Illustrated Hobbies
An alphabetical set of collections of hobbies with brief comment and stick figure graphics to illustrate the things people do for leisure and fun.
Hobbies are an important part of many people's lives. The ultimate relaxation, a means of taking your mind away from the normal concerns of everyday life. Concerns such as school, work, kids, and state of the world can melt away while your mind and body are occupied in a peaceful, and sometimes, not so peaceful, pursuit.
List of Hobby Collections
Arts and Crafts - basket weaving, candle making, glass blowing, horology, jewellery, knitting, pottery, rock balancing, scrapbooking, sewing, soap making, quilting
Camping - backpacking, campervan, camping, caravanning, rambling, RV
Collecting - anything from Antiques to Zippo Lighters. Includes illustrations for coins, fossils, metal detecting, model railways, stamps and vinyl records
Dancing - popular dance forms - ballet, baton twirling, belly dancing, cheerleading, Hawaiian, maypole, Morris, pole,salsa
Flowers - drawings of common garden flowers. Part of Gardening till it got too big.
Food and Drink - barbecue, bread making, cheese and wine, chopsticks, cooks and broth, home brewing, jam making, wine tasting
Games - beer pong, cards, croquet, foosball, frisbee, lawn bowls, magic, noughts and crosses, petanque, poker, snooker, ten pin bowling
Gardening - allotment, beekeeping, composting, hedge trimming, keeping chickens, lawn mowing, orchid growing, potting up, pruning, raking leaves, sweeping, topiary, weeding
Household Chores - a range of jobs to do inside the home from DIY to washing the car
Music - a cappella, accordion, banjo, bongos, bugle, busking, conductor, drummers, Glastonbury, guitar, oboe, piano, rock guitar, saxophone, singing, string quartet, triangle, violin
Observation - aircraft spotting, astronomy, bird watching, people watching, photography, train spotting, whale watching
Search - looking for a particular hobby? Try searching this site.
Hope You Found One!
It would be great if you browsed my lists and found a new hobby that would set you on the path to enjoyment for the rest of your days.
I realise that is highly unlikely. However, as a final nod to the power of hobbies I want to give a nod to mine, that have occupied the hours and my mind over the years.
Playing guitar, badly. And playing chess in a similar fashion. Oh, and pool and snooker. Badly.
But the skill doesn't matter. It's the enjoyment and the occasional step forward in ability that provide so much pleasure. Long live hobbies!
One More Thing
If I don't appear to have created a design and commentary for your own favourite hobby, you could let me know. Maybe I'll get around to it, if it lends itself to being drawn.
Thanks.
Created by Mark Ewbie. Last Updated: September 1, 2025.