Feeling like you've been stuck in a loop of binge-watching TV shows and scrolling through your to-be-read (TBR) list? It might be time to explore a new hobby that takes you away from the screen and into the world of hands-on creativity. From waterproof playing cards and a Taylor Swift–inspired search and find book to a beginner-friendly sewing machine and a vintage travel-themed paint-by-sticker set, there are plenty of screen-free options that could become your new favorite way to spend your free time.
1. Love Island: Villa Life Party Game
If you're tired of watching the Islanders tear each other apart in challenges and scream, "I've got a texxxxxxt!" you can join in on the fun yourself. Gather three friends and decide whether you're going to ~play for love of play the game~. The goal is to be crowned the hottest Islander in the Villa by completing challenges, coupling up, and avoiding "Red Flags." The game has a set of "Villa Life Cards" with recognizable moments from the show, like the Fire Pit, the Hideaway, Stand on Business, and Vibe Checks that help progress play. If you get too many "Red Flags," you could be banished from the island (but, fear not, you can come back as a new Bombshell!).
Pre-order it from Amazon for $16.99.
2. Frank Lloyd Wright Domino Set
This domino set inspired by midwestern architect Frank Lloyd Wright serves as both a new hobby and a conversation piece if you leave it out on display. Whether you teach yourself how to play dominoes the traditional way or simply pass the time by setting them up in patterns and knocking 'em down, you'll love this gorgeous set.
Get them from Amazon for $37.50+ (available in two other styles).
3. Mini Tabletop Billiard Table
Transform any surface into a competitive space where you can hone your pool skills. It comes with two cues, chalk, a set of balls, a racking triangle, and even a felt brush.
Get it from Amazon for $69.99+ (available in three colors).
4. Flower Pressing Kit
This kit will teach you how to preserve meaningful bouquets forever and ever — or even just the ones you plucked from your garden and want to save as proof that you were able to keep some plants alive for an entire season. It even comes with everything you'd need to make some cool bookmarks!
The kit includes wooden pressing plates, tweezers, scissors, a craft knife, instructions, five bookmarks, five self-adhesive, semi-transparent films, and five ribbon tassels.
Get it from Amazon for $18.99 (available in two styles).
5. Hummingbird Feeder Ring
This ring allows you to hold out your hand and pretend you're a Disney Princess who animals just happen to flock and flutter to when they need to sip on some nectar and hear a beautiful song. All you have to do is use the kit to fill the ring's base with homemade sugar water, pop the top on, and wait for a feathered friend to arrive! It comes with a clip to attach it to a hat as well.
Get it from Amazon for $6.99+ (available in eight colors and in sets).
6. DIY Miniature Bookstore Model
This model will be worth all the assembly it'll take to craft it (about 20 hours). Make room for it within your full-size books and start telling visitors a fairy actually hangs out there reading all night. (Why wouldn't they believe you?)
Get it from Amazon for $41.99 (available in eight other styles).
7. Tiny Cardstock Bookshop Crafting Kit
No tools necessary, if the more intricate versions feel a bit too daunting for you. This one will look just as adorable on your shelf. It comes with a bunch of stickers to customize it to your liking and is crafted with a few simple folds. You might as well snag the bakery and fairy house sets while you're at it!
Get it from Amazon for $18.99.
8. Waterproof ban.do Playing Cards
Set up to play some Solitaire while listening to your favorite podcast by the pool or a soothing murder-mystery audiobook. No worries if your Diet Coke "sweats" onto the cards!
Get it from Amazon for $15.95 and check out this waterproof version of the ever-popular Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza card game while you're at it!
9. Beginner’s Embroidery Kit
Practice your skills without fumbling over unfamiliar movements on a big project you were hoping to hang up in your room.
Get it from Amazon for $20.98 (available in three sets).
10. Taylor Swift–Inspired Search and Find Book
Think: Where's Waldo? but for Swifties, fans will take one look and say, "I'm enchanted to meet you." It'll also double as a fact-packed biography as you try to find the Easter eggs (13s, Meredith, Olivia, and Benjamin, the cardigan) on each page.
Get it from Amazon for $11.60.
11. Friendship Bracelet-Making Kit
Trading little signs of affection in the form of jewelry is not just for kids. Not to mention you'll have a great time boppin' around to your fave songs for inspo while you craft.
Get it from Amazon for $6.98.
12. Through the Seasons Reverse Coloring Book
A newer edition of the fan favorite Reverse Coloring Book — perfect for anyone who is tired of coloring inside the lines and needs more of a challenge — in this scenario you'll be the one to draw the lines around the colors on the page! Pair it with these fabulous black fine-point pens for $9.99 on Amazon to complete the gift.
Get it from Amazon for $8.29.
13. Girl Moments Stress Relief Coloring Book
From Coco Wyo (a TikTok famous brand known for creating the most adorable coloring books) featuring big, easy-to-color pictures you'll take one look at and want to scream, "THIS IS SO CUUUUUUUTE!!!!!" Hunker down, turn on a soothing LoFi playlist, and color to your heart's content.
Get it from Amazon for $9.99.
14. Crayola's New DualTip Alcohol Marker Set for Adults
Take your newfound hobby of coloring seriously! Embrace it wholeheartedly and treat yourself to these beauties that have the ability to blend, shade, and layer — these are not your kid's crayons.
Get a set of 40 from Amazon for $29.99+ (also available in sets of 60 or 120).
15. "Awakened Artifacts" Puzzle
From the TikTok-famous Magic Puzzle Company for any puzzler or someone who just needs to zone out and lock into something fun. And this is even better than a regular puzzle because once it's assembled, you can use the Easter eggs to solve the puzzle's puzzle.
Get it from Amazon for $24.99.
16. Kanoodle Ultimate Champion Game
You've likely already seen this on TikTok — you can count on it to lure you away from your screens and into competition mode. It's a timed 3D puzzle that'll put your brainteasing skills to the test and teach you a whole new way of thinking.
Get it from Amazon for $19.97.
17. Lightweight, Beginner-Friendly Sewing Machine
If you've always idolized your grandma's ability to whip up quilts, make pillows, and hem skirts. It comes with 27 built-in stitches, so once you get the hang of it Grandma is going to be jealous of you.
Get it from Amazon for $129.99+ (available in five bundle types).
18. Mystical Tarot Card Set for Beginners
Includes all Major and Minor Arcanas with explanations of each written directly on the card (including the reverse meanings, so helpful!) Before you know it, you just might find yourself reading the future on The Real Housewives during an awkward dinner party. Dream big!
Get it from Amazon for $22.99.
19. Connect with Words: Español
A travel-themed activity book to help adults learn Spanish through an entertaining word search! The fun begins with "boarding a plane," and all the phrases that go along with that experience, then dives right into basic travel moments (ordering food, asking for directions, etc), all the while helping you retain vocab from another language! It's genius, TBH.
Get it from Amazon for $14.99.
20. Hand Lettering 101
For anyone who has been told their handwriting looks like chicken scratch. If you're bored but it's way too late to venture out, you can easily throw on your comfiest sweatshirt, grab a pen, and practice this new craft from bed.
Get it from Amazon for $15.47.
21. Paint-by-Sticker Set with a Vintage Travel Theme
Look awesome hung up in your home office — perfect for anyone who wants to do a fun post-work day craft but has not an ounce of patience left to break out paints.
Get it from Amazon for $11.23.
22. Color-Changing Cloud Meditation Breathing Lamp
With a peaceful, sleepy face that'll help you feel cozier and calmer just by looking at it — literally, it's designed to support anxiety relief and teach soothing breathing techniques.
Get it from Amazon for $9.99.
23. All-In-One Portable Ping-Pong Paddle Set
Complete with four paddles, six balls, and a versatile net that can attach to any table — aka everything you could possibly need to challenge your family members to a duel at any given moment.
Get it from Amazon for $59.99.
24. Murdle, Volume 1
A compilation of murder mystery–themed logic puzzles that are reminiscent of the ever-popular Wordle game. This version will encourage you to use powers of deduction and a variety of clues to solve the mysteries throughout the book.
Get it from Amazon for $12.84.
25. The Art of Memory Collecting
What you'd get if a scrapbooking fanatic and a crafting pro had a baby — if you're deep into Analog Bag TikTok, you've most definitely spotted this item in the wild.
Get it from Amazon for $18.47.
26. Mini Bob Ross Paint-by-Numbers Kit
If you insist on watching The Joy of Painting every night to soothe yourself to sleep. It comes with three pre-printed canvases, seven paint pots, a mini brush, and a mini easel (how cuuuuuute) to display your work of art when you're done.
Get it from Amazon for $8.76 and check out the coloring book version!
27. Beginner's Wood Carving Kit
Because you've heard for years about how your great-great-great-grandfather was an extremely talented woodworker and want to see if you've inherited a glimmer of his skill.
Get it from Amazon for $31.99.
28. Diamond Art Kit
Make you feel like a certified artiste even though all you'll have to do to create this masterpiece is delicately place the gems into the pattern.
Get it from Amazon for $9.56.
29. Diamond Painting Coaster Set
For beginners who aren't as well-versed in the art of crafting, but 1 really needs a new coaster to protect their nightstand, and 2. also would like to do something other than scrolling on their phone this winter.
Get it from Amazon for $11.99 (available in five styles).
30. Tiger Face Punch Needle Kit
Bring a cool jungle vibe to your home decor without screaming "Carol Baskin lives here," and act as a conversation starter since you can tell people you made it with your own two hands. Look at you go!
Get it from Tina's House on Etsy for $51.66+ (available in three colors).
31. John Derian Sticker Book
Complete with 700+ gorgeous stickers that'll make you feel like you're channeling the iconic designer himself, but without actually tearing apart your entire living space and emptying your bank account.
Get it from Amazon for $16.62 (also available in a second version).
32. Beginner Watercolor Workbook
Packed with tips and color suggestions as well as all the supplies you'd need to complete each image — no sketching necessary! Get ready to take your artistic skills to the next level, my friend.
Get it from Amazon for $12.33.
33. Miniature Clay Pottery Wheel
Break out and start creating homes for the plethora of succulents you've been shockingly keeping alive for the last few months.
Get it from Amazon for $14.99+ (available in two styles).
34. Pokémon Pokopia
A phenomenon that has gamers of all ages wanting to dive in and spend hours upon hours discovering (and chatting with!!!) familiar Pokémon faces, building environments for them, and helping Professor Tangrowth discover what happened to all of the humans. It's enchanting, engaging, and will make you abandon all the TV series you've invested in.
Get it from Amazon for $69.99 (available in physical or digital copies).
35. Ninja Swirl Machine
You won't regret purchasing for a single second when you've been feeling like an actual hot mess all day and desperately need to cool yourself down. This gadget can make soft serve ice cream (GASP!) as well as frozen yogurt, frozen custard, sorbet, milkshakes, and scooped ice cream — you'll basically feel like you've just bought the ability to transform your kitchen into an ice cream shop whenever the mood strikes.
Get it from Amazon for $279.99.
36. Tabletop Pizza Oven
For anyone who is tired of ordering the same takeout all the time and wants to try their hand at whipping up their own pies in the comfort of their yard. Not to mention it'll give your friends just one more reason to come hang out at your house.
Get it from Amazon for $117.42+ (available in two colors).
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