Welcome to forage|create|love
Welcome! I’m Ann, a home-educating mama who lives in the New Forest with my husband Kevin, our 5 year old daughter Phoenix, our two year old son Forrest and our cat Muad'Dib.
We are all about living a creative life closely connected to nature, following our hearts and minds in the moment and discovering all the beauty & joy that surrounds us... Read More
Incense Holder
This is currently one of our favourite creations: Our first ever incense holder! I am absolutely in love with how it turned out and Nixie is so incredibly proud of it. I just wish I could place it somewhere in our lounge where we could actually see it instead of having it at the top of the bookcase where it's almost hidden from view...
Our little Bristle Bot
This little bristle bot is our first foray into robots, ok so I know this isn't a robot but it's been fun putting circuits together along with little batteries and making things move and this is a great start to our exploration of things robotic and was completely inspired by a series of books!
Beehive Printing with Bubble Wrap!
Along with making our beehive we also did some super simple beehive prints using bubble wrap! This was such a great little activity and one that Forrest really enjoyed as well. It's perfect for little ones although Forrest did love peeling of the bubble wrap off too.
Diy Beehive with Bees!
Ever since we found the sweetest little hibernating bee in our garden Nixie has been wanting to learn about bees so this week weve been doing lots of bee related activities and one of those activities has been making our own little beehive with accompanying bees!
Seashell Crowns
Today was a blissfully slow day, a day of relaxing, doing whatever we felt like doing and a day of having our first go at making seashell crowns. It's something I've been wanting to try for the past month but never got around to it until now.
Using Dandelion Root as Medicine
On the same day we made our nettle crisps we also foraged some dandelion root. This is the very first time I've ever used dandelion root but I've really been wanting to learn more about making my own natural medicines.
Frog Tealight Holder
After we had found our frogspawn and Nixie's focus turned to frogs we also made this sweet little tea light holder. I love finding things to make based on Nixie's interests because it means our creative projects end up being so varied and at times very random!
DIY Rose Petal Heart Bath Bombs
I have been wanting to make bath bombs again for a while but just never got around to it, one of the things stopping me was that I didn't have all the ingredients but I finally stocked up on some baking soda since it seems to be something we use a lot of in this house at the moment especially with all of the experiments Nixie wants to do.