What Hobbies did you have as a kid? What did you keep on doing? New ones started later on?

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Hopefully this'll bring back fun memories.👍

Probably coloring books with Crayola Crayons might have been my first. 🖍 😄
Then drawing at home after we did it in school.
Definitely a reader for life!
Acrylic painting in my teens through early 20's. May try some again.

In my early-mid teens I started doing bead-weaving on a hand made shoe box loom.
Got somewhat fancy w it.

Some years later changing over to bead stringing with glass, brass, semi-precious stones, sometimes sterling silver beads, and later water pearls! I made this one gorgeous bracelet in my 40's with fancy SS beads, labradorite, and ?glass beads. Lost it years later. : (

But in my 30's the bead stringing got too expensive for what I wanted.
I invented my own often unique wire jewelry w, w/o beads. Used brass, and sterling silver.
Still making this stuff like 37 yrs later! Though bc of low income changed to plated sterting silver. Rings, ear cuffs, pendants, bangles! 🥰😄
I made some very pretty, and unique necklaces, too!

I learned some of the non-loom bead weaving, but didn't do too much. Might have to try it for a few pieces again bc I still have some seed beads, and these gorgeous "peacock" colored ?bugel beads (tubes).

Finally, in my late 40's I finally learned to knit after 2 previous failed 😄🙄😄attempts! I got inspired by these women at the Green Market in Brooklyn who sold their yarn, finished pieces, and kits. Oh, they had such lovely colorways! I bought their sampler card just to have them.
.Then in my early 50's I learned to crochet inspired by the Crochet Reef Project.

I still do those, but always been on the slower side. Afraid to go too fast, and mess my hand up for drawing. I don't have the patience for big projects. Once I made a 10" x 5 ft solid knit scarf early on in the excitement of learning.

The one medium big project I would like to do again having had to throw away the original is big Cowl! About 19" high, and 30" inches around using 3 strands of chunky yarn together. It was a Lion Brand project. It was very cool! 😄🧡
I truly salute anyone doing sweaters, tops, afghans, blankets!

.Actually, the newest thing is doing digital art first on my tablet 6+ yrs ago, but even better a fantastic phone app! I got a stylus from a cousin just recently. Doing this steadily for over 2 years.
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So - what fun have you had? Even your "tribulations" in learning.
Wood working? Yarn craft? Pottery? Sewing? Furniture making? Weaving? Cooking? Drawing & painting? Jeweling making?
Etc!