Stobart truck model collector
Carama/hongwell collector
Model motorbike collector
Diecast collector.
go on www.stardoll.com
(Thanks to Anonymous)very cool and a good time waster
ball room dancing
(Thanks to Anonymous)quality time with your mum always nice
(Thanks to Anonymous)breeding birds
(Thanks to Anonymous)make a jane austen dress, curl your hair and flounce around the house saying “lord! i’m so HUNGRY!”
(Thanks to Anonymous)get fat
(Thanks to Anonymous)Golf
(Thanks to Anonymous)binge drinking
(Thanks to Anonymous)Simple thigs for example taking a walk or going swimming and spending time with your family.
Ellen.
(Thanks to Anonymous)Create a list of useful hobbies for other people to try out
(Thanks to Anonymous)do some honest toil and stop wasting your time on the internet!
(Thanks to Anonymous)go on a pilgramage
(Thanks to Anonymous)tarantulas are very interesting to watch and look after. get one! i have three and there great!!
(Thanks to Anonymous)tag rugby
(Thanks to Anonymous)dog training
(Thanks to Anonymous)collecting spoons from different countries
(Thanks to Anonymous)jingle writing
(Thanks to Anonymous)taking photos, Organizing family gatherings and events.
(Thanks to Anonymous)horse riding
(Thanks to Anonymous)Elephant training
(Thanks to Anonymous)Have an aquarium…
(Thanks to Anonymous)Roller Blading
(Thanks to Anonymous)Hip Hop dancing
(Thanks to Anonymous)glass painting
(Thanks to Anonymous)Playing the piano
(Thanks to cutierosegirl)