Making your own 'from scratch' whole wheat pasta noodles is not difficult.  A basic pasta dough recipe is as simple as flour and water. Mix the two ingredients into a ball of dough that is firm enough to work with and soft enough to be pliable. You need to be able to roll and shape the dough. Reserving a small amount of flour to sprinkle on work surfaces and to dust the rolling pin handles helps reduce the dough stickiness.  As you work with the dough, you will find it helpful to repeatedly  dust surfaces, hands, and the dough itself.  A little salt is often suggested as an ingredient, but you don't need to stop here. In our version of homemade pasta noodles we added basil and ground flax seed. We added some gluten to give the whole wheat dough more structure and ensure the noodles retain their shape while cooking. At other times we use mushroom broth instead of water for added flavour, or we purée some spinach to add colour. 

Once your homemade pasta noodle dough is made, you need to decide what shape your noodles will be.  If you have a pasta making machine you can make varieties like Pappardelle, Bucatini, Fettuccine, Spaghetti, Ravioli sheets or Lasagna sheets.  In our example, we shaped our noodles into Orecchiette, to which Wikipedia defines as "small ears" but to us they seem to be small discs.  The Orecchiette shape can be made without any extra equipment, a simple thumb imprint makes this shape easy enough to be made by small children. A form of entertainment we supply to our grandchild.