What are some good ideas for an indoor hobby ???? I am going crazy! I retired last May, what a STUPID thing to do! I am 66 years old and stuck in the house due to the cold weather. I am having back troubles so I cannot get another job right now. So, I need something to do to keep busy. Anyone have any cheap ideas? Thanks in advance for any help. moderator's note: added a more descriptive title to topic
Rosie Greer, a HUGE football player, took up needlepoint. It's a bit messy, but whittling is interesting, and you can make spoons, whistles, and toys. Cooking is my favorite "hobby", especially bread baking. I've been told the best cooks are men, but not by anyone who wants to eat at my house. Are you musical? You could learn to strum a guitar or play the mouth organ or a keyboard. It's a good way to meet your neighbors. Small appliance repair if you are handy. There are few folks who can fix a toaster or coffee maker. You could have a hobby that brought in a bit of money. Hope your back and the weather let you get out and about soon!
How about genealogy? I started my family tree about 10 years ago and it is still keeping me busy. It's also a great thing to pass on to other family members.
Richie, You can come help us take down a 30x96 greenhouse we are looking at, to purchase. We could use the extra set of hands. We use lots of power tools, that makes it much easier and quicker. This has been a great hobby for us. Extra income and it keeps us (kind of) out of trouble LOL. And I will provide a hide a bed and meal, hot shower and a recliner for the evening. Sounds like a great benefit package, huh? Now not everyone can volunteer to come help, if Richie can't take advantage of this irresistible offer. Okay? I only have 1 hide bed. Oh yeah, Ibuprofen, too.
Build a castle. Actually a miniature castle. While this may sound a bit off the wall, it is actually quite interesting, time consuming and requires a fair amount of thought before attempting the task. Research on line to understand how, in the 1100-1300's, engineers were able to overcome the challenges of designing fortifications able to withstand a sustained siege. Along with the practically of providing ample living quarters for defenders and the Lord of the castle. Small pebbles, mortar, wood, patients and a lot of time are the ingredients. Building from the inside out allows the builder to learn with small buildings within the walls of the castle without the daunting task of constructing large fortifications. On line here are many castle pictures and designs as well as diagrams of actual problems and solutions accomplished a thousand years ago by engineers of the day. Jerry
Hi Richie, retiring from job is really great. The best thing you can do is to learn how to really cook, make ham, bacon, sausages, etc-etc. Oops!err ... you were not a chef are you? This is a great hobby because you have to eat also right? Making ham, sausages, etc-etc can also generate some income by selling them and best of all you can do all this at your own pace.
Richie, cheapest idea is puzzles. There's these boxes with 1,000 piece-puzzles inside and I loved putting them together when i was teaching in China on a huge campus with little to do on long winter days. I'd also suggest mosaics (with vitreous glass tiles (small square pieces) but it's not exactly cheap to start. But the result you could hang around your house/garden. Still, it requires good hands and good eyes (much like the puzzle hobby).
some great ideas, especially like the castle idea. here some less specific things that might help you. Learn more about a topic that has always interested you. Get yourself down the library and read up on a topic. free to do and find a library with soft chairs for your back. Volunteer work. provide help to the community in some way. Exercise - join a gym or set yourself an at home workout.
And here's me, thinking that retirement will be nice because I can spend time knitting, crocheting, doing decoupage, decor paint my doors, scrap cards or albums, organize my photos, make jewellery, finally get those seashells sorted and make plaster-and-seashell decorations, find my colours and start painting again, both on paper and on boxes... I do hope you'll find something that you like to occupy you. Good luck.
Droopy, WOW, sounds like you will have enough to keep you buusy after retirement. Unfortunately I decicated myself to my job and only had time for my one hobby, my 1981 Corvette. But, I am stuck in the house during the winters and bored to death! :'(
Hubby claims he'll start basket weaving when he retires. Is there anything you've thought that you'd like to try doing? I bet there are daytime classes in pottery, woodcraft and such somewhere close to you.
Chainmaille! xD It can be as cheap or expensive as you want it to be, plus you can sell it! Just a thought
Chainmaille is awesome! We have a friend that does it and makes quite a living at it, mostly selling to bikers making Vest extenders, necklaces, key rings, wallet chains, ect.
