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The Ultimate List of Hobbies for Adults | Reclaiming Fun and Creativity
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items In a world where productivity often takes center stage, it's easy to forget the simple joy of doing things just for fun. This list features hobbies that prioritize enjoyment over skill. Allowing you to reconnect with your inner child and explore new ...
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Artsy
Okay this one is my favorite. Because I want to paint without having to think too hard about it. This is my favorite Paint by Numbers set on Amazon. The quality of the paint is good and the canvas is large. Takes me like weeks to finish!
Paint by Numbers Kit for Adults
The Etsy paint by numbers are the best because you can submit your own photo 🥹. I got one of my dog during the pandemic lockdown and it's my absolute favorite thing. Just make sure to use a pic with a variety of colors to keep it interesting!
Custom paint by number | Paint by number kit | Paint by number kit adult |
Okay so if paint is too messy for you I get it. Try out coloring books with colored pencils, markers or crayons! I love boho pictures so this adult coloring book really spoke to me.
Minimalist Modern Art Coloring Book for Adults
This one from Etsy is really cute and it's got motivational quotes in it also. It's the best of both worlds.
It’s Like A Motivational Color Book Or Something
Scrapbooking and junk journaling soothes so many people's inner teen. Give it a try if you'd think you'd like it. Or if someone you know would love it as a gift.
351pcs Bullet Junk Journal Scrapbook Kit
Etsy has the best collection of things for new hobbies. This junk journal started kit is loaded!
Junk Journal MEGA 4 lbs Starter kit
If you're interested, you can try out pottery with this air dry clay set!
Pott'd™ Home Air-Dry Clay Pottery Kit for Adults & Beginners | Kit includes Air-Dry Clay, Tools, Paints, Brushes, Sealant, How-to-Guide
Embroidery is a hobby I haven't seen many people try out. This kit from Etsy has kits with beautiful landscape scenery.
Landscape Embroidery Kit, DIY Retro Field Scenery Needlework Embroidery Kit
I've seen this one a lot on Youtube and they turn out so beautiful. But the most important part is that it looks fun to do!
DIY Cloisonne Enamel Painting, Beginner Friendly Art Kits, Crafting Gifts for Adults - Coasters - Van Gogh Sunflowers Masterpieces
A DIY marbling kit is probably something I've only ever seen on Etsy but it looks so fun!
Suminagashi marbling Art Kit, DIY painting Craft set for kids and adults
I used to love to crochet when I was younger! Did I ever make anything useful? Nope! But it was still fun.
Beginner Crochet Kit with Yarn & Crochet Backpack, Acrylic or Cotton Crochet Yarn, Crochet guide Book and Supplies - Learn to Crochet Kit
A beginners knitting kit! So simple and easy to use.
Learn to Knit Kit - An Introduction to Knitting for Beginners
I know the people that get into this, REALLY enjoy it. This kit makes it easy to start and see if you like it.
Macrame Kit, Adult Crafting Kit
Never seen clay painting before! I'd definitely give it a try though.
OKTO Art Kit Water Lilies DIY Painting
Mosaic's always turn out so pretty. Imagine how fun it would be to create one?
Raven DIY Stained Glass Mosaic Kit
Why not paint something you can keep and reuse? Definitely a fun hobby to do alone or with others.
Winter Village DIY Kit
I see this all over TikTok and it looks fun! Definitely a cool hobby to start on.
Wood Burning Kit for Beginners with Wood Rounds, 55 Pieces
Wire wrap your own jewelry with this DIY kit!
Wire Wrapping Kit for Beginner, Jewelry Making Kit,
Create your own earrings with this DIY kit with over 30 pieces!
DIY Earring Kit 30 Pieces,
Another arts and crafts hobby that you may not see too often. This one is a whole started kit to get your feet wet.
Needle Felting Kit Beginner Craft Kits for Adults. Lots of Corriedale Wool Roving and Full Set of Tools. DIY Starter Kit
The larger versions of these look like they take a lot of time to complete! But this one's small and cute. Might be fun to try out.
Pineapple String Art | Pineapple Crafts | String Art Kits for Adults
This is an elite hobby. Why not make you own signature perfume if you can’t find one? You’ll always smell good.
Perfume Creation Kit, Customizable Perfume Making Activity Set, Personalized Gift for Her, DIY Perfume Gift for Women
I have a friend who took up sewing and she absolutely loves it! Now she creates all her own pants. Get started with this beginners starter kit 💕
Magicfly Mini Sewing Machine with Table
DIY Calligraphy Starter Kit • Premium Craft Kit for Adults • Beginner Calligraphy Pen Set • Art Kit for Adults • Worksheets + Supplies
Procreates a great hobby if you have an IPad! Create amazing digital works with your artistic touch.
Intro to Procreate - The Basics for Beginners in 10 Minutes
Sticker crafts! This one is all about room decor.
8 Sets Cute DIY 3D House Stickers
Sticker crafts but this one is sticker by number!
Brain Games - Sticker by Number: Enchanted Garden
All Natural
I LOVE having herbs growing in my house. This beginners herb garden kits helps you grow herbs from seeds. It has a variety so you can discover which ones you like best.
9Herb Indoor Window Garden Kit - Plant Seeds
If I could start over with my herbs I would definitely try cultivating them in this. Hydroponic gardening seems so cute.
Indoor Garden Hydroponics Growing System
This one's definitely gonna require you to do a little research. But if you don't mind that you could try out foraging. And embrace your wild side. (Literally)
Foraging Kit Bundle - Better than a Basket or Pouch! Start your Wild Food Adventures. Perfect for Mushroom, Berries, and Vegetables.
A beginners kit to dive into DIY apothecary. Explore making salves and tinctures with a unique selection of herbs.
Herbal Apothecary DIY Kit For Beginners Make Your Own Herbal Tea Tinctures and Salves
This one's in my cart as we speak. I dont know something about it seems fun to create!
DIY Moss Art Kit
Learn how to create your own candles! Forget the ones with all the chemicals at the store.
Complete Candle Making Kits for Adults Beginners
Create your own terrarium! I purchased one from a lady in Michigan but I never thought of making my own.
DIY Rose Quartz Kit, Terrarium Kit, DIY Succulent Garden,Zen Garden, Crystal Kit
Turn those flowers into art with this DIY kit!
Dried Press Flower DIY Kit, Craft Kit
You can learn flower arranging! Check out this video on how to get started with grocery store flowers.
Flower Arrangement Tutorial For Beginners | Grocery Store Flowers Tips
In the Kitchen
This playlist has a bunch of cooking videos that take you step by step through certain every day recipes. If you like cooking but are a little intimidated by cooking some things, he makes it super simple.
Step-by-Step Chef Cooking Videos With Larry Richardson
I LOVE LOVE LOVE his recipes. They're super flavorful and the videos are so well done. If you are already into cooking, give his recipes a try.
Mr. Make It Happen
Everything you need to start baking sourdough. Down to the dehydrated starter so you don't have to create your own from scratch.
Deluxe Sourdough Starter Kit Live Active or Dehydrated Start Baking Now!
A DIY cheese kit just sounds so fun! I know this one would send me down a rabbit hole though. I'd been making all types of cheeses.
DIY CHEESE MAKING KiT, Date Night Activity, Cooking Experience for Adults, Gift for Couple, Fun for Cheese Lovers, Mozzarella for Beginners
For all those that love fresh pasta! A kit where you can learn to make it yourself.
CRAFTLY Homemade Pasta Making Kit l Make Your Own Delicious & Colorful Pasta with Our DIY Cooking Kit
Learn how to bake French tarts with this simple kit!
French Tart Baking Kit
Infuse your own whiskey with this DIY kit! Or get it for the whiskey lover in your life as a fun activity.
Whiskey Making Kit
Create your own wine from fruit with this DIY kit!
Home Brew Ohio Wine From Fruit Kit
DIY Hot sauce! How fun is that?
Premium Hot Sauce Making Kit
Writing
This journal's designed to spark creativity with tons of prompts so you can unleash your inner writer.
5-Minute Daily Writing Prompts: 501 Ideas
This one is a digital product! A bunch of prompts created so you can get started writing poetry. Give it a try!
200 Poetry Writing Prompts - Creative Writing Prompts - Poetry Journal - Creative Writing Ideas - Storytelling Prompts - Writer's Block
This one you just write a bunch of lists. The prompts for the lists are so creative and it's just a fun journal to get your mind off things.
642 Lists to Write: Creative Writing Prompts
Such a creative idea to spark ideas for creative writing and storytelling.
Writing Dice - Inspiration for creative writing // Overcome writer's block
Photography/Videography
If you want to get into photography/posing try out this book of poses. Perfect for taking self portraits and practicing being in front of the camera or behind it!
The Posing Book- Portrait Edition || Resource for Wedding Photographers || Gift for Photographer || Posing Guide
A Photo journal full of prompts that challenge you to get out and use your camera!
Photo Prompt Journal Printable Photography Challenge 100 Day Photo Challenge Diary Template Photographer Journal Ideas Gift for Photographer
Want to get started creating videos and telling stories? Start on Youtube! There's tons of free advice and tips on there.
VIDEOGRAPHY BASICS for Beginners | Full Course, Start Here!
She's got great tips if you've ever been interested in creating a short film.
How To Make A Short Film ALONE (REALISTIC) 🎬 Tips for Beginners, BTS, LOW Budget 🎥
Physical
YouTube's full of dance tutorials. This playlist has a bunch of videos designed to teach you to salsa.
Salsa Classes by Galitzine
I love when exercise is fun and there's good music. Hip hop step has me looking forward to workouts.
Beginner Friendly Flex Squad Hip -Hop Step Aerobics
Mobility to keep you joints feeling good is definitely fun to give a go every once in a while!
31 Day Beginner Mobility Series
Her Yoga content is so good. Especially if you're new to yoga! She helps you work through it and modifies poses to make it work for you.
10-Minute Yoga For Beginners | Start Yoga Here...
Tai chi! Get started with this 15 minute video and see how you like it.
Every Morning Tai Chi | Tai Chi for Beginners | 15 Minute Flow
Golf is my personal favorite ❤️ I’ve been playing for years since highschool and I love it. Just get started with the swing. Everything else will find you naturally. You can even visit driving ranges and a lot of them will let you borrow clubs. And a...
How to swing a golf club: 5 steps for beginners
Mental
A free site with an app where you can start to learn any language for free! I've been practicing my Spanish on here and the games they create are actually fun.
Duolingo - Learn a language for free @duolingo
I got this as a gift for my mom and used a picture with all of our dogs. She loved it and it turned out beautifully! Choose which size you want and I definitely recommend using a picture with a variety of colors and not too many details!
Create Your Own Wooden Puzzle
If you like lego like building there's a ton of options to get started on Amazon. This book ends one I thought was really cute.
Cafe House Building Block Set for Adults
I think the cutest lego kits are The ones that are of the city you live in. They seem fun to build and after they add a cute little touch to your home.
LEGO Architecture New York City
A DIY escape room. You don't even need to go to another location! Have some fun with logic puzzles at home.
Escape Room Game. Mystery Manor Printable Adventure for Adults, Teens and Family
If you love building, these dainty builds always look so nice when it's finished.
Rolife DIY Miniature Greenhouse House Kit
Origami but you've never seen it like this!
Origami DIY Kit, learn how to make Paper Flowers
Word searches are a fun way to wind down! This one’s all about mindfulness.
Mindfulness: Calming Word Search Puzzles
This puzzle is so gorgeous. If you’re looking for a more difficult puzzle and a dazzling one!
PICKFORU 1000PC Stained Glass Tree of Life
If physical books aren't your thing, try out audiobooks with audible! There are so many options to get into and they have a free trial!
Audible.com | Listen and Escape the Everyday
Tech
I had a coworker who used to spend his weekends capturing drone footage. Some of the videos he had were amazing! And He was just happy to have something to do out in nature.
1080P Camera Drone for Beginners, Foldable
Nintendo switch is the best console for games that just feel good. You don't necessarily have to be good at them to have fun.
Nintendo Switch (OLED model) with White Joy-Con
You can get into VR for a different kind of video game experience.
Oculus Quest 2 VR Headset - 64 GB
Learn how to code in this community for free!
freeCodeCamp.org
You definitely could get into 3D printing if you're intrested. Definitely do a little research first.
FLASHFORGE Adventurer 5M 3D Printer
Okay so they advertise these for kids but as an adult that worked with kids in STEM they definitely are great for adults as well.
ELEGOO UNO R3 Smart Robot Car Kit V4
Music
Start learning how to play the piano/keyboard with this compact foldable keyboard. How cute!
Finger Dance Folding Piano Keyboard 88 Keys, Portable Electric Keyboard with Bluetooth MIDI, Full Size Digital Piano, Wood Grain, Semi-Weighted, Touch Sensitive, with Storage Bag for Beginner
YouTube always comes through with the free lessons!
How to Play Piano: Day 1 - EASY First Lesson for Beginners
There's no age limit to picking up a new hobby. You could try out the violin!
Mendini Violin 4/4 Full Set for Beginners
A youtube playlist with over 30+ videos on how to play the violin! Got to love Youtube University.
LEARN TO PLAY THE VIOLIN COMPLETE LESSONS 1 - 30