For adults, the result is more important than the process. We choose “useful” hobbies. We learn foreign languages to advance in our careers. We play sports for a toned figure. We even create socks, jewelry, or shaped candles with the secret thought of selling them at a craft fair. In childhood, everything was different. We saw small joys everywhere, although sometimes we “tormented ourselves with foolishness,” according to our parents or teachers. We have collected childhood hobbies that will help us return to those carefree times.
Modeling from plasticine
Remember how in kindergarten we made crooked fly agarics and bunnies with ears of different sizes? We have good news: since then, your fine motor skills have probably advanced. This means that you will be able to make cuter figures. You can find an interesting master class on the Internet or give in to your imagination. But the best thing is that you can test different types of plasticine that we didn’t have in our childhood: self-hardening, with glitter or glowing in the dark!
Playing with rubber bands
Let’s recall the rules: two people put a rubber band on their legs and pull it. The third person’s task is to jump in different ways, which gradually become more difficult. Did you manage to jump all the “bows”, “steps” and “envelopes” without mistakes? It’s time to raise the rubber band higher. Surely you have heard legends about professionals who managed to jump all the elements with a rubber band at waist level, or even under their arms!
Card tricks
In our childhood we didn’t have many modern entertainments. But everyone had a deck of cards in their pocket. When playing “Pyanitsa” or “Akulina” got boring, it was time for tricks. Fortunately, many of the simple tricks do not require sleight of hand, so anyone can learn them.
Collecting
As a child, everyone collected something: Love is candy wrappers, Kinder Surprise figures, stamps, beautiful postcards, magazine clippings with photos of idols, unusual stones and shells. It is important that the collectibles were not expensive or super rare. However, this did not reduce the pleasure at all! Why not try to repeat this feeling now. Perhaps you still have an album with inserts or a box with hippos and dragons from Kinder Surprises on your attic.
Questionnaires and diaries
As children, thick notebooks with beautiful covers were especially valuable! After all, they could be turned into a secret diary or a questionnaire for friends. Everything was used: stickers with kittens, multi-colored markers and magazine clippings. And then the fun began. We exchanged questionnaires with each other and carefully filled in a page about ourselves – a favorite color, the best song in the world, innermost secrets. At the same time, we got to know each other better. Why not try to do the same now. An unobvious advantage – you are guaranteed several evenings without a digital detox, without screens and doomscrolling.
Friendship bracelets
We used all sorts of things to weave colorful bracelets for our girlfriends: floss, beads, rubber bands, and even thin wire. Then we had to exchange these iconic pieces of jewelry and wear them without taking them off. It was especially interesting to create paired jewelry in matching colors with similar patterns. Here’s an idea for an exciting evening with a girlfriend: surely each of you remembers several bracelet weaving techniques.
Origami
A super-budget hobby that only requires a sheet of paper and free time. Perhaps that is why many of us loved to fold origami figures as children – after all, we had enough paper and time. You can start with a traditional crane . And then move on to more interesting things, because you can fold anything from a bookmark to a dragon .
Soap bubbles
Games with soap bubbles can be turned into a space for experiments. For example, can you blow a bubble within a bubble? Can you blow a huge bubble like in a holiday show? How about making a secret solution so that soap bubbles don’t burst? You’ll definitely have fun! However, it’s better to play outdoors so that you don’t have to clean the apartment from soap solution later.
Kite
Launching a kite is a real miracle, even if you have a general idea of why it flies. It is especially interesting to construct a kite yourself . You can play with the shape and size. Or make a three-dimensional rokkaku kite that can easily lift a small toy into the air.
Clothes for dolls
The fashion house is opening! Get out your old Barbies and dolls from the mezzanine. It’s time to make them a decent wardrobe. You don’t have to know how to knit or sew. After all, clothes for dolls can be made with a minimum of effort even from old socks . But if you confidently hold a needle in your hands, your possibilities expand. You can recreate the image of your favorite movie character or create a capsule collection named after yourself.