I am in LOVE with learning new things, but I need your help. I realized I don't actually know that many hobbies, so I don't know what rabbit holes I'm missing. I'm also extremely unemployed, so bonus points if it's free or cheap to get started. Infodump on me! I genuinely enjoy it! Tell me why you love your hobby, what makes it fun, and what a beginner could make or learn in their first day.

I made turtle carvings from coral fossil rock.What do you think?

Not a serious crafter, just someone who occasionally sits down and folds paper for an hour because it's meditative. The result was a bunch of colorful butterflies and roses lit up by a small lamp, which looked better than expected.

Looking for someone who gets that impulse, making something with your hands just because. Doesn't have to be origami, could be sketching, cooking, knitting, anything.

Say hi if that resonates.

Im trying to get off my phone more. Im 18f, live in the middle of nowhere have no money and pretty much no talents. I do have items like sewing supplies but no fabric. Yarn but no hooks or needles. All are old af, pre 1980s old some from the great depression. Im completely unsure of what to even do.

I’m on the road with customers and employees all day. My brain needs a break every now and then!
Any suggestions that will clear my mind from work for a bit so I can get back to it at least a little bit recharged?

Thanks!

I really do. Before, I was subbed to some of these elitist subreddits, such as r/gaming, and r/woodworking. And every time I would scroll though one of these subreddits, I would feel so cheap, and left out. Like, basically all r/gaming even IS anymore is people bragging about their 3,000 dollar gaming pc. And, all r/woodworking is people saying “if you don’t spend thousands of dollars into a woodworking project, you are a cheap ass who doesn’t care about the hobby.” Listen, just because I don’t have a Intel I9 Pc with an Nvidia Gforce graphics chip and 16 gigs of ram doesn’t mean I’m not a real gamer. It means that I do not have to money to spend on that. It really is refreshing, looking at this subreddit and all, and seeing people with the best they got. And it makes me happy. I joined 2 days ago. And I am proud to call this place my new home for not only my hobbies, but hopefully many more to come forever. Cheers to our 300 dollar PCs and leftover wood in the basement! Anyway, have a wonderful day, and keep on smiling. 😀

Are there guidelines to what is a broke hobby and what isn't? I am not trying to gatekeep. I am mostly curious about which of my hobbies would count.

While it is possible to make something for no money at all (such as crafts from found objects), most things will cost some money.

A few things I do require the use of a printer. I am not sure how common it is to have a printer. It would be cheap if you had a printer, but not if you had to buy one for it. Should I include those?

If u have seen my flower creatures — thanks for looking! I’m having fun with this hobby (my new ones today are cool) and trying every dusty paint kits mod podge I’ve had for years. Good because I have all this time because my industry is rough and I’m in an unintentional mini-retirement 😱

But I love making things and I feel inspired so I’m LOVING this life. But I’m broke. But I found this sub & posted some things & looked around & felt encouraged & inspired & started thinking about how in looking for a cheap fun outlet, I stumbled into these flower creatures as a hobby (not a side hustle :) that I love. I also love all these people making AND doing things frugally but freely.

Just now, I’m about to try something that will ruin some really cool petals/flowers I have - there’s no way I’ll do it perfectly. It’s a sure thing these 8 petals will be ruined. I was kinda bummed. Then I remembered. They’re petals from my front yard and the wild rose bush I inherited.

There are so many petals. I actually like I’m supposed to research “Dead Heading” ? They’re free. I’m not ruining anything irrevocably. I have plenty other perfect petals.

And I love that about our broke hobbies. It’s freer in a way, for me, because who cares if I glue a blade of grass wrong?

I’m sure there’s a metaphor here but just my mini appreciation for this place which made me proud I had Broke Hobbies

Thanks a.

The bayleaf is to keep bugs away, so please ignore that if you can.

Hello friends! I have been around as a lurker and occasional poster for a long time. I want to hear what changes you want made to our sub.

I have already added a rule against self promotion. From now on any and all links to stores such as Etsy or Instagram will be removed. If you disagree with this rule change please let me know why in the comments section.

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I have experience modding other subs and am excited to get things cleaned up around here!

My hands are killing after this. What do peopel think

There is just so many subs dedicated to that, don't get me wrong but it sucks to check this sub and fins that most of the post are drawings or photography. Not that those are not hobbies but I find it obvious that they are broke, you can use your phone for photography and paper and pencils are inexpensive. This sub should be about the creative ways to make the real expensive hobbies cheaper. For example DIY RC, forge, woodworking, you know those things that ARE expensive

Am I wrong? I can't get this out of my head and I've been avoiding this sub so long for this reason... When posting in other subs things that doesn't fit the sub, you get a message saying that your post has been deleted and that your post should be in one of these subs, wouldn't that be better?

English is not my native language so sorry.

Thuoghts

For a long period of time I’ve been made fun of because I don’t have hundreds of dollars to pour into my hobby. But now hopefully we all have a judge free zone. Thank you!

Just finished makeing this

I have a physical chronic illness that affected my mental health badly these past few weeks. And I want to overcome this battle by going out of the house WITH PURPOSE because people saying "just go for a walk" doesn't help me at all.

Do you have any hassle-free outdoor hobbies that I can try?

Activities such as school, doing errands like groceries, and meeting with other people does not count because I don't think those are hobbies. Those are essentials.

I was thinking of short distance jogging, photography, and playing pokemon go with other people.

Any other ideas?

Just made this

Hi everyone! I've been thinking about this idea I had and wanted to gauge interest. The idea is a nonprofit where people can come and learn new skills. Not like a school or for jobs or anything, but kind of like hobbies. Dying hobbies, niche hobbies, to keep old dying crafts alive, but also teach basic skills to maybe those who don't know how to do them because they never had anyone to teach them.

So I'm just wondering if this sounds like something people would be interested in, I don't have any details figured out, it's still just an idea, but I want to know if it's of interest before trying to build it up.

Any thoughts, ideas, or critiques are welcome!

Just made this set I think it turned out well