A Sim with the painting hobby and a maxed creativity skill can create paintings for family members as gifts. They can also work on maxing out hobby-related skills such as creativity and logic. If they haven’t yet reached max hobby enthusiasm, this is a goal you can work towards. You can see my hobby and sub-hobby system for The Sims 2 in this post. In their golden years, I have my elders work on mastering their hobbies. Here are some things I do to make Elder-only households more entertaining. Then you’re left wondering how to make them more fun to play. Elder Sims are done having children, may be done with their careers, and may even have an empty nest. In my opinion, Elders can be a pretty boring life stage if you play wants-based like me. Herb and Coral Oldie – the most boring elders to ever exist.