What Are Some Practical Indoor Hobbies to Keep You Busy?

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The discussion revolves around suggestions for practical indoor hobbies that can keep someone engaged. Participants explore various creative, entertaining, and useful activities that can be pursued over time, with an emphasis on affordability and the potential for creating tangible items.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants suggest woodworking, such as carving wooden bowls, as a hobby that can produce useful items.
  • Others propose making quilts or Christmas ornaments, noting the seasonal utility of such crafts.
  • Paper modeling is mentioned as an accessible hobby requiring minimal materials.
  • Fiction writing is highlighted as a creative outlet that can be pursued indoors.
  • Chain mail armor is suggested as a unique and intricate hobby.
  • One participant mentions the idea of maintaining a reef tank, describing it as expensive and time-consuming but rewarding.
  • There are suggestions for mechanical or electronic projects that are useful and can be built over time without high costs.
  • Puppetry is proposed as a fun activity, especially for those with children.
  • Some participants discuss the idea of creating and selling handmade items online as a potential hobby.
  • Learning to make musical instruments, like guitars, is suggested, with some expressing interest in the creativity involved.
  • Genealogy is mentioned as an engaging hobby that can connect individuals with their family history.
  • Participants reflect on childhood hobbies and suggest updating them for adult interests.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants present a variety of competing views on what constitutes a practical indoor hobby, with no consensus on a single best option. The discussion remains open-ended, with multiple suggestions and personal anecdotes shared.

Contextual Notes

Some suggestions depend on personal interests, available resources, and the time commitment one is willing to make. The feasibility of certain hobbies may vary based on individual circumstances.

Who May Find This Useful

This discussion may be of interest to individuals seeking new indoor hobbies, particularly those looking for creative, entertaining, or useful activities that can be pursued over time.

  • #91
Moonbear said:
It's just a hobby of ours to see how far we can derail threads in GD. :biggrin:
So, Moonie, what bike should I buy when I sell my H-D Softail?:rolleyes:
 
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  • #92
Moonbear said:
It's just a hobby of ours to see how far we can derail threads in GD. :biggrin:

Derailed, derailed, you have riped up the tracks and nuked the train.

However, i have started the research into my new hobby, all i need now is some one with a phd in electronics and a master carpenter.
 
  • #93
wolram said:
Derailed, derailed, you have riped up the tracks and nuked the train.

However, i have started the research into my new hobby, all i need now is some one with a phd in electronics and a master carpenter.

Add some copper and brass and you can join the newest hobby rage: steampunk


http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mods/multimedia/2007/06/gallery_steampunk
steampunk envisions a future that has collapsed onto a re-imagined Victorian past. Steam and clockworks replace silicon logic, brass and copper stand in for titanium and plastic, and airships replace spaceships.

Unlike other speculative-fiction genres, steampunk enthusiasts are not simply content to read its fiction, or passively consume its media. Today's steampunks don't want to just watch the movie, they want to build it, play in it, live it.

http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2007/06/gallery_steampunk/steampunkPC.jpg

The Steampunk Monitor and Keyboard​
 
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  • #94
OmCheeto said:
Add some copper and brass and you can join the newest hobby rage: steampunk




http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2007/06/gallery_steampunk/steampunkPC.jpg

The Steampunk Monitor and Keyboard​

That looks very nice!

Probably expensive!
 
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  • #95
JasonRox said:
That looks very nice!

Probably expensive!

I think the biggest expense would be time.
Most of this is done by people at home on their own equipment.

Much of the copper and brass comes out of a rattle can. :cry:
 
  • #96
binzing said:
Sure...hobbies and stuff...not bestiality and sex toys...

Those are my hobbies. What are you into... model aeroplanes?
 
  • #97
wolram said:
However, i have started the research into my new hobby, all i need now is some one with a phd in electronics and a master carpenter.

I see I got here too late, was going to suggest a solar water heater.
 
  • #98
Build yourself a nice perpetual motion machine! That should keep your hobby horse busy for a few year,,er decades...
 

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