Check out our list of 150+ Relaxing Hobbies and Activities to reduce stress, slow down and enjoy your free time!
Our comprehensive list of unique and relaxing hobbies offers great hobby ideas for adding a touch of serenity to your busy schedule.
Whether you’re drawn toward creativity or yearn for relaxing outdoor activities, there’s something for everyone on this list.
We’ve arranged the hobbies in alphabetical order for easy browsing. So, get cozy, take a deep breath, and get ready to discover a hobby—or several—that could soon become your next sanctuary of tranquility and joy!
A
Aerial Yoga
Aromatherapy
Astronomy
B
Baking
Ballet
Beachcombing
Bead Crafting
Birdhouse Making
Board Games
Bonfire Building
Book Binding
Botany Study
Bread Making
C
Canning Food
Ceramic Painting
Chinese Brush Painting
Chocolate Making
Classic Film Watching
Clay Sculpting
Comedy Show Watching
Composing Music
Cooking
Crossword Puzzles
Crystal Collecting
D
Digital Painting
Doodling
E
English Paper Piecing
Essential Oils
F
Fabric Dyeing
Fairy Garden Building
Film Photography
Floral Arrangement
Fountain Pen Collecting
Freshwater Aquariums
G
Gemstone Collecting
Glass Blowing
Greenhouse Gardening
H
Hand-lettering
Herbalism
Hiking
Horseback Riding
I
Ice Sculpting
Ikebana (Japanese Flower Arranging)
Incense Making
J
Jogging
K
Kayaking
L
Lace Making
Land Art
Latte Art
Leather Crafting
Lighthouse Road Trips
Lock Picking
Loom Weaving
Lute Playing
M
Macrame
Mandala Drawing
Marquetry
Meditation
Metal Detecting
Miniature Model Making
Moss Art
Mushroom Foraging
N
Needle Felting
O
Outdoor Yoga
P
Painting
Palm Reading
Paper Mache Crafting
Perfume Making
Philosophy Study
Picnicking
Picture Framing
Pilates
Plant Pressing
Podcasting
Pottery Making
Potted Plant Care
Printmaking
Puppet Making
Puzzles
Q
Quilting
R
Radio Control Car Racing
Relaxation Exercises
Robotics
Rock Balancing
Rock Tumbling
Role Playing Games
Rose Gardening
S
Sailing
Saltwater Aquariums
Sand Art
Scented Candle Making
Scrapbooking
Scuba Diving
Sculpture Making
Sea Glass Collecting
Shell Collecting
Ship in Bottle Crafting
Silk Painting
Sketching
Slacklining
Snorkeling
Soapstone Carving
Solar Cooking
Sound Bath Therapy
Space Exploration
Spinning Yarn
Spoon Carving
Stained Glass Making
Stamp Collecting
Stone Skipping
Succulent Gardening
Sudoku
Suminagashi
Sun Printing
T
Tai Chi
Tea Tasting
Terrarium Making
Theater Shows
Tie-Dye
Time-Lapse Photography
Trail Walking
Tranquil Gaming
Tree Identification
U
Ukulele Playing
Upcycling
Urban Exploration
V
Vegetable Gardening
Vintage Car Restoration
Violin Playing
Visiting Museums
W
Watching Documentaries
Weaving
Whittling
Wine Tasting
Wood Carving
Woodturning
Writing Short Stories
X
Xeriscaping
Y
Yacht Racing
Z
Zen Gardening
Zine Making
