This is a list of hobbies.

Contents

1 Animal-related 2 Arts and Crafts 3 Collecting 4 Computer-related 5 Cooking 6 DIY (Do It Yourself) 7 Electronics 8 Fan fiction 9 Film-making 10 Flirting 11 Games 12 Geofiction, including model nations 13 Historical reenactment, as in the Society for Creative Anachronism 14 Homebrewing 15 Interactive fiction 16 Internet-based hobbies 17 Literature 18 Machining 19 Model (scale model) building 20 Motor vehicles 21 Music 22 Observation 23 Outdoor nature activities 24 Photography 25 Physics demos or experiments 26 Puzzles 27 Research-related 28 Restoration of highly entropic artifacts 29 Sports or other physical activities 30 Toys of some sophistication

Animal-related

• Beekeeping
• Dog breeding
• Herpetoculture
• Animal fancy - Keeping pet or show animals
• Horses
• Animal rescue (injured or orphaned wild or domestic animals)

Arts and Crafts

• Blacksmithing
• Crochet
• Dollhouses
• Doll making
• Drawing
• Embroidery
• Knitting
• Miniature figures
• Painting
  • Figure painting (hobby)
  • Tole painting
• Pottery
• Quilting
• Scrapbooking
• Sculpture
• Sewing
• Stained glass
• Stamping
• Warm glass
• Wood carving
• Woodworking

Collecting

• Antiques
• Artwork
• Autographs
• Books
• Classic videogames
• Coins
• Collecting fossils
• Comic books
• Currency
• Dumpster diving
• Found objects
• Microchips
• Phillumenism (match-box labels)
• Postcards
• Records
• Collecting Rocks and Minerals
• Scale models
• Shopping lists
• Stamps
• Trading cards such as baseball cards
• Wine labels

Computer-related

• 3D computer graphics design
• Animation design
• Computer games
• Computer programming
  • Open source and the free software movement
• Operating systems, e.g. GNU/Linux
• Retrocomputing

Cooking

DIY (Do It Yourself)

• Home Repairs

Electronics

• Hardware hacking
• Amateur radio and CB radio
• Robots

Fan fiction

Film-making

Flirting

Games

• Board games
  • Chess
  • Go
  • Pente
  • Tournament Scrabble
• Card games
  • Bridge
  • Poker
  • Backgammon
  • Gin Rummy
• Dominoes
• Wargaming, sometimes with miniatures
• Role-playing games

Geofiction, including model nations

Historical reenactment, as in the Society for Creative Anachronism

Homebrewing

Interactive fiction

Internet-based hobbies

• Wikipedia
• Google Whacking
• Newsgroups
• Currency bill tracking
• Geocaching a modern day form of treasure hunting
• GPS drawing
• BookCrossing

Literature

• Reading
• Writing
• Learning foreign languages
• Constructed languages (conlanging)

Machining

Model (scale model) building

• Matchstick models
• Military models
• Model aircraft -- civil and military
• Model cars, including radio-controlled cars
• Model commercial vehicles
• Model houses
• Model figures -- historical and military
• Model military vehicles -- including armored vehicles
• Model nations
• Model railways/railroads
• Model rockets
• Model ships -- civil and military
• Movie and Pop Culture-based models

Motor vehicles

• Antique cars
• Kit-cars
• Motorcycles
• Off-roading
• Trucks

Music

• Singing and playing musical instruments
• Musical composition and MIDI compostion

Observation

• Amateur astronomy
• Geyser gazing
• Metrophilia
• Train, plane, and bus spotting

Outdoor nature activities

• Birdfeeding, birding, and birdwatching
• Butterfly watching
• Caving
• Canoeing and kayaking
• Gardening, including forest gardening, organic gardening, wildlife gardening, and permaculture
• Hiking
• Kite flying
• Mountain climbing
• Rafting
• Stone skipping
• Rockhounding (rock and mineral hunting/collecting)
• Walking

Photography

• Kite photography

Physics demos or experiments

Puzzles

• Jigsaw puzzle
• Crossword puzzles
• Word seek puzzles

Research-related

• Genealogy
• Hagiography

Restoration of highly entropic artifacts

• Antique machinery
• Early computers
• Houses
• Sailboats, early motorized boats

Sports or other physical activities

• Baseball, softball, and rounders
• Bowling
• Cycling
• Dance
• Fantasy sports
• Freshwater and saltwater fishing, including fly fishing
• Gliding
• Hunting
• Martial Arts
• Sailing
• Shooting rifles, pistols, and shotguns
• Table tennis where the level of play isn't really hindered by advanced age
• Ultimate frisbee

Toys of some sophistication

• LEGO, including brikwars, and Lego Mindstorms
• Radio control toys