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Giacometti inspired sculpture

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Ever since last year when Nixie discovered Nixie's love for Barbara Hepworth I knew that we would at some point spend more time learning about different sculpture artists and the different mediums that exist to create sculptures out of…

Davinci Bridge Experiment

Friday, February 28, 2025

After we experimented with creating a Pratt Truss Bridge, I wanted to introduce the kids to the self-supporting Davinci bridge…

Truss Bridge Experiment

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

We've been learning about bridges lately and one of the experiments we did was create our very own Pratt truss bridge…

Gorse Cordial

Thursday, January 07, 2021

This is our first cordial of the year and Gorse cordial is by far our favourite! We are very lucky to have this growing all around us in the New Forest and we love that it is something we are able to forage and make in the midst of winter…

Ancient Oaks In The New Forest

Monday, January 25, 2021

We have had an incredible couple of weeks going on adventures in the forest in search of Ancient Oaks. The inspiration came from our January subscription box from The Little Naturalist Club. We did a little research online and managed to find a list of some of the ancient Oaks in the New Forest…

Welcome to forage|create|love

Welcome! I’m Ann, a home-educating mama who lives in the New Forest with my husband Kevin, our 9 year old daughter Phoenix, our 6 year old son Forrest, our cat Muad'Dib & our Great Dane, Toad.

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

Super Simple DIY Birdfeeder

Friday, January 01, 2021

We love to make our own birdfeeders! We wanted to try something new and this 2 ingredient bird feeder worked really well and was also super simple. We did this as part of our Winter Solstice celebration which is just one of our family traditions.

Welcome to forage|create|love

Welcome! I’m Ann, a home-educating mama who lives in the New Forest with my husband Kevin, our 9 year old daughter Phoenix, our 6 year old son Forrest, our cat Muad'Dib & our Great Dane, Toad.

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