List of hobbies

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This is a list of hobbies.

Contents 1 Animal-related 2 Aquariums 3 Arts and Crafts 4 Chemistry 5 Collecting 6 Computer-related 7 Cooking 8 DIY (Do It Yourself) 9 Electronics 10 Fan fiction 11 Film-making 12 Games 13 Geofiction, including model nations 14 Historical reenactment, as in the Society for Creative Anachronism 15 Homebrewing 16 Interactive fiction 17 Internet-based hobbies 18 Literature 19 Machining 20 Model (scale model) building 21 Motor vehicles 22 Music 23 Observation 24 Outdoor nature activities 25 Performing arts 26 Photography 27 Physics demos or experiments 28 Puzzles 29 Research-related 30 Restoration (refurbishing) 31 Sports or other physical activities 32 Toys of some sophistication

Animal-related

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

Aquariums

• Self-maintaining Home Aquarium

Arts and Crafts

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

Chemistry

• Chemical experiments
• Fireworks

Collecting

• Antiques
• Artwork
• Ashtrays
• Autographs
• Aviation archaeology
• Beer Cans
• Books
• Bottles
• Calendars
• Candlesticks
• Conifer cones
• Bottle caps
• Christmas accessories
• Cigarette cards
• Classic videogames
• Clocks
• Coasters
• Coins
• Collecting fossils
• Comic books
• Currency
• Dice
• Dumpster diving
• Enamels
• Found objects
• Hats
• Keychains
• Lighters
• Lunchboxes
• Microchips
• Miniature models
• Patches
• Phillumenism, i.e. collecting matchbooks and matchboxes
• Photographs
• Poker Chips
• Postcards
• Posters
• Quotes
• Records
• Collecting Rocks and Minerals
• Scale models
• Scissors
• Shopping lists
• Shot glasses
• Souvenirs
• Spoons
• Stamps
• Swords
• Teddy bears
• Thimbles
• Trading cards such as baseball cards
• Wine labels
• Yardsticks

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
• Photoshopping
• Retrocomputing
• Modding

Cooking

Any food/drink you feel like making

DIY (Do It Yourself)

• Home Repairs

Electronics

• Amateur radio and CB radio
• DIY audio
• Designing and building electronic circuits
• Hardware hacking
• Robots
• TV and FM DXing

Fan fiction

• Slash fiction

Film-making

• Animation

Games

• Board games
  • Backgammon
  • Checkers
  • Chess
  • Chinese Checkers
  • Go
  • Monopoly
  • Pente
  • Rummikub
  • Tournament Scrabble
  • Stratego
• Card games
  • Bridge
  • Poker
  • Gin rummy
• Backgammon
• Dominoes
• Role-playing games
• Wargaming, sometimes with miniatures

Geofiction, including model nations

LEGO

Historical reenactment, as in the Society for Creative Anachronism

Homebrewing

Interactive fiction

Internet-based hobbies

• 43things.com
• Blogging
• BookCrossing
• Currency bill tracking
• Geocaching a modern day form of treasure hunting
• Google Whacking
• GPS drawing
• Newsgroups
• Wikipedia

Literature

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

Machining

• Model engineering

Model (scale model) building

• Live steam models
• Matchstick models
• Military models
• Model aircraft -- civil and military
• Model cars, including radio-controlled cars
• Model commercial vehicles
• Model engineering
• Model houses
• Model figures -- historical and military
• Model military vehicles -- including armored vehicles
• Model nations
• Model railways/railroads
  • Backyard railroads
• Model rockets
• Model ships -- civil and military

Motor vehicles

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

Music

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

Observation

• Amateur astronomy
• Geyser gazing
• Metrophilia
• Transport spotting
  • Aircraft spotting
  • Bus spotting
  • Train spotting

Outdoor nature activities

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

Performing arts

• Amateur theater
• Dancing
• Magic tricks
• Singing

Photography

• Darkroom work, i.e developing films and enlarging photos in black-and-white or color
• Kite aerial photography

Physics demos or experiments

Puzzles

• Crossword puzzles
• Jigsaw puzzle
• Word seek puzzles

Research-related

• Genealogy
• Hagiography

Restoration (refurbishing)

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

Sports or other physical activities

• Archery
• Baseball, softball, and rounders
• Basketball
• Bowling
• Cycling
• Dance
• Fantasy sports
• Freshwater and saltwater fishing, including fly fishing
• Football
• Football (soccer)
• Gliding
• Golf
• Hunting
• Martial Arts
• Racquetball
• Sailing
• Shooting rifles, pistols, and shotguns
• Surfing
• Table tennis where the level of play isn't really hindered by advanced age
• Tennis
• Ultimate
• Volleyball
• Skating

Toys of some sophistication

• LEGO, including Brikwars, and Lego Mindstorms
• Radio control toysmk:Листа на хобија

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