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

Cactus Rocks

Cactus Rocks

Our house is filled with rocks and sticks collected from our adventures and this is a great little craft to do with all those rocks lying around and it is super easy to do!

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Rock Photo Holders

Rock Photo Holders

These are so easy to do and really add a bit colour to your space and would also make great little gifts for your friends.

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Learning About Rocks!

Learning About Rocks!

Making edible igneous, metamorphic & sedimentary rock treats. Making Rock crayons. Making a starburst Rock Cycle.

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Learning About Crystals & Minerals!!

Learning About Crystals & Minerals!!

For our crystal topic we cracked open our own geodes, made our own epsom salt crystals,  made our own edible Agates, made our own crystal gummies, started a healing crystal journal & learned how to use a crystal pendulum! 

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Learning about Volcanoes

Learning about Volcanoes

Learning about Volcanoes is always a great subject and we did several hands on experiments: The classic baking soda volcano, A pompeii diorama, built a volcanic mountain with glue, made some art and baked volcano cupcakes.

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Learning about Earthquakes

Learning about Earthquakes

While we were learning about earthquakes we had three hands on projects to go with it. The first was a Vegan "Jello" Earthquake Demo, A model Seismometer and lastly we had a STEM challenge: Build an earthquake resistant structure. 

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Cotton Baked Mushroom Ornaments!

Cotton Baked Mushroom Ornaments!

Here are my cotton baked Fly Agarics! I've been wanting to try this since last year and even though they aren't perfect I love how they turned out!

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Layers of the Earth Model

Layers of the Earth Model

This is such a fun little project to do if you are learning about the different layers of the Earth and once you have finished it you can have fun playing with the homemade playdough! 

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  • 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