Thanks for stopping by to checkout the NotSoBoringLife.com giant list of hobbies. If you are sitting at your computer, bored out of your mind, looking for a new hobby give this list a try. It’s the easiest way to find a new hobby.
Also check our list to make sure your current hobbies are on the list. If you’ve got an awesome hobby not on the list, leave us a comment telling us what your hobby is and we’ll add it to the list. We didn’t generate the world’s largest list of hobbies by ourselves you know. Also feel free to contact me to tell everyone about your hobby. We’re always looking for people who love their hobby and want to tell the world about it.
Before you get started, we’re in the process of writing a little about each hobby so you can explore it further. Ultimately we’d like to have them categorized by time required, indoor/outdoor, space needed, thrill factor, etc. Obviously that’s a lot of work so it may take a while. Nevertheless the list is a great reference for anyone looking for a new way to spend their day. Enjoy.
- Aircraft Spotting
- Airbrushing
- Airsofting
- Acting
- Aeromodeling
- Amateur Astronomy
- Amateur Radio
- Animals/pets/dogs
- Archery
- Arts
- Aquarium (Freshwater & Saltwater)
- Astrology
- Astronomy
- Backgammon
- Badminton
- Baseball
- Base Jumping
- Basketball
- Beach/Sun tanning
- Beachcombing
- Beadwork
- Beatboxing
- Becoming A Child Advocate
- Bell Ringing
- Belly Dancing
- Bicycling
- Bicycle Polo
- Bird watching
- Birding
- BMX
- Blacksmithing
- Blogging
- BoardGames
- Boating
- Body Building
- Bonsai Tree
- Bookbinding
- Boomerangs
- Bowling
- Brewing Beer
- Bridge Building
- Bringing Food To The Disabled
- Building A House For Habitat For Humanity
- Building Dollhouses
- Butterfly Watching
- Button Collecting
- Cake Decorating
- Calligraphy
- Camping
- Candle Making
- Canoeing
- Cartooning
- Car Racing
- Casino Gambling
- Cave Diving
- Ceramics
- Cheerleading
- Chess
- Church/church activities
- Cigar Smoking
- Cloud Watching
- Coin Collecting
- Collecting
- Collecting Antiques
- Collecting Artwork
- Collecting Hats
- Collecting Music Albums
- Collecting RPM Records
- Collecting Sports Cards (Baseball, Football, Basketball, Hockey)
- Collecting Swords
- Coloring
- Compose Music
- Computer activities
- Conworlding
- Cooking
- Cosplay
- Crafts
- Crafts (unspecified)
- Crochet
- Crocheting
- Cross-Stitch
- Crossword Puzzles
- Dancing
- Darts
- Diecast Collectibles
- Digital Photography
- Dodgeball
- Dolls
- Dominoes
- Drawing
- Dumpster Diving
- Eating out
- Educational Courses
- Electronics
- Embroidery
- Entertaining
- Exercise (aerobics, weights)
- Falconry
- Fast cars
- Felting
- Fencing
- Fire Poi
- Fishing
- Floorball
- Floral Arrangements
- Fly Tying
- Football
- Four Wheeling
- Freshwater Aquariums
- Frisbee Golf – Frolf
- Games
- Gardening
- Garage Saleing
- Genealogy
- Geocaching
- Ghost Hunting
- Glowsticking
- Gnoming
- Going to movies
- Golf
- Go Kart Racing
- Grip Strength
- Guitar
- Gunsmithing
- Gun Collecting
- Gymnastics
- Gyotaku
- Handwriting Analysis
- Hang gliding
- Herping
- Hiking
- Home Brewing
- Home Repair
- Home Theater
- Horse riding
- Hot air ballooning
- Hula Hooping
- Hunting
- Iceskating
- Illusion
- Impersonations
- Internet
- Inventing
- Jet Engines
- Jewelry Making
- Jigsaw Puzzles
- Juggling
- Keep A Journal
- Jump Roping
- Kayaking
- Kitchen Chemistry
- Kites
- Kite Boarding
- Knitting
- Knotting
- Lasers
- Lawn Darts
- Learn to Play Poker
- Learning A Foreign Language
- Learning An Instrument
- Learning To Pilot A Plane
- Leathercrafting
- Legos
- Letterboxing
- Listening to music
- Locksport
- Lacrosse
- Macramé
- Magic
- Making Model Cars
- Marksmanship
- Martial Arts
- Matchstick Modeling
- Meditation
- Microscopy
- Metal Detecting
- Model Railroading
- Model Rockets
- Modeling Ships
- Models
- Motorcycles
- Mountain Biking
- Mountain Climbing
- Musical Instruments
- Nail Art
- Needlepoint
- Owning An Antique Car
- Origami
- Painting
- Paintball
- Papermaking
- Papermache
- Parachuting
- Paragliding or Power Paragliding
- Parkour
- People Watching
- Photography
- Piano
- Pinochle
- Pipe Smoking
- Planking
- Playing music
- Playing team sports
- Pole Dancing
- Pottery
- Powerboking
- Protesting
- Puppetry
- Pyrotechnics
- Quilting
- Racing Pigeons
- Rafting
- Railfans
- Rapping
- R/C Boats
- R/C Cars
- R/C Helicopters
- R/C Planes
- Reading
- Reading To The Elderly
- Relaxing
- Renaissance Faire
- Renting movies
- Rescuing Abused Or Abandoned Animals
- Robotics
- Rock Balancing
- Rock Collecting
- Rockets
- Rocking AIDS Babies
- Roleplaying
- Running
- Saltwater Aquariums
- Sand Castles
- Scrapbooking
- Scuba Diving
- Self Defense
- Sewing
- Shark Fishing
- Skeet Shooting
- Skiing
- Shopping
- Singing In Choir
- Skateboarding
- Sketching
- Sky Diving
- Slack Lining
- Sleeping
- Slingshots
- Slot Car Racing
- Snorkeling
- Snowboarding
- Soap Making
- Soccer
- Socializing with friends/neighbors
- Speed Cubing (rubix cube)
- Spelunkering
- Spending time with family/kids
- Stamp Collecting
- Storm Chasing
- Storytelling
- String Figures
- Surfing
- Surf Fishing
- Survival
- Swimming
- Tatting
- Taxidermy
- Tea Tasting
- Tennis
- Tesla Coils
- Tetris
- Texting
- Textiles
- Tombstone Rubbing
- Tool Collecting
- Toy Collecting
- Train Collecting
- Train Spotting
- Traveling
- Treasure Hunting
- Trekkie
- Tutoring Children
- TV watching
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Urban Exploration
- Video Games
- Violin
- Volunteer
- Walking
- Warhammer
- Watching sporting events
- Weather Watcher
- Weightlifting
- Windsurfing
- Wine Making
- Wingsuit Flying
- Woodworking
- Working In A Food Pantry
- Working on cars
- World Record Breaking
- Wrestling
- Writing
- Writing Music
- Writing Songs
- Yoga
- YoYo
- Ziplining
- Zumba
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Why is gun collecting, weapons collecting, Civil War, etc not on this list?
are you serious!? After sandy hook, aroura theater, and Va tech, how can you say that?! you are as insensitive as a rock, and you have the brain of a slug.
Just because he collects guns doesn’t mean he’s a murderer.
Lol. Look at the date he wrote that, dipstick.
Wow CLAIRE, propaganda and ignorance consumes you. Perhaps you should keep your judgemental and uninformed mouth shut.
Why not put sex, bar hoping and pillow fighting.
I know! My father collected guns and knives My son got teh knife collection and is carrying on. There is one I found and gave my Daddy when we were in the woods when I was really young its a case and about 2.5 inches long. We have just a few civil war items one is a gigantically long barrell. Another family member got the gun collection but oh yes we kept a few. Collecting anything is a personal choice. Protecting your home is a must for the repliers!!!
What about gift wrapping?
You know you forgot cartoons and comics
How about singing? Solo, choir or ensembles? Paid or free. A good hobby for those with a musical bend and a decent voice (or not). Just need to have a passion for it.
Barber Shop quartets or Sweet Adelines.
Square dancing.
There are many types of folkdancing, not just square. For example, contra danincing, sponsored by the San Diego folk heritage Society. There are also the many ethnic dances, Irish, Scottish, Israeli, Greek and more. Then, of course, there are more traditional ballroom type dances and American dances such as swing, disco, waltz, fostrot, mambo and so forth.
what about knives and grenades???
ok, again, we have another idiot online. first of all, try saying that to your mother. second of all, try saying that to a sandy hook, Va tech, or aroura theater shooting victim. im guaranteeing they will not be pleased in the least bit with scum like you.
Collecting weapons doesn’t mean he’s scum or a murderer. Plenty of perfectly nice people collect weapons.
Grenades sound sorta suspicious but hells yeah for knives. I collect butcher knives.
My dad had a grenade shell from some war hobby store.
KNIVES AND GRENADES
day dreaming
I collect matchbooks…..some of them are quite original…..like little pieces of artwork!!
Hypnosis, Bell Collecting, GLBT Rights, Electronic Cigarettes, Internet Radio,W icca, Astrology, Tarot Reading.
u forgot teaching
Being a teacher is a noble career, but teaching isn’t really a hobby.
How about pilates???:)
seejay..why is cigar smoking not considered a hobby to you, this world is fine. hdiwehdewih is right it’s been going on for ages. It’s similar to collecting fine wines. I frequently go to cigar bars with friends (even by myself), and smoke a fine hand rolled cigar from $6 to $30. A lot more goes into it then just lighting up some stogie, there’s tons of flavors in a cigar that make it truly enjoyable hobby. The cigar itself is a thing of art, each one hand rolled differently by somebody who’s been rolling cigars there entire life passing the tradition down to there children, truly amazing.
Gaming, mythology,
where’s squash and cardistry??
What about taxidermy, Sculpey/Play-Doh, letter writing, and organization?
Based on a lot of the comments on your list, I think you may need to define ‘hobby’. Some of the things on your list – volunteering, for example – are really more serious than the usual connotation of ‘hobby’ suggests.
You got that right!!! I am a guy that likes to be active any chance I can get, however even though there are some hobbies on this list I am interested in, it interferes according to where I live. It’s not like I can hang glide off my roof.lol
you HAVE to take a look in to the ring and hook game. Look it up!
gold panning
Golf, airplane piloting, cycling, bicycle repairing (give them to charity for kids who can’t afford a bike). As to ice skating, here in Canada it’s not a hobby, more of a national fixation.
How about boffer fighting. It’s a great hobby! (www.swordplay.com.br)
Irish Dancing!!!!!!!!!!
Kunai thowing and being a ninja
Don’t forget my personal favorite: Sculpting!
I don’t see basket weaving or just weaving cloth.
Collecting Guns Or Knives
Ha ha, I thought that too. Hey people, I don’t see making a movie (not a professional one)
One should be foot reflexology/massage.
What about baton twirling or color flag!!!!!!!!!!!!! How could yall even forget those
watching people, reading forums and laughing hard my fav
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telephaty telekinesis trying to contact aliens
My favorite was Web Design. Now its my job.
What about doing comedic voiceovers while speaking in accents?
You need to add pickleball.
Yes! Me too!
hockey!! and are you by chance the fml perdix?
gotta put skiing in there!!!
gotta get skiing in there!!!
I am almost 30 years old and everybody tell me that i must have hobbies, not only my work… I think that i can find something here!
Pole dancing or belly dancing are fun hobbies to learn. Also, learning how to shoot a gun, several types of guns should be fun. Growing food/herbs is also a good hobby
Sledding, surfing, volleyball, flower-arranging, flower viewing, skating, martial arts, knife-throwing, picnicking, comic book collecting, grilling, teaching…
Fell walking, anyone?
Snooker!
How about debate than?
You can add stocks on the list too.
Latch hook rug-making!!!!
latch hooking
rollerblading, rollerskating, dog training
i like animals and art whould animals be good or art i need help
Draw and paint Animals BiBi
balloon popping,can openning,chalk eating,tai chi,”wheres waldo?” ing,candle burning,recycling,door knob collecting,singing in the shower,social networking(facebook,pintrest,twitter,email,etc)
Add:
DJ
Guitar
Trolling
Dancing
Writing Lyrics
Web Design
Web Referring
Texting
Sexing
Rhyming
and volleyball. that is my fave sport and its not up there.
Have you already listed decoupaging, Stenciling and greeting card making under something else? Or are they new ones you can add?
SCRAPBOOKING! I make cards and Artist’s trading cards and handmade fabric flowers and and
Paint animals. Do collages of animals. Chop up animals and make art out of them(kidding- of course). Do a puppet show with animals as puppets. Teach your dog to paint(somehow). Learn the art of animal speak(ya i’ve really talked to animals on occasion- don’t tell anyone). I guess what i’m trying to say is that you don’t have to limit yourself to 1 or the other. One CAN combine hobbie/ interests’.
baking, hair styling, folk dancing
Playing Board Games like family board games, go board games, is my hobby. Besides I also like neurotaintment. Your list give me idea to add new hobbies.
My hobby: Programming!
You MUST add that to the list.
hairdressing!!!!
How about sex as a hobby
Ed, sex really isn’t a hobby. If it is then one could also add nosepicking, brushing your hair/ teeth, and vacuuming.
What about collecting Tarot cards and Tarot reading?
Don’t forget about Bull Whipping and what the kids r doing now Shufuling
Add playing bingo
what about Rollerblading ??
I really enjoy making lotions, body butters, facial cleansers, sugar scrubs, etc.
What about Longboarding/Skateboarding
I’m determined to do almost all of these.:)
Hacky Sack! Wondering around in parks and creeks, metaphysics and road trips!
Wow! That is a great list of hobbies! Thanks for doing the work to get all this on one page for people to review. Very helpful!
I didn’t see Racquetball on the list.
Or genealogy.
Opps genealogy is #114.
What about whittling ? widely practiced because there’s nothing so absorbing, relaxing or challenging!
Native Americans have been using them as a traditional remedy for wounds for a few centuries.
It is also anti-fungal so if you are unlucky enough to
acquire a fungal infection this can help with that.
Deep conditioning or hot oil treatments from a salon can help
combat the problem but it is also expensive and time consuming.
My hobby: Web designer !
plz You add that to the list Lol.