List of hobbies

This is a list of hobbies.

Amateur Science related

* Amateur astronomy
* Amateur chemistry
* Amateur microscopy
* Amateur telescope making
* Electronics
* Fireworks
* Genealogy
* Lasers
* Mass-Observation
* Physics demos or experiments
* Robots(See also: The Amateur Scientist)

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Animal-related

* Animal Fancy (keeping or breeding animals for pets or show)
* Animal rescue (injured or orphaned wild or domestic animals)
* Bird watching
* Beekeeping
* Dog breeding
* Falconry
* Fishkeeping
* Herpetoculture
* Horses
* Hunting
* Dog training
* Elephant training

Arts and crafts

* Altered art
* Beading
* Blacksmithing
* Calligraphy
* Collaging
* Cosplay
* Crochet
* Cross-stitch
* Dollhouses
* House making
* Drawing
* Embroidery
* Enamels
* Engraving
* Figure painting
* Glassblowing

* Henna
* Jewelery making
* Knitting
* Leather crafting
* Metal Working
* Origami
* Painting
** Figure painting (hobby)
** Tole painting
** Watercolor
** Splatter painting
* Papercraft
* Photography
* Pottery
* Quilting
* Scrapbooking
* Sculpture
* Sewing
* Soapmaking
* Stained glass
* Stamping
* Warm glass
* Weaving
* Wood carving
* Woodworking
* Lifecasting
* Drawing anime

Collecting

* Antiques
* Artwork
* Autographs
* Aviation archaeology
* Banknotes
* Baseball cards
* Beetles
* Books
* Bottles
* Business cards
* Butterflies
* Calendars
* Cameras
* Candlesticks
* Cans
* Cards
* Conifer cones
* Bottle caps
* Christmas Accessories
* Classic Videogames
* Clocks
* Coasters
* Coins
* Comic books
* Crystals
* Currency
* Dice
* Die-cast toys
* Dolls
* Dumpster diving
* Enamels
* Fashion Design
* Feathers
* Fossils
* Found objects
* Fountain pens
* Guns
* Handbags
* Hats
* Jewelry
* Keychains
* Knives (Pocket Knives, Hunting Knives, Kitchen Knives)
* License Plates
* Lunchboxes
* Manga
* Matchcovers and matchboxes ("Phillumenism")
* Marbles
* Microchips
* Militaria
* Miniature figures
* Moths
* Newspapers
* Patches
* Pens
* Photographs
* Plates
* Postcards
* Posters
* Quotations
* Recordings (Records, CDs, Cassettes)
* Rocks and Minerals
* Scale models
* Salt and Pepper Shakers
* Shopping lists
* Snow globes
* Souvenirs
* Spoons
* Stamps
* Stickers
* Swords
* Teddy bears
* Thimbles
* Trading Cards (such as Baseball Cards)
* Treasure hunting (possibly using Metal detectors)
* Toys
* Watches and Clocks
* Wine
* Yardsticks

Computer-related

*3D computer graphics design
* Animation design
* Computer games
* Computer programming
** Open source and the free software movement
** Competitive programming - e.g. ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest or TopCoder
* Distributed computing projects
* Ebay
* Image editing
* Retrocomputing
* Modding / Overclocking

Food

* Baking
* Barbecue (Grilling)
* Hosting Parties
* Homebrewing (beer making)
* OpenCola
* Home Canning
* Cake making / cake decorating
* Wine tasting

DIY (Do It Yourself)

* Home Repairs
* Interior Design
* Logging Inventing ideas
* Lock picking
* Low-tech
* Spud gun
* Go-Karting
* Refurbishing

Electronics

* Amateur radio
* CB radio
* Circuit bending
* DIY audio
* Designing and building electronic circuits
* Hardware hacking
* TV and FM DXing
* Home theater

Film-making

* Animation
* Brickfilm
* Short movies

Games

* Board games
** Backgammon
** Checkers
** Chess
** Carrom
** Chinese Checkers
** Cluedo AKA Clue
** German board games
** Go
** Monopoly
** Pente
** Risk
** Rummikub
** Tournament Scrabble
** Shogi
** Stratego
* Card games
** Bridge
** Cribbage
** Gin rummy
** Hearts
** Pinochle
** Poker
** Rook
** Spades
** Trading Card Games/Collectible Card Games
** euchre
* Cue sports
* Dominoes
* Fantasy sports
* Role-playing games
* Sudoku
* Tiddlywinks
* Video games
* Wargaming, sometimes with miniatures

Gardening

* Bonsai
* Grafting

Historical reenactment

*Ancient reenactment ("See also:" List of ancient reenactment groups)
*Dark Ages reenactment
*Early Medieval reenactment
*High Medieval reenactment
*Renaissance reenactment
*Jousting
*English Civil War reenactment
*Modern reenactment
*North America Fur Trade reenactments (known as "Rendezvous")
*French and Indian War reenactment
*American Revolutionary War reenactment
*Napoleonic war reenactment
*Franco-Prussian War reenactment
*American Civil War reenactment
*Wild West reenactment
*Cowboy action shooting
*World War II

Interactive fiction

* Collaborative fiction
* Gamebook
* Interactive storytelling
* Role-playing game
* Whirling Dirvishes

Internet-based hobbies

* Blogging
* BookCrossing
* CrimeBloc
* Currency bill tracking
* Facebooking
* Geocaching
* DeviantART
* Google whacking
* GPS drawing
* IRC
* MMORPG
* MUD
* MSN
* MySpace
* Newsgroups
* Random surfing
* StumbleUpon
* Wikipedia
* World Wide Web
* Yahoo Answers
* Friendster
* Mindsay
* Orkutting
* Librivox recording

Literature

* Constructed languages ("conlanging")
* Geofiction, including model nations
* Graphology, (handwriting analyis)
* Learning foreign languages
* Reading and bibliophilia
* Penpal
* Writing
* Zines

=Model (scale model) building=

* Live steam models
* Matchstick models
* Military models
* Model aircraft
* Model cars, including radio-controlled cars
* Model commercial vehicles
* Model engineering (Machining)
* Model houses
* Model figures
* Model military vehicles
* Model nations
* Model railways/railroads
** Backyard railroads
* Model rockets
* Model yachting

Music

* Karaoke
* Musical composition and MIDI composition (production)
* playing musical instruments
* Songwriting
* Singing
* DJing / MCing

Observation

* Amateur astronomy
* Bird watching
* Geyser gazing
* Horoscopes
* People/crowd watching
* Transportation spotting (see below)
* Bigfoot Watching
* Loch Ness Monster Scouting

Outdoor/nature activities

* Backpacking
* Birdfeeding, birding, and birdwatching
* Bouldering
* Buildering or urban climbing
* Butterfly watching
* Camping
* Caving
* Canoeing and kayaking
* Dragonboat Racing
* Fishing
* Freestyle Rolling
* Footbag/Hacky Sack
* Gardening (forest gardening, organic gardening, wildlife gardening, bonsai, and permaculture)
* Geocaching
* Hiking
* Historical Trekking
* Horse riding
* Hunting
* Kite flying
* Laser skirmish
* Letterboxing
* Mountain climbing
* Nudism
* Paintball
* Rafting
* Rock climbing
* Rockhounding (rock and mineral hunting/collecting)
* Ice Skating
* Plinking
* Sailing
* SCUBA diving
* Sight seeing
* Skiing
* Skateboarding
* Snorkeling (Snorkelling)
* Snowboarding
* Survival Camping
* Stone skipping
* Traveling
* Treasure hunting (possibly with metal detectors)
* Trekking
* Urban Exploration
* Walking

Performing arts

* Amateur theater
* Dancing
* Glowsticking
* Juggling
* Magic tricks
* Singing
* Poetry reading
* Bhangra Dancing
* Fire Poi / Sock Poi
* Fire staff

Photography

* Astrophotography
* Darkroom work (developing and printing photographic film)
* Kite aerial photography
* Leaf peeping

Sports or other physical activities

* Aerobics
* Aggresive Skating
* Airsoft
* Archery
* Aviation
* Backyard wrestling
* Badminton
* Baseball, softball, and rounders
* Basketball
* Bowling
* Boxing
* Cheerleading
* Cricket
* Cross country
* Cycling
* Dagorhir
* Dance
* Diving
* Freshwater and saltwater fishing, including fly fishing
* Fencing/Historical Fencing
* Football
* Football (soccer)
* Free Running
* Gliding
* Golf
* Gymnastics
* Handbalancing
* Hanggliding
* Horseshoes
* Hunting
* Ice skating
* Jiu-Jitsu
* Kick Boxing
* Kitesurfing
* Lacrosse
* Marbles
* Martial arts
* Martial Arts Tricking
* Mountain Biking
* Netball
* Orienteering
* Paintball
* Parkour
* Racquetball
* Ringette
* Rowing
* Rugby
* Running, Jogging
* Sailing
* Shooting rifles, pistols, and shotguns
* Skateboarding
* Skydiving
* Squash
* Surfing
* Table tennis
* Tae Kwon Do
* Tennis
* Track
* Trampolining
* Unicycling
* Ultimate
* Volleyball
* Walking
* Weight lifting
* Wrestling
* Skateboarding
* Skating
* Skiing
* Slacklining
* Snowboarding
* Swimming
* Triathlon
* Yachting
* Yoga
* Soccer
* Pilates

Toys of some sophistication

* LEGO, including Brikwars, and Lego Mindstorms
* Radio control toys
* Erector Sets and Meccano
*Cycling

Transportation

* Automobiles:
** Antique cars
** Auto detailing
** Autocross
** Kit cars
** Motorcycles
** Mopeds
** Scooters
** Motorsports (auto/motorcycle racing)
** Off-roading
** Rallying
** Trucks
* Enthusiasm
** Railfan
** Roadgeek
** Metrophile
* Gongoozler (people who watch canals in the United Kingdom)
* Transport spotting
** Aircraft spotting
** Bus spotting
** Train spotting