Ultimate A-Z List of 199+ Teen Hobbies and Interests
Teen hobbies and interests are never in short supply. The only question is, which hobbies and interests will your teen choose to pursue? This Ultimate List of 199+ Teen Hobbies offers the inspiration needed to explore a variety of options. Find a list of 70+ Hygge Hobbies for Women here.
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Did You Know?
Queen Victoria collected insects.
Benjamin Franklin enjoyed swimming.
Albert Einstein was obsessed with music.
George Washington loved to camp under the stars and canoe.
Orville and Wilbur Wright are known for inventing the airplane, but their passion was bicycles.
Joan of Arc‘s hobbies and interests centered around her work as a military leader and her belief in God.
Winston Churchill took up painting later in life, claiming that the hobby rescued him “in a most trying time.”
We each face trying times. Hobbies can help to slow us down, clear our heads, and restore emotional balance.
Why Hobbies Matter
Hobbies provide natural ways to develop one’s character, increase in knowledge, and refine practical skills:
Character Development
Spending focused time on hobbies develops virtues such as perseverance, humility, and leisure. These virtues develop character and enhance one’s life well into the future.
Perseverance, humility, and leisure: we need to grow in these virtues if we want to develop and grow as citizens of the world. Perseverance teaches us to show up and keep doing our best. Humility teaches us to stand back up when we fall, not focused on the “looks” of what we do but on why we do them. Leisure helps us relax all while building up the virtues of perseverance and humility at the same time.
Brian magkasi
Increase in Knowledge
Learning about a subject of interest increases one’s ability to retain information learned. This truly is the most fun and efficient way to gain an education.
Exposing my children to a vast smorgasbord of culture expressed through art, music, theater, architecture, history, and travel was one of the most profoundly influential foundations for their intellect, faith, and engagement in academics.
Sally clarkson, awaking wonder
Practical Skills
Engaging in hobbies is a natural way to develop practical life skills. The ability to create art, the confidence to begin coding, the decision to pick up a hammer and start building.
Creating. Beginning. Building.
These are but three of countless skills developed through hobbies.
“Hobbies that demand skill, habits that set goals and limits, personal interests, and especially inner discipline help to make leisure what it is supposed to be – a chance for re-creation.”
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Lists of Teen Hobbies
Take a few minutes to scroll through these lengthy lists of teen hobbies and interests. Take note of the hobbies your teen already has. Write down any potential hobby ideas. Share the list with your teen to get their opinion.
Two separate lists have been included for your convenience:
- Teen Hobbies by Topic
- Teen Hobbies A-Z
Teen Hobbies by Topic
Animals
- Animal Husbandry Have a love for farm animals? Then this may be your thing
- Dog Training If you love dogs and a good challenge
- Entomology Dive into the insect world with a study of butterflies or bee-keeping
- Herpetology Learn about reptiles and amphibians
- Horse Riding For horse lovers everywhere
- House Pets Learn to care for a cat, dog, or other house pet
- Marine Biology Submerse yourself in the underground world of marine life
- Ornithology Bird watch, make a bird feeder, create bird art, study migration patterns
- Taxidermy The art of preserving an animal’s body by mounting or stuffing, for the purpose of display or study
- Zoology For those who enjoy animal life in general
Art
- Acrylic Painting
- Calligraphy
- Chalk
- Charcoal
- Collage
- Nature Journaling Check out this inspiring guide by John Muir Laws!
- Oil Painting
- Oil Pastel
- Resin Art
- Sketching
- Watercolor
Collecting
- Autographs
- Coin Collecting
- Dolls
- Rare Books
- Rock Collecting
- Stamps
Crafts
- 3D Printing
- Candle Making
- Glasswork
- Jewelry Making
- Leatherwork
- Macrame
- Metalworking
- Origami
- Pottery
- Puppetry
- Rock Painting
- Quilling Quilling Kits make getting started easy!
- Scrapbooking
- Soap Making
- Welding
- Wooden Puzzles
- Woodworking
- Yarn Art
Food and Garden
- Baking From cake pops to cookies and pies to bread, baking is one delicious hobby
- Botany Explore the world of plant life, plant a garden, care for house plants
- Canning Food preservation
- Cooking Learn to sauté, roast, steam, blanch, cut, julienne, sear and more
- Nutrition Food types, vitamins and minerals
- Herbs and Natural Healing Plant an herb garden, take an online course
- Homesteading Learn how to create a lifestyle of self-sufficiency
- Landscaping Learn to make land more attractive by altering the existing design
- Lawn Mowing Turn this into a summer job
- Permaculture A philosophy of working with, rather than against nature
- Recipe Making Time to get creative with ingredients
- Seed Harvesting Learn to recognize, gather, and store different varieties of seed
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- Hobby-Related Gifts
- Survival and Preparedness
- Movies and Books
- Arts and Crafts
- Toys and Games
- Sporting Gear
- Seasonal Gifts
- Birthday Gifts
- Stocking Stuffers
Handicrafts
- Crochet
- Cross Stitch
- Embroidery
- Knitting
- Needle Felting
- Sewing
Home and Relationship Management
- Architecture What structures do you have in mind to design?
- Barbering Hair cutting
- Car Mechanics
- Carpentry Wood creations
- Communication Skills
- Emotional Intelligence
- Entertaining and Event Planning Learn how to plan and host activities and events
- Hand Stitching, crochet, knit, embroidery, cross stitch, wool felting
- Interior Design Learn design styles and history, create a design board, or redecorate your room
- Manners and Etiquette
- Money Management Budgeting, Taxes, Investments, and more
- Plumbing A worthy trade to pursue
- Relationship Skills Learn the ins and outs of healthy relationships
- Sewing, button, hem, sewing machine, pattern making, fashion history and design
- Thrifting A fun and useful skill
- Upholstery This hobby teams up well with thrifting
- Hardcover Book
- Dave Ramsey (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 01/01/2012 (Publication Date) – Lampo Licensing, LLC (Publisher)
Music
- Dancing, Ballet, Tap, Swing, Folk, Ballroom
- Piano playing Classical, Popular, Improvision
- Play a Musical Instrument Be it a trumpet or clarinet, a xylophone or Ukelele, you can fill the air with music
- Singing Interested in singing as a Soprano, Alto, Tenor, or Bass?
- Studying Composers
- Writing original music
Indoor Activities
- Acting Community theater, classes, Shakespeare
- Comedy Improv, Stand Up
- Chess Consider joining a chess club
- Escape Rooms Attend escape rooms or make your own
- First Aid Take a Red Cross class, online courses
- Genealogy Discover creative ways to learn about your family history here and here.
- Legos The sky is the limit when it comes to creating with Legos
- Model Building Cars, buildings, inventions, airplanes, and more
- Self-Defense Taekwondo, Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, online courses
- Volunteering Seek out opportunities in your area to volunteer.
- Weight Training Join a gym, invest in home equipment,
- Yo-Yo How many tricks do you know?
Survival Skills
- Camping
- Emergency Preparedness
- Fishing
- Foraging
- Geocaching
- Gun Safety
- Hunting
- Navigation
- Water Safety
Sports
Indoor Sports
- Bowling
- Darts
- Figure Skating
- Gymnastics
- Hockey
- Karate
- Martial Arts
- Racketball
- Table Tennis
- Volleyball
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Summer Sports
- Archery
- Backpacking
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Biking
- Football
- Golf
- Hiking
- Kayaking
- Pickleball
- Rollerblading
- Rollerskating
- Running
- Skateboarding
- Snorkeling
- Soccer
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Water Skiing
- Zip-Lining
Winter Sports
- Ice Skating
- Ice Hockey
- Cross-Country Skiing
- Skiing
- Snowboarding
Reading
- American History Use living books, movies, literature, and poetry to deepen your understanding of American History
- Autobiographies Learn about others from their perspective
- Biographies Learn about others from another’s perspective
- Classic Literature From Lord of the Flies to Pride and Prejudice, the book choices are endless
- Fiction Lose yourself in the world of fiction
- Non-Fiction Read select books, host a book discussion, write essays on what you learn
- World History From Cicero to Prince Charles, discover the thrill of world history. Then celebrate.
Science
- Constellations For fun or navigational skills
- How Stuff Works This book is a great place to start
- Robotics First Robotics, Vex, kits purchased online
- Science Experiments Chemistry experiments, botany experiments
Technology and Electronics
- Blogging
- Business Entrepreneurship
- Coding
- Film Making
- Graphic Arts
- Photography
- Podcasting
- Programming
- Videography
- Vlogging
- YouTube Channel
- Website Building
Shop Technology and Electronics for Teens >>>
Travel
- Culture Studies Be a pen pal, read books, cultural classes, cultural recipes, cultural films, cultural community events
- Geography When immersing yourself in the world of geography, consider hosting a Geography Fair
- Language Studies French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Sign Language, Hebrew, Latin, other
- Politics Create a solid foundation of patriotism as you study politics
- Religion Studies Books, community events, museums, art, music, history
Writing
- Calligraphy
- Content Creation
- Creative Writing
- Cursive
- Essays
- Journaling
- Pen Pals
- Poetry
- Speech and Debate
- Storytelling
- Typing
- Short Stories
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Teen Hobbies A-Z
A
Acrylic Painting
Animal Husbandry
Archery
Architecture
B
Baking
Ballet
Barbering
Bee Keeping
Bible
Biking
Bird Watching
Bee keeping
Botany
Business
Budgeting
C
Calligraphy
Chalk
Charcoal
Collage
Camping
Candle Making
Canning
Car Mechanics
Carpentry
Chemistry
Chess
Coding
Coin Collecting
Comedy
Communication Skills
Content Creator
Constellations
Cooking
Creative Writing
Crochet
Culture Study
Cursive
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D
Dance
Darts
Dog training
E
Electrical
Embroidery
Emergency Preparedness
Emotional Intelligence
Entomology
Escape Room Challenges
Event Planning and Entertaining
F
Film Making
Farming
Fashion History and Design
Figure Skating
Financial Literacy
First Aid
Fishing
Football
Foraging
French
G
Gardening
Genealogy
Geocaching
Geography
German
Gun safety and shooting
Gymnastics
H
Health
Hebrew
Herpetology
History
Home Management
Homesteading
Horse Riding
House Pets
How stuff works
Hunting
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I
Italian
Interior Design
Investing
J
Japanese
Jewelry Making
Journalism
K
Karate
Kayaking
Keyboarding
Knitting
L
Lawn Mowing
Leadership
Leatherwork
Legos
Life Skills
Literature
Logic
M
Macrame
Manners & Etiquette
Marine Biology
Model Building
Money Management
N
Nail Art
Natural Healing
Navigation
Nature Study
Nutrition
O
Oil Painting
Oil Pastels
Origami
Ornithology
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P
Pattern Making
Penpals
Permaculture
Photography
Piano
Plumbing
Podcasting
Politics
Pottery
Printing, 3D
Programming
Puppetry
Q
Quilling
Quilting
R
Reading
Recipe Making
Relationship Skills
Religion
Resin Art
Robotics
Rock Collecting
Rock Painting
Running
S
Science Experiments
Scrapbooking
Skate Boarding
Sketching
Self defense
Sewing
Sign Language
Singing
Skating
Skiing
Snorkeling
Soap Making
Soccer
Spanish
Speech and Debate
Storytelling
Survival Skills
Swimming
T
Taxidermy
Technology
Theater
Thrifting
Track
Typing
U
Ukulele
Upholstery
V
Videography
Volunteering
W
Watercoloring
Water safety
Website Building
Welding
Winter Sports
Wooden Puzzles
Woodworking
World Traveler
X
Xylophone
Y
Yarn Crafts
Yo-Yo
YouTube Channel
Z
Zip-Lining
Zoology
Conclusion
Teen hobbies and interests are the pathway to excellence. Encourage your teen to focus on their hobbies and interests. They’ll focus and fixate for long periods of time, fiddle and formulate new connections, and even falter, flounder, and fail on occasion, but it’s unlikely that you’ll see them fold.
Why?
Because “a true passion that burns within your soul is one that can never be put out.” — Zach Toelke
