# Recommend me a mindless physcial handicraft **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 4, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-mindless-physcial-handicraft/398652 "2007-04-04T01:24:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-mindless-physcial-handicraft/398652/41 "2007-04-25T15:01:56Z")
French knitting. You can buy really great little looms for this somewhere or other. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-mindless-physcial-handicraft/398652/42 "2007-04-25T16:30:32Z")
fortysomething responses and nobody has said gardening? That takes a ton of time and doesn’t leave you with a mountain of stuff that you have to inflict on your friends and family. ---
**Author:** ![Septima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-mindless-physcial-handicraft/398652/43 "2007-04-25T17:10:53Z")
I’m going to get shot down for this, but have you tried painting wargaming models? ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-mindless-physcial-handicraft/398652/44 "2007-04-25T17:52:29Z")
God’s Eyes. I used to make these when I was a kid - it’s soothing! And they’re purty. [Here’s a link for ya.](http://ojos-de-dios.com/ojodirections.html) Ok, maybe that was a stupid idea. What the hell are ya gonna do with a bunch of God’s Eyes? ---
**Author:** ![el\_nombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9dc877/32.png) [@el\_nombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/el_nombre)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-mindless-physcial-handicraft/398652/45 "2007-04-25T22:06:44Z")
I forgot I used to to this a long time ago but why don’t you learn how to draw with MS Paint? I wasted mucho classroom time trying to copy posters or people I saw sitting around the room when I was supposed to be learning C++. Thinking about it makes me want to start back up. ---
**Author:** ![EastCoastPearl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/aeb1de/32.png) [@EastCoastPearl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastCoastPearl)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-mindless-physcial-handicraft/398652/46 "2007-04-25T23:36:17Z")
[QUOTE=Dunawake] I’ll add a second recommendation to try out Origami, it’s interesting, you end up with cool things to give to random people, and it has a very low cost of entry 😛 [/QUOTE] I’ll give a third vote for origami. You can use the paper straight out of your recycle bin to do it, too. I make paper Christmas tree ornaments. One year I found a pattern to make an Origami Christmas cactus, but got distracted after making all the flowers and never got around to the leaves. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-mindless-physcial-handicraft/398652/47 "2007-04-26T01:10:18Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Latch hooking. Time-consuming and requires a decent level of concentration and manual dexterity. With the added bonus of being an irritant to your friends and relations because of all the hand-latched craft items they’ll be getting as gifts. [/QUOTE] Do people still latch hook anymore? I thought about doing it again a couple of years ago and didn’t see any ads around Christmas for latch hook kits and supplies. Figured it was dead. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-mindless-physcial-handicraft/398652/48 "2007-04-26T03:43:07Z")
Somewhat paradoxical, but Outdoor rock climbing. At some point during a climb the world drifts away and becomes only about that next 10 feet above you. Yes, you can be afraid of the climb, but that is what drives the focus. ---
**Author:** ![sugar\_and\_spice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@sugar\_and\_spice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugar_and_spice)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-mindless-physcial-handicraft/398652/49 "2007-04-26T03:52:02Z")
I’ll third latch hooking, its truly mindless and almost impossible to mess up. Rugs and pillows are a little less kitschy than the wall-art. It’s not exactly in fashion, but the kits have been in the craft store for as long as i can remember. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-mindless-physcial-handicraft/398652.md?page=2)