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
Learning About Rocks!
Making edible igneous, metamorphic & sedimentary rock treats. Making Rock crayons. Making a starburst Rock Cycle.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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!
We are all Stardust Mobile
We had just begun our earth studies and learned how the earth was formed 4.6 billion years ago from dust, gas and rock. We talked about how everything on Earth, including us, came from the same "stuff". We talked about how we are connected to the rocks, the trees, the animals, to every human being and how we are all connected in this vast web of life.
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.