Categories
The thematic families we file activities under. An activity can sit in several, so these counts overlap — miniature painting is in models and in art, because it genuinely is both.
Hey Paul Studios from Kansas City, MO, United States / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Art & drawing
Mark-making of every kind — pencil, ink, paint, pastel and digital.
83 activities, 3 written up
Traumrune / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Crafts & making
General making practices that do not sit inside a single material tradition.
155 activities, 13 written up
Textiles & fibre
Yarn, thread and cloth — knitted, crocheted, stitched, spun, dyed or woven.
79 activities, 10 written up
Coffee Girl Wood / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Woodworking
Cutting, shaping and joining wood, from a knife and a stick to a full workshop.
61 activities, 9 written up
Wknight94 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Ceramics & clay
Forming and firing clay — wheel, hand-building, glaze and kiln.
22 activities, 1 written up
David English / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Metal & jewellery
Working metal at every scale, from silversmithing to blacksmithing.
45 activities, 4 written up
Fihu / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
Collecting
Pursuits where the point is the set: what it contains, and what it is missing.
117 activities, 3 written up
Nature & wildlife
Finding, identifying and recording living things.
110 activities, 7 written up
Florian Pépellin / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Outdoor & adventure
Getting into open country, onto rock, or under the sky.
164 activities, 31 written up
David Hawgood / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
Racket & bat sports
Games played by striking a ball or shuttle with an implement.
24 activities, 3 written up
Target & precision sports
Sports decided by accuracy rather than by speed or contact.
44 activities, 4 written up
Clément Bucco-Lechat / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Water sports
Activities on, in or under water.
88 activities, 8 written up
Norkiña / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Combat sports & martial arts
Structured disciplines built around striking, grappling or weapons.
46 activities, 2 written up
Mobilus In Mobili / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
Endurance & fitness
Sports and training built around sustained physical effort.
118 activities, 25 written up
Team sports
Games that need a side, and usually a fixture list.
67 activitiesMind & strategy
Games and pursuits decided by thinking rather than by doing.
34 activities
yui* / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
Games & puzzles
Tabletop games, puzzles and the hobbies that grow around them.
85 activities, 3 written up
Tim Walker / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Music & performance
Playing, singing, dancing and performing.
188 activities, 5 written up
Freedom II Andres from Yashio Saitama, Japan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Photography & visual media
Making images and moving pictures, and everything that surrounds them.
28 activities, 2 written up
Doug Coldwell / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Technical & maker
Electronics, code, 3D printing and machines built for the joy of building them.
143 activities, 22 written up
Smiley.toerist / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Models & miniatures
Building, painting and running things at a smaller scale than life.
36 activities, 4 written up
Tim Patterson / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
Food & drink hobbies
Making, fermenting, growing and tasting, pursued as a craft rather than a chore.
61 activities, 6 written up
Sage Ross / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Gardening & growing
Cultivating plants, from a windowsill to an allotment.
70 activities, 7 written up
The Wandering Angel from Makati City, Philippines / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Animals & keeping
Hobbies built around caring for, training or working with animals.
64 activities, 5 written up
HRoued / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
Heritage & traditional crafts
Older making traditions kept alive by the people who still practise them.
290 activities, 13 written up
Annatsach / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
Learning & intellectual
Pursuits whose substance is a body of knowledge.
119 activities, 6 written up
Subhashish Panigrahi / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Digital hobbies
Hobbies that live mostly on a screen, and are none the worse for it.
53 activities, 6 written up
Picklerpeej / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Social & community
Activities whose point is other people.
169 activities, 6 written up
Chris Hunkeler from Carlsbad, California, USA / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
Wellbeing & mindful
Practices taken up primarily to settle the mind or the body.
44 activities, 7 written up
Kintaro / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Writing & language
Working with words — your own, or somebody else’s.
62 activities, 5 written up
Danny6060 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Vehicles & motorsport
Driving, riding, restoring and racing things with engines.
49 activities, 4 written up
Winter & ice sports
Sports that need snow, ice, or a very convincing substitute.
35 activities
Commanderbryce / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Aviation & flight
Getting airborne, or flying something that is.
24 activities, 1 written up
History & heritage
Pursuits that reach into the past — research, reenactment and recovery.
110 activities, 3 written up