Favourite Minor Hobbies

"mia_noelle97;c-17859304" wrote:
i really like collecting the city living posters and snowglobes, especially if my sim doesn’t have a lot of money for decorations for their house.

baking is one i have to use more often. i like having my sims take the baking elective in university so a lot of them end up with the skill but i always forget to have them actually bake things.

I should also do more baking, but I like it best when there's a toddler in the household. The baked goods stay good on the counter considerably longer than other dishes.

When I think of hobbies for the sims I usually think of (unfortunately some of these become a money maker real fast, not a casual hobby) :
- painting
- woodcrafting
- knitting
- playing instruments, mostly violin
- joining a bowling club
- archeology

I like the suggestions of collecting postcards, collecting void critters and baking as hobbies.

"Atreya33;c-17859317" wrote:
When I think of hobbies for the sims I usually think of (unfortunately some of these become a money maker real fast, not a casual hobby) :
- painting
- woodcrafting
- knitting
- playing instruments, mostly violin
- joining a bowling club
- archeology

I like the suggestions of collecting postcards, collecting void critters and baking as hobbies.

These were all of the ones that I thought of too. But I was like, there’s gotta be more non-skill building activities? Nearly every skill-building activity is a hobby to an extent. But I couldn’t think of any beyond what was already mentioned.

I suppose roller/ice skating.
And yoga.

"NationalPokedex;c-17859471" wrote:

"Atreya33;c-17859317" wrote:
When I think of hobbies for the sims I usually think of (unfortunately some of these become a money maker real fast, not a casual hobby) :
- painting
- woodcrafting
- knitting
- playing instruments, mostly violin
- joining a bowling club
- archeology

I like the suggestions of collecting postcards, collecting void critters and baking as hobbies.

These were all of the ones that I thought of too. But I was like, there’s gotta be more non-skill building activities? Nearly every skill-building activity is a hobby to an extent. But I couldn’t think of any beyond what was already mentioned.

I suppose roller/ice skating.
And yoga.

I think all activities give skills, even if hidden. For hobbies, I think it's really nice when skills can be associated with some reward traits to better define the hobby activity.

When I was thinking for some not most obvious hobbies for my sims I came up with these ideas:

1. Simstagram - sims take pictures of pets, selfies and just misc photos and post them online, with variants such as travel bloggers, food bloggers etc.
2. Debating - I have a debate club in my game aside from the Uni one - this also includes research, browsing simpedia and so on
3. Dog training - I wish it works better for inactives too. My dog parks (with dog-welcome trait) with training courses are always empty and no one beside active sim interested in them
4. Bird watching (and collecting feathers)
5. Entomology - collecting insects from Outdoor Retreat, grub farms
6. Dancing (even if I had to pretend that doing modern moves is practicing ballet)
8. Karaoke and singing in general
9. Home keeping - these sims not only will clean but also record "organizing", "cleaning", "cooking" videos, practice decluttering (Eco Living recycling or donations or street sales), upgrade home appliances and so on.
10. Fashion - sims will have and use vanities frequently, shop for clothes, try on outfits, again doing selfies and will be involved in related careers most probably
11. Movies/obsessing over celebs - claim favorite movie genre, popcorn movie nights, always use discuss movies interactions in the process, have movie posters as deco, take autographs, TV premiers... all of that stuff
12. Cosplay - club "Cosplay" for that, Geekcon, JTBT stuff
13. Gambling - card tables, lottery and again JTBT sabacc (which basically is a card gambling and can be set on any card table)

Also since there's no proper hobby enthusiasm attribute in game (I hope yet) I group my sims in clubs by their hobby thematic. This allows me to remember and track it as well as push them to do more hobbies related stuff during gatherings.

I recommend scouting and all the things that must be done to earn the badges.
Once you complete everything you get the scholarship for college. With this scholarship and
others, my sim paid practically nothing for tuition.

I have one sim that tries to complete collections ( haven’t got many completed after all these years, but I do play rotationally and have a pretty big rotation.

I have a part time fisherman that likes to beach comb for collectibles to sell on the table, he also does woodwork, and has a hunting dog he takes out that digs things up too. His wife actually does most of the selling, But, next time I play them she is going to start knitting. They garden too.

One of my couples both have the active trait, he is a baseball player and she is in the media career. They have started a hobby of different physical activities, skiing, jet skiing, biking, jogging etc., the boyfriend buys the little simmies for his girlfriend.

One of my children sims likes insects, and frogs. unfortunately he has a small room and can’t keep too many. He also enjoys his chemistry lab.

I have one family with two children ( girls ). They enjoy their art table and puppet theatre. The parents will watch them participate in the puppet theatre, it’s cute.

One of my sims is a cook and lives with her boyfriend in an apartment. She looks for snow globes.

I have a photographer sim that travels around and takes pictures in different towns and sells them in his photo shop.

I have a painter that goes around painting things in the different towns, when he has extra time, I need to get him a little shop so others can buy them for their houses, or maybe put them in a museum.

These are just a few of my sims.....My sims all have different interests, that’s what makes them different and special.

Photography and Frogs. I would not call frogs minor hobby - we turn them into blood packs. Very good source or nourishment.

"SheriSim57;c-17859850" wrote:
I have a part time fisherman that likes to beach comb for collectibles to sell on the table, he also does woodwork, and has a hunting dog he takes out that digs things up too. His wife actually does most of the selling, But, next time I play them she is going to start knitting. They garden too.

I love this idea, beach combing with a hunting dog, definitely using this in a future game of mine.

Journal writing and frog breeding! I love voidcritters and would have far more sims into that but adults can't play the game (and all mods to fix this haven't been updated in years)