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
Elderberry Syrup & Tincture
We had a beautiful afternoon foraging for elderberries today and then we came home and made our first elderberry syrup and tincture of the year.
Making Cave Art With DIY Natural Paints
We decided to have a go at making our own paints using stones and shells we had in our garden as we wanted to show Nixie and Forrest how much work went into creating the cave paintings. This was a huge hit! They spent ages hammering away and testing out other materials. Then we just added some water to the powder. And used some sticks that Kevin whittled to paint with.
Yayoi Kusama Inspired Flower
Since we've been learning about Japan we decided to have a look at some of their artists and we learned about Yayoi Kusama and made our own little piece inspired by her.
Make Your Own Cherry Blossoms!
We've been learning about Japan and yesterday was all about the Cherry blossoms! We made our own Cherry Blossom branches and also painted some cherry blossoms.
Make Your Own Little Nature Moths
On one of our walks we found an Oak Eggar Caterpillar which led to us learning and researching about them when we got home. Then Nixie wanted to make some Oak Eggar Moths so we made these little cuties. I love the way they turned out!
DIY Tree ID Cards
I've always wanted to make our own Tree ID cards as I think it's such a great way to learn them and to have that information sink in more. So we decided to avoid the crazy heat and went for an early morning walk and collected leaves of some trees and then came home and made our ID cards.
DIY Barnacles!
We've been learning about barnacles ( such incredible little creatures!) so we had a go at making our own using some paper Mache pulp mix that I found in the cupboard. Maybe they don't really look like barnacles but I think they turned out really sweet
Sea Lavender Crown
While we were out foraging for Samphire I noticed we were surrounded by a sea of purple, Sea Lavender was all around us! I adore their pretty little flowers so I thought I'd try to make a flower crown out of it and I was quite pleased with how they turned out!