We had a request from one of our readers for a list of hobby ideas as she was looking for a new passtime 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
Around the house
- Gardening
- Garden Design
- Grow your own vegetable ideas
- 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
Health and personal development
- Alexander Technique
- Yoga
- Pilates
- Reiki
- Massage
- Belly dancing
- Line dancing
- Reflexology
- Aromatherapy
Ideas from our readers
Poll Dancing
Do pole dancing it’s a fun hobby! – (Thanks to Chavon)
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 Kathryn Raphael for sending in the last update.
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Railway Modelling
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public speaking/singing
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hobby ideas: beadwork ( in arts and crafts)
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Collecting and making miniatures (dollshouses)
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tidy my room
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making handmade wallpapers
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tai chi
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horse riding
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design your dream room/house
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bury a time capsule
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robotics
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Go Geocaching
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Collect mugs or cups
Collect quotes
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Collect flowers or leaves
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djing and producing
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Join a Bridge club
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Learn to use the Tarot
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digital scrapbooking
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Create a fun website
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Collect random collectables e.g elaphant related stuff 🙂
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rearrange furniture
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Learn a Musical Instrument
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Paintballing
Bird Watching
Go Carting
Eddie Stobart truck model collector
Carama/hongwell collector
Model motorbike collector
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ball room dancing
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quality time with your mum always nice
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Try different ways to write your name in cursive. It’s really fun.
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breeding birds
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make a jane austen dress, curl your hair and flounce around the house saying “lord! i’m so HUNGRY!”
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get fat
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Golf
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binge drinking
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Simple thigs for example taking a walk or going swimming and spending time with your family.
Ellen.
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Create a list of useful hobbies for other people to try out
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do some honest toil and stop wasting your time on the internet!
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go on a pilgramage
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tarantulas are very interesting to watch and look after. get one! i have three and there great!!
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tag rugby
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Mountain biking
From Disgusting Of Tunbridge Wells
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Jogging
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Home movie making
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dog training
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collecting spoons from different countries
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jingle writing
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taking photos, Organizing family gatherings and events.
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horse riding
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Elephant training
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Have an aquarium…
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Roller Blading
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Hip Hop dancing
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Hi. I was looking up some new hobby ideas on here and I’m surprised to see that you are missing a very important hobby on your listings.
It’s called pyrography, which is artwork burned into wood. I used to do this a few years ago but I have reluctantly sold my pyrography machine and the stylus chisels.The machine can be purchased for about £100.00 from most craft supplies and the technique is quite simple.
For example, you need a piece of quality plywood, preferably beech faced as it has a lighter face than most ply. Depending on the size of the picture you would like,(2ft 6inches x 2ft is about right). Fix carbon paper all over the face of the ply, covering every part.If your not really artistic enough to design a picture of your own then choose one from hundreds of art drawings or magazines etc. but remember to cover the whole of the carbon paper area by fitting the picture with tape over the top.Then with a ball point pen, draw over the outlines of your picture, pressing on to make sure that the ink from the carbon paper is transferred on to the ply.When this is done, remove the paper picture and the carbon paper from the ply and you should have your outline for burning into the plywood.
Once you have burned all of the picture on to the ply, you can colour it in with felt tip pens.Allow this to dry then apply two coats of high gloss varnish over the finished picture before framing.
You will be astounded by the results. I was.
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glass painting
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Playing the piano
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Decoupage?
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become a pro yoyoa
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Collect rocks around your home wash them and then study where they came from.
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learn to do graffiti
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dress up like something different and exciting every day! LIke Cher or one time I dressed up as a clown and went to the store.ps:im not crazy I swear..ppl will asume that your dressed like that for a reason and it’s all fun!
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also, you can practice doing different makeup and hairstyles on yourself in the mirror
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write songs
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make a scrapbook of all the hobbys you want to do
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do something at the same time as someone else..like at 3:05 have someone jump or say something and you’ll do it at the same time! have others join in too!!
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bollywood dancing and netball
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Make photograph collages
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read les miserables
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become a catholic its the best!
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Jazzercise, it is a fun way to excersize.
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learn to ride a bike
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Pop your spots in the mirror at work, then try all day to cover them up, it makes you look like a mental but atleast they cant see your spots!
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Good day, I would just like to say that by recycling your old newspapers,magazines,etc…
will also save us alot of energy by collecting them, and sent them to school for projects and great hobby ideas to work with.Abdullah (South Africa)
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Puzzles would also be a great hobby to add to the website. This is one cool website!
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I feel very strongly that the practice of hand french polishing has over the years obtained the reputation of being a process that should only be carried out by profesionals. In our opinion it can be carried out by anyone. All we need to try to do is ‘spread the word’. In an attempt to do so we now run 1 day french polishing courses for beginners and supply french polishing kits. I’d be thrilled to hear your comments. Regards,
Ian
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show jumping!
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Try running around the mall with your friends taking wied and random pics! Peoe think you’re mad but deep downhey wish they had the courage to do the same…
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go out side in the summer and get a tan
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just do your homework and or study
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make new friends
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become a hobby consultant/lifestyle coach and make millions
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Fancy becoming a Radio Ham and talk to the world. All the training you need to take up this hobby is at this site
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Candlemaking is what I do, but I would love to make a desktop water fountain, the sound is so relaxing, you can find instructions on how to make them on the internet.
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karate
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going to the cinema
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surf the web
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draw
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Build something with modeling clay
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On-line flying. There is a massive following of flying on-line. You don’t need to be alone, you can see your friend planes and talk to them, LIVE.
If you want to take it a stage further, try your hand at on-line Air Traffic Control.
Both hobbies are highly educational, you will certainly increase your circle of friends and believe me, it is very very addictive. Check it out. -
dog walkind :p
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cooking
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playing a musical instrument
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what about childcare i would like to see childcare on the hobbies list as i know lots of people who enjoy childcare majoraty of the time the children who are being cared for enjoy the care and attention they are being given .
I`m not trying to say that there parents don`t give them attention it`s just that they might enjoy the care of others . but then again they might not
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collecting matchbook of restaurants , hotels,coutries
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Swimming
Learn how to play chess.
Learn how to play checkers.
Re-organize room.
Use a compass or GPS to map neighbourhood.
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athletics, ballet, Jaz dancing, playing the guitar, ice skating, ice hockey, football, basketball, gymnastics, wine and cheese club, tennis, fencing, karaoke.
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Skateboarding
Playing the clarinet(great hobby as you can play all styles of music)
Vidio games
biking
fencing
model plane flying(an excelent hobby)
Swimming
Baking
cooking
writing letters
listening to the radio
writing music
walking
writing a book(Look where it got JK Rowling!!)
Dancing
woodwork
sailing
kayaking
Meet new friends
travel
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Learn more about your local area!
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Sit down and just think about all those mistakes you have done in your life
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For a hobby, harmonica playing is really good! It is simple and easy to play! A diatonic harmonica can only cost £10
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go out for play………
cricket
kho-kho
shuttle
volley ball
basket ball
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Buy a half decent camrea and take up photography. A nice place to start is the beach ion the evening, country villages (Mostly in Brtiain) or whilst on holiday.
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rhinestoning
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smoothie making. its fun and easy and anyone can do it! plus you get a delesious drik in the end.
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write poems
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Live Action Role Playing
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maybe go to a public place where you won’t be bothered or noticed and people watch! you get to come up with personalities for different people
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Once a month visit the slums and smile at the poor children.Give them sweets or a toy or some of the clothing you don’t use. You’ll feel a lot happier doing such good deeds.
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make a painting
make ur own special cooking recipe
star gazing
cloud gazing
authograph collection of famous people
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cartoon making out of people’s faces
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Rock climbing ! It’s fun and ou get exercise. Or camping, running, go to a sports center or a gym, table tennis, ruby, cricket, read, golf, photographer, football, shop for clothes, get a pet and train it.
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Stamp collecting
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i love Colecting Rock climbing
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Dog Agility…Great for both dog and owner.
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for mums- buggy fit,baby sign,hand and feet casting,messy paint walk along roll of wallpaper
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Airsofting
Paintball
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mountain biking
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Be an amateur inventor using recycled materials.
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brushing hair
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Train to be a medium (there are lots of workshops/circles around now).
Ghost hunting/paranormal investigations.
Qi Gong/Reiki/The Reconnection healing (read The Reconnection by Dr Eric Pearl).
Meditation.
Start your own physical mediumship circle (I have and it’s great!) – try to get ghost/orb photos, EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena – recorded spirit voices), use a planchette, try automatic writing, psychic art, pendulum/dowsing rods and last but not least, ouija (we’ve had some great messages from our guides, just trust your guides/angels to give you positive messages and you can also imagine a circle of white light around the board for protection). Oh yes, put a smiley face on the board – spirit people love smileys! 🙂
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Jive (LeRoc, Ceroc etc) – unfortunately there isn’t anywhere near where I live now but when I lived in London, I loved jiving.
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Serve the Lord Jesus Christ with all your heart
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Metal detecting. You could earn out of it too.
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Egiptiology
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metal detecting
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dog walking
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Smoke Weed.
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daydream.
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Take a pole dancing class!
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Choreographed Dancing
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Read the twighlight Saga, then read it again, then….. read it again…….. Then get so confused with reality versus fiction that you become a real vampire hunter….
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Eat cheese, i love to, you can get red cheese and yellow cheese and blue cheese and green cheese and brown cheese and purple cheese and white cheese and grey cheese and orange cheese and black cheese so go down to the shops and get a load of cheese and make your self fat.
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become an inventor
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card making good for christmas
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Create Animation clips
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Draw good rangoli and Mehandi
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-Create a Board/card game !
-keep spider plants and grow the babies and keep them…build a family
-Keep a journal
– keep a video diary of your family
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Sing, write stories, draw, color, oil painting 😛
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Be more irish! Learn the irish language, play an irish sport – hurling or gaelic football are the most popular, learn to cook an irish dish or just go to an irish pub for a pint of guiness and a packet of taytos! Then on St. Patricks day you’ll feel great knowing that you have done something typically irish! 😀
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cocktail making 😉 love gem
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do something for you! be selfish for once.
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surfing
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surfing the net
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study trees, grow a garden in a pot, sew, knit,crochet.
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Get in contact with everyone who helped maked the list an have a party 😉
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Shopping
Swimming
fashion designing
Dancing
Cooking
Baking
Sewing machine
Magazines
Drawing/Painting
Volleyball
Football
Tennis
Go Carting
Hiking
Biking
Collect quotes
Taking Photos
Snowboarding
Ice Skating
Roll Skating
Video games
Travel
collect famous people and make a blinder
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Horseback riding…. it’s the besttttt!!!!!!! <3
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Paint a room in your house.
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> why dont you try tracing back your family tree… and a presentation or site on it.
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Mastering a new language.
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Virtual world
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making of greeting cards
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Start a babysitting club and make some money.
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WRITE POEMS, WHICH WOULD INCREASE OUR SELF DESIGNING AS WELL AS REFRESH OUR MIND WITH NOBLE THOUGHTS…………
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go on walks
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Find the top 5 things you can do to annoy everybody and do them over and over.
Smile or make funny faces at everyone and see if they do it back.
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Plant a Tree
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twitter lol!
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if you are disabaled and into wacthing football why dont you try wheelchaire football i play for ipswich charioteers, its a great way making freinds to
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Learn a little philosophy
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Well, you could make a list of what you want to do before you die
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Enjoy Computer graphics
Digital photography
Computer programming
read
research
handicrafts
Draw
watch videos
swim
horse riding
creativity
digital scrapbooking
Home movie making
Playing a Musical Instruments
make new friends
travel
video and online games
Shopping
fashion designing
Ice Skating
And Deviantart^_^
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Vegan Cooking/Baking – it’s healthy and animals will love you for it! 🙂
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walk or cycle every street in your suburb, city, state….
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MMORPG”s. That’s massive multiplayer online role playing games. there great and there are a bunch out there to choose from as well as many different styles and formats.
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build bikes
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baby sitting
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write down a list of funny quotes by people you know
practice making up debates for the debate club at school.
Do character sketches of people you know (if possible, put them in a marble composition book like the one in Harriet the Spy!)
discover new music on the internet
create codes
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Playing the Clarinet! It is so much fun and such a beautiful instrument!!! Or maybe the saxophone? As a child I loved these instruments and started playing them both for a bit but then I realized what a nice voice I had!
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football
swimming
paintballing
ice skating
walking
cross country
shopping
going on the wii or ds
computer games
go karting
horse riding
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Quilting! it’s fun, easy and cheap. and a great gift idea
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soap making with glycerin bars. want to pursue it .would like to know where to get materials. please help
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extreme card manipulation
card flourishing
mentalism
fortune telling
palm reading
cold reading
warm reading
telekinetics
pencil reading
touch reading
muscle reading
touch reading
sound reading
street magic
stage magic
cabaret magic
close-up magic
kids magic
busking
card magic
coin magic
rope magic
dice magic
elastic magic
rope flourishing
coin flourishing
elastic flourishing
youtube (magicacematt)
facebook (matthew thomas stewart)
myspace
twitter
video making
video editing
photo editing
msn
meeting celebrities
uploading photos and videos-check me out on youtube magicacematt 🙂
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Research and discover a whole new culture in some exotic foreign country! You never know, you might one day get to go there…
Find really old, amazing recipes that people used centuries ago…
Paint garden pots with funky designs and patterns that you might see random places, then grow something inside to match the design. It looks fantastic when you have them all over your garden…
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Melt chocolate and pour it into moulds, then decorate with different coloured chocolates and/or lollies…
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exercise
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tv
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music videos
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facebook
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collect…
bottle tops
radiotor knobs
keyboard keys
beer bottles (not hard)
Wine corks
Matches- mwahahaha
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Fly tying
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Look at these hobby suggestions.
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watching anime & reading manga
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Fencing!!
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The internet is a place with many possibilities.
gain some knowledge of viruses… and how to design them.Visit a random website generator…
There is interactive sites out there that will boggle your mind!screen-capture software is a great way to start digital srapbooking!
There is no limit to what the internet offers, and can be a gold mine in many cases. You just got to know how to use it properly.
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fishing
metal fishing
buying and reselling (such as craigslist)
coloring
going to garage sales
restoring cars
shopping
playing wii
collecting blown glass figures
canoing
roller bladding
learning new things such as words
star gazing
ceramic painting
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make a box and put everything you would like to do as a hobby in a box and take one out each week
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Decorative painting; I love it you can paint on rocks, furniture, anything with a smooth surface.
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Organization
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Be an inventor
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Buy someting you dont want. When you get home you figure out you want it!!
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try a different hobby every week, a good way to find friends… maybe try going to a gym maybe an eco club, archery, pottery club these are things i have tried.
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Try Zumba
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Pick out the tinniest islands on a globe that you have never heard of and research them.
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plam reading
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you could try off roading or green laneing its great fun
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What about origami? I started about month ago and my house is now full of origami stuff looks pretty cool thought
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Rugby
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Macrame! It’s the art of tying cord into various artistic patterns. Years ago, I used to make a lot of really neat rope hangers for potted plants. They’re very decorative and, if you want, you can sell them at flea markets, etc. Have fun!
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crown green bowling
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photography
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fencing, learn a more unique instrument. :p (ie fiddle, pipe organ..) XD
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Astrology, coffee tasting
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Collecting model buses and coaches – EFE & Corgi.
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Pray
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Make a list of things your thankful for.
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Join a book club
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gallerie visiting
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Come to my zumba class in Wantirna 🙂
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Insect collecting and identifying
Kayaking
Local sea life or pond life
Collect dragonflies, pigs, thimbles, whatever you identify with
Become an expert on something, like the Rolling Stones or a hockey league
Join a book club
Collect old 78 or 45 rpm records, get a record player to play them on and catalog them
Learn Spanish and go to Spain or Mexico or South America when you have learned enough
Start your own little business
Volunteer for something you are interested in or to help the poor or sick
Reconnect with an old friend or relative
Start a blog
OK, that’s enough to get you started!
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stop-motion movie making
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Travelling – broaden your horizons!
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Restarting the computer and checking the time to restart every time.
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learn magic
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Highland Dancing – great fun and great for your fitness!
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sewing
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make homemade beauty products
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43. Riddles
44. Sleepovers
45. UFO’s
46. Birdhouse
47. Dancing
48. Greek Mythology
49. Studying Dreams
50. Math
51. Build Your Own Kite
52. Learn a Language
53. Drama
54. TrackDon’t ask about the numbers; just don’t ask
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PLAYING WITH YOUR DOGS
PLAYING WII
SLEEPING
SWIMMING
PAINTING YOUR NAILS
J-BOADING
HORSE RIDING
TAP DANCING
EATING
JUMING UP AND DOWN
IMPERSONATING CELEBRATIES -
Darts. Warhammer 40k
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free running/parkour
drums
add randomers on facebook -
nice how could we all forget adding randoms on facebook
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getting ill
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watching tv
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Flying RC Model Airplanes. This hobby has expanded to huge proportions over the years and is an adreniline heart pounding thrill to do.
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grow tomatoes
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Caligraphy (sp)
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Glass Etching
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Lamasha,rack painting,sola wood painting,viniar painting,tile painting
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I want to join hobby idea team
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geocaching
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Make a little club for you and your friends.
Make your own secret language.
Study the things that interest you the most.
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baseball card collecting, doll collecting
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meditate. now.
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Playing with your family
Being a geek
Commenting on web pages
Playing on devices
Obsessing on a topic
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eating
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Inkjet print transfer on any surface
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picnic at the park 🙂
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I advise everyone to try Capoeira This is a Brazilian martial art. It has elements of dance, acrobatics and nice music.