"A hobby is something you do or make that gives you time to yourself."
Whatever hobby you choose. A hobby carves out time for yourself to immerse yourself in something special. Creativity is at the core.
There are many types of hobbies you can start.
Here are ten hobbies you can start today:
1. Crocheting
2. Scrapbooking
3. Diamond Painting
4. Reading
5. Writing
6. Gardening
7. Miniatures
8. Painting
9. Drawing
10. Building
The above is 10 cool hobbies, the top 5 is what I feature on my blog now. But you can do anything as a hobby. As long as you love it, it's a hobby. It's not about how much it costs to hobby. It doesn't matter how much space it takes in your home or garage or outdoors. It brings a smile to your face when you talk about it to others and you feel good when doing the hobby. You could spend hours a week working on your hobby or even just 5 or 10 minutes. It doesn't matter how much time you spend on it, if it brings you joy it's a hobby.
What to do with your hobbies once complete?
Once you have completed your hobby. You just need to work out if you want to keep it for yourself, give it away or sell it. If you really hate, you can chuck it. You have my full permission. But whatever you choose, I would definitely take a photo of it first.
Where do you find information about your hobby to start?
When starting a new hobby, it's important to find the right resources and tools and learn how to make your hobby. For example, with miniature houses, I had to have a box of tools, including a glue gun and glue, craft glue, fabric glue and normal paste glue. Plus, cutting tools, a ruler, a paper cuter and scissors. Just as a starting point. Plus, I needed the minaiture kit I was going to use or you can make your own miniature items, using recycled goods, such as cardboard, paper, fabric etc.
For hobbies like gardening, you might like to research first, what plants do well in your countries climate. For example, in Australia, I have found the only plants that work for me and never die are succulents. They are hardy plants and if I forget to water them they seem to survive. But if you want something flowery, best to do your research to know even what time of year might be best to buy the plant. So researching your hobby before you buy the kit is important to understand what you need to complete the kit.
Most kits, do have all the tools needed to go with the project. For example, a crochet kit, has a hook, stuffing, the pattern and the yarn to use in a project. Some may even include a sewing needle and if you are lucky, eyes and stitch markers. But if you read my blog regularly, you will know I use all my own materials when I buy a kit, I just use the kit for the pattern.
Where to store your supplies?
You can view my blog post on how I use a small craft space for tips on hobby storage. At the beginning, you might not need much storage. It's once you discover that this hobby is for you that you decide to grow your hobby supplies that you might need more storage space for the resources. At the beginning, definitely do not buy six months worth of the hobby. This is because you may not enjoy as much as you thought you would. But after doing a couple of projects, then you can decide to buy more supplies in advance. Here is a blog post, where I help you work out how much craft supplies you should have before you buy more for your hobby.
So now you are ready to start a hobby?
Excited!? I hope so! Have fun!
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