Learn to make stunning floral arrangements
Fact: Fresh flowers make everything better. Less fun fact: Bouquets are often expensive. Save some money and dust off your green thumb by learning how to assemble gorgeous arrangements. If you don’t have a flower garden, no worries — you can often purchase single stems from local farms or florists and still save money by putting them together yourself.
Become an amateur brewer
Satisfy your taste buds and your wallet by learning how to brew beer at home. There are plenty of kits on the market that make it easy for you to make stouts, IPAs, pale ales and more.
Hit the kitchen
Whether you’re a seasoned pro or a total novice, everyone can benefit from practicing their cooking or baking skills. Pick some seasonal recipes from a cookbook or blog and “hire” your kids as line cooks. The best part, of course, will be getting to sample your creations.
More: 11 Veggie-Packed Recipes Your Kids Will Ask For Over & Over
Get into pickling
Pickling and canning can be a fabulous way to preserve some of your garden’s (or the farmers’ market’s) freshest produce. Plus, pickled vegetables and sweet jams are tasty additions to any wine and cheese plate.
Make your mark as an activist
So many great organizations need members like you to spread their messages and inspire change, especially now, as the current administration fights to take away educational, reproductive and environmental rights. Groups like Planned Parenthood, Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and the Sierra Club could use all the support they can get. If you’d like to adopt a more hands-on role in your community, you can also consider running in a local election.
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