Hobby Thread - April 4, 2026 [TRex]

Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. It is that time of the year, a spin of the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) naturally came up with Easter as a theme for this Hobby Thread.

[Top photo: Buc-ee's Bunny]

What are you hobbying?

As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. All (legal) hobbying is welcome. I understand that some people pay attention to military hardware, tactics and strategy as a hobby. Discussion of current military events permitted but must be made in the form of hobby commentary. Pants are optional. As always, puns are welcome and encouraged.

Play nice and do not be rude. Do not be a troll and do not feed the trolls.

Didn't we do an Easter themed Hobby Thread last year at this time? Yes, yes we did. It was fun. Anyway...

Easter bunnies, baskets, eggs, chicks, etc. So many crafting possibilities. Let's talk about all of them. Any Easter projects this year? Any favorites from years past? Are you wise in the ways of Peter Cottontail?

Going to need help from the gray boxes on this one. Dinos did not have a prominent role in most scriptural accounts of the resurrection story (kind of like the nativity story). Must have gotten lost in the translations along the way. We're also a little clumsy at times which makes for perilous times if you are a bunny or a chick. A dino has to know its limits.

Making a wood Easter bunny on a lathe:

Turning Celtic eggs on a lathe:

Cadbury chocolate factory:

Peeps!

German bunny pyramid:

Get Germanized! German Easter traditions:

Rick Steves with European Easter egg traditions. Some interesting egg dying and decorating techniques here:

We'll do an origami theme at some point, but couldn't resist including here:

Simple and adorable:

Does anyone raise chickens and hatch chicks for a hobby? I had wondered about doing a chicken theme but thought it might be too narrow.

This is fancy chicken coop build.

This is chick hatching on a large scale. Not a hobby, but hobbyists might be customers.

This guy keeps outdoing himself. Great project and result. Even more impressive to make it out of pallet wood. Pallets are the wooden version of legos. With a little creativity and labor, they can be made into almost anything.

Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week? We did a singing theme. The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.

Notable comments from last week:

Words of wisdom:

"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).

Caution - not all rabbits are peaceful. Proceed accordingly. If you have trouble finding something in the content or comments that resonates with you, contribute your own. Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Do mighty things.

posted by Open Blogger at 05:30 PM

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