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Whatever you're interested in or whenever you need something new to do, check out all these different hobbies and activities. If you have any suggestions for the list, don't be afraid to let us know.
Whatever you're interested in or whenever you need something new to do, check out all these different hobbies and activities. If you have any suggestions for the list, don't be afraid to let us know.
Art
Art
Art Workshops
Art Workshops
Art Show.com is a website that contains art tutorials for all different types of mediums and promotes workshops for artists as well. There are a lot of various resources for each type of art, and even if you're just a beginner there are sure to be tips to help your newfound artistry.
Another website for those who may not be confident in their skills is Weavesilk.com, which allows a person to drag their mouse around and create smooth, symmetrical art. Change and mix the colors, the type of symmetry, or have no symmetry at all and just draw however you like.
Bob Ross
Bob Ross
A person can't talk about art without discussing Bob Ross and his show, The Joy of Painting. He decides what he will paint that day in the moment and then guides viewers through the creation step-by-step alongside him. Bob Ross uses an interesting variety of techniques unique to him and his style, since he is mostly self-taught. It's both a great way to learn some new painting techniques and enjoy a calming atmosphere. Click on Bob Ross's face to get taken to his show's YouTube channel.
Watercolor
Watercolor
This first channel, is Laovaan, a German art student, who does tutorials, live streams, and just basic time-lapse videos of his artworks. His main medium is watercolor and digital on occasion, but what sets him apart is his willingness to stray from the standard techniques for working with watercolor. Click his YouTube icon and check out his channel full of tips and tricks, as well as some discussions about what it's like studying art in college.
Oil Paintings
Oil Paintings
Stuart Davies is an artist whose medium is oil paintings. His YouTube channel features many painting tutorials similar to Bob Ross as you can paint along with him as you watch. His videos also give a great deal of tips and tricks when it comes to working with certain oil paints and techniques to create particular art styles on canvas using oil paints. Click Stuart Davies' face to explore his videos and work.
Colored Pencils
Colored Pencils
This channel focuses on colored pencils and creating animals. She has tutorials, draw alongs, and various tips for working with colored pencils. Bonny Snowdon goes over how to create different textures in your drawing with colored pencils, which can be applied to more than just animals. Even if your goal isn't to draw animals, there are a lot of tips to help with anything you plan to create with colored pencils. Check out her YouTube channel linked off to the side and get drawing!
Origami
Origami
Proud Paper Official, also known as PPO, is a YouTube channel with various origami tutorials.
Ornella Origami also has a nice collection of instructional videos to create numerous origami flowers and animals.
Click either image and see what you can create with just a piece of paper.
Cooking
Cooking
A few websites with various collections of recipes for both cooking and baking, whichever one you're into.
A site that has collected thousands of recipes for cooking and baking from all over and compiled them in one place. You can search by ingredient or type of food you’re attempting to make, and the recipes are always changing and updating.
Another site working to collect various recipes for cooking and baking for all sorts of occasions. They also have a good deal of articles about cooking techniques and gadgets a cook may find useful.
A website dedicated to providing families with easy, affordable recipes to help end childhood hunger. The website houses a long list of recipes and videos to make even basic dishes more appealing. They also have links to extra resources where people can obtain additional recipes, tips, and tricks for cooking.
Crocheting/Knitting
Crocheting/Knitting
A website for all your yarn crafting needs, whether you knit, crochet, or do anything else with yarn this is the place to find the yarn you might need. It houses patterns and yarn from all the brands you know and love, and it can be a useful resource when looking for certain types of yarn for a particular project. Click the word "Yarn" above to see the best place for yarn addicts.
The Crochet Crowd
The Crochet Crowd
Obsessed with creations and yarn, Mikey, aka The Crochet Crowd, has a wide arrange of free patterns and tutorials for beginners to masters of crocheting. On his website, you can find frequent updates with new patterns and videos.
Marly Bird
Marly Bird
Similar to the Crochet Crowd, Marly Bird’s website offers patterns, videos, and even a podcast to learn more about yarn crafts as well as meet other crocheting and knitting enthusiasts.
DIY Projects
DIY Projects
DIY Step-by-Step Crafts
DIY Step-by-Step Crafts
Instructables is a website that holds various step-by-step instructions for people who like to make things. The community makes the website by sharing their work on the site to promote more creation. It can be a great tool to discover some new DIY projects and crafts to do at home.
Similar to Instructables, CraftGossip houses many crafts of all kinds that people are blogging about and sharing their ideas with others. Click the website title to check out some of their at-home projects.
DIY Creators
DIY Creators
This channel is run by Glen, and he focuses on home improvement DIYs to enhance your house appeal. While he focuses on many DIY home projects, he also does a lot of basic woodworking as well. To check out some of his creations click on the YouTube channel icon to the left.
Exercise
Exercise
MadFit posts videos of her at-home fitness routines in hope of inspiring people of all fitness levels to get up an get moving. She's created a variety of fun routines to do without equipment. Click her picture and take a look.
Chole Ting is a fitness guru who posts weekly videos about healthy eating and numerous types of workouts. Her videos revolve around 10-15 minute workouts to do every day to stay in shape. Click her image above to check out her channel.
A mixture of workout, stretching, yoga, and meditation videos to promote physical, mental, and emotional health. PsycheTruth is a collection of people working to provide the best information possible to help people stay healthy. Check out the YouTube channel by clicking the image above.
Gardening
Gardening
The National Agricultural Library with every possible topic about agriculture and gardening with statistics and data to back up differing approaches. Click the title above to access the website.
Watching Your Garden Grow
Watching Your Garden Grow
Gardening tips and information to plant the best veggies based on what kind of soil you have in your backyard. Click the basket of veggies to access the site.
Home Gardening
Home Gardening
Another site about planting flowers, vegetables, and how to best design your garden to give enough space for everything to grow properly. Click the potted plants to visit the Cornell University Home Gardening site.
Makeup
Makeup
The Basics
The Basics
Makeup.com has tutorials and reviews for all sorts of makeup products for those that are interested in bettering their makeup techniques and application. There are articles with tips for how to get good deals on beauty products at a variety of stores and their websites. Definitely a great resource for anyone into the art of makeup.
Denitslava Makeup
Denitslava Makeup
Denitsa does very standard makeup looks for daily life. Many of her videos are tutorials that viewers can follow along with to recreate it on yourself. She attempts many makeup challenges that might inspire you to challenge your own skills. Click on her picture to the left and check out some of her looks!
TheMakeupChair
TheMakeupChair
Sinead, who runs TheMakeupChair channel, has a lot of how-to videos for beginners in the makeup world to learn how to apply every part of a typical makeup routine. For every type of makeup to use, Sinead has a video on how-to apply said makeup or how to NOT apply said makeup.
When branching out into new brands and types of makeup, TheMakeupChair is the place to go. Click the YouTube icon to the left and check out her videos.
Emma Pickles (SFX Makeup)
Emma Pickles (SFX Makeup)
Emma Pickles does a variety of makeup, both standard every day looks and special effects makeup. Those interested in the art of monsters and ghouls or simply just Halloween lovers should definitely check out some of her work. Click her icon to the right and see how special effects makeup is done.
MadeYewLook (SFX Makeup)
MadeYewLook (SFX Makeup)
Another special effects artist, who does full body paint to create many of her spooky looks. Madeyewlook has tutorials and tips in every video, and she comes up with makeup ideas very outside the box for those incredibly creative people. If you ever want to see a brand new creature created by mashing together various horror icons, then her channel is the place to look. Click her YouTube channel icon and see her horror Disney characters and other bone-chilling work.
Meditating/Yoga
Meditating/Yoga
The New York Times has a wellness guide webpage with articles discussing the benefits of practicing yoga, even if it's only the most basic poses. The few pages discuss the poses, what yoga is, how to meditate, and more to help you on your yoga journey. Click "Beginner Yoga" to explore the website and all it has to offer.
Yoga with Adriene
Yoga with Adriene
With her charming and relatable personality, Adriene makes her yoga videos seem like a simply yoga routine with friends. She has videos nearly every week for people to follow along with at home and enjoy. Adriene's main mission with her YouTube channel is to provide the basics and a strong foundation for those wishing to do yoga at home. Check out her channel by clicking her image, and maybe you'll even meet her fluffy co-star when exploring her videos.
Calm
Calm
Focused on providing videos to assist with meditation, the YouTube channel Calm, has a variety of calming videos to promote taking a breath. Several of their videos are guided meditation sessions for various aspects of your life, while others are simply calming narration or music to have playing during your daily moment of meditation. Click the Calm logo and take a moment to relax and empty your mind.
Recreational Activities
Recreational Activities
Biking
Biking
Global Mountain Bike Network is the YouTube channel for any bikers looking to improve their mountain biking skills. Even if you're just a casual rider, the channel has a variety of videos with tips and tricks to better your mountain riding. Click the channel's logo and check out what they have to offer.
Skateboaring
Skateboaring
For all the skaters looking to up their skills, VLSkate is the YouTube channel for you. Their videos provide ways to practice tricks and what skating gear to get. Although the channel hasn't posted anything new in a while, it still has quite the collection of useful information for beginner and intermediate skaters. Click the picture to the right and see what you can learn.
Sewing
Sewing
Sewing Report
Sewing Report
For everything and anything involving a sewing machine, Sewing Report has got you covered. She reviews sewing machines and other products, as well as creates all sorts of DIY fashion and items through sewing. Her YouTube channel has tips for beginners and intermediate sewers to make even lovelier clothes with just a machine, some string, and imagination. Click the image on the left to check out her YouTube channel and get creating!
Vintage Styles
Vintage Styles
Rachel makes more than just clothes, but much of her YouTube channel is video tutorials of her vintage creations and finds. She does some filmmaking and sketches as well. A lot of her videos do revolve around challenging her sewing skills and styling abilities to recreate vintage images, commercial ads, etc. Click on Rachel's picture to the right and check out some of her sewing tutorials.
Bright and Elegant Styles
Bright and Elegant Styles
coolirpa, also known as April, does a wide variety of sewing and styling challenges on her YouTube channel. She does sewing DIYs by upcycling old clothes in her wardrobe or clothes that she finds while thrifting. Her creativity is quite endless. April's style is very feminine and bright, so if that's not your style, then her videos may not be for you. Click her picture off to the left if you want to check out some of her work.
Woodworking
Woodworking
This website has all the news and information surrounding lumber and woodworking. The Woodworking Network provides loads of resources surrounding woodworking projects and companies that deal with furniture and lumber. To see all it truly has to offer click "The Woodworking Network" above and explore the site yourself.
Black Tail Studio
Black Tail Studio
A variety of how-to videos and tutorials make up the Black Tail Studio's YouTube channel. Watch as Cam from the studio takes you through step-by-step DIY projects sharing tips, tricks, and techniques for creating some of the best woodwork you'll ever see. He also goes over using epoxy, which is a material that strengthens the wood and gives it a lovely shine. Click the Black Tail Studio to the left and see everything Cam has to offer.
Bourbon Moth Woodworking
Bourbon Moth Woodworking
Weekly videos are posted of new woodworking projects that the channel is conducting in the workshop. In-between woodworking creations, the channel posts videos with tips to better your woodworking projects and craftmanship. Click the channel's moth logo on the side to look at some of their homemade creations.
Writing
Writing
For all your citation and writing needs, Purdue Owl is the place to go. The Purdue Writing Lab has a wide range of resources for both teachers and students, but its detailed citation formatting and style guides linked here are the most popular. Click "Purdue Owl" above to see all that the Purdue Writing Lab has to offer.
A collection of writing prompts for all sorts of uses and age ranges. There are essay prompts and creative writing prompts for teachers and students to use. If you're looking for a particular type of writing prompt, then there are searching options to find something up your alley. Click "Journal Buddies" and spark your creativity.
A small collection of free writing resources for all grades and styles of writing. Improve your essay writing, sentence structure, grammar, or whatever else you might be struggling with. Check out the Time for Writing website by clicking the heading above.
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