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Volunteering

They say in order to help yourself, you should do something to help others. Volunteering involves giving work to an organization for free. The time can range from an hour to several thousand hours a year. Volunteering as a hobby can be as rewarding and enjoyable as the individual decides to make it. Some ideas for volunteering include reading to the elderly in the hospital, playing with children in an orphanage, helping a child with homework, working in a soup kitchen, taking a pet into a nursing home to cheer up the residents, shopping for an elderly neighbour and knitting for charity (There’s always a need for warm blankets, hats and gloves.) Start slowly with these and before you know it, you’ll find yourself doing more and more and loving it.

Gadgets

Gadgets of any type are the new trends in hobbies, especially among the young people. Gone are the days when children innocently collected stamps or match boxes or even buttons. Most teens will be happy to collect electronic gadgets such as cell phones, iPods, cameras, video cameras, voice recorders and more. If you are thinking of a present, you really can't go wrong with these. As soon as one gadget hits the shelf, another newer model is already in production and on its way. New gaming systems and games are also a big hit with teen guys.

Children and young men enjoy remote control toys, guns, boats and aero planes that provide thrill and realism in outdoor hobbies. Even competitions are held at various levels where young people demonstrate their flying and driving skills. Besides, in daily life, the cellular phones, TV remotes, i-Phones and EBook readers are the newest trends in hobbies and pastimes of the younger generation. Without these gadgets, one seems to be totally lost and helpless. The excessive use of cellular phones in messaging (SMS) and using these as mini computers is the hobbyists’ best pastime toy.

Beatboxing

Beatboxing is the art of producing drum beats, rhythm, and musical sounds using one's mouth, lips, tongue, and voice. In classic beatboxing, there are 3 main sounds plus the beat.You have to train very hard to become able to make the sounds and beats faster one after the other, which has the effect of sounding as though the sounds and beats are made at the same time. Listen ... (beatboxing)

After a lot of practise the beats sound like drums (with a bad bass) and additional melodies. Actually, it's quite easy to create some simple beats to begin, but afterwards it's hard to make them clear and strong.

"Human beatboxing" originated in 1980s. Today beatboxing is connected with hip-hop culture, being one of "the elements", although it is not limited to hip-hop music.

Beatboxing is practised all over the world and also in European countries where it's growing in popularity.

Scrapbooking

One of the greatest things about taking up scrapbooking as a hobby is that anyone can do it. It doesn't matter what your budget is, how much time you have to dedicate to it, or even how artistic you are. Beginners can start slow and on a small scale with simple, inexpensive projects. Those who are more enthusiastic have just the sky as their limit when it comes to creating scrapbooking memories.

Scrapbooking is taking things like photos, printed pictures, decorations, and colorful paper and arranging them artfully in an album to create a sort of memorabilia. A scrapbook in itself can be considered as an extra fancy photo album. The size of a scrapbook will vary depending on the person making it and the event they are covering.

Scrapbooking can be a very personal experience. Some eventful occasions to scrapbook for include: love stories, milestones in a child's life, graduations, travels and holidays. Scrapbooks can also be made in a more general sense as a tribute to a favorite activity like fishing and bowling or to pay homage to an occupation like nursing, firefighting, teaching, and more. It doesn't take talent to create a good scrapbook. All you need is a little creativity, as few or as many supplies as you like, and a desire to have some fun.

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