Maniacs - Learn through Play

05/10/2025

School holidays are in full swing! Join us at Kanyana Wildlife for our awesome school holiday programs!

Hospital Helpers gives kids in year 7 to year 10 the exciting opportunity to go behind the scenes in our wildlife hospital and discover how we care for our precious native wildlife! 🦘❤️‍🩹

Participants will also have the chance get up-close with some of our friendly wildlife ambassadors! 🤩

This program is very popular and sold out quickly last holidays so be sure to book in soon to secure your place!

Booking Essential: https://www.trybooking.com/CXGWU

Creative Critters is an exciting day for kids in Y1 to Y3 packed with activities like:
- Hands-on exploration in our discovery centre with objects like feathers, nests and reptile sheds 🦎🪶
- Creating something to help wildlife around our homes 🌱💧
- Making a special treat for some of our resident animals 🎁✨
- Getting up-close with friendly wildlife ambassadors 🤩🐾

Bookings essential: https://www.trybooking.com/CVGTQ

Questions? Contact our community engagement team at [email protected]

Profits support our wildlife hospital and conservation efforts 💚

02/10/2025

Not all craft vinyls are created equal. That’s why I love that Cricut’s flocked vinyl is CPSIA certified, lead-free, and phthalate-free.

👩‍🔬 In my work as a scientist, I deal with exposures to chemical and physical hazards — and I’ve seen first hand why these certifications matter.

Lead exposure, even at low levels, can affect brain development, behaviour, and learning in children.
Phthalates, which are sometimes used to soften plastics, have been linked to hormone disruption and long-term health risks.

When a product carries CPSIA certification, it means it’s been tested and meets strict safety standards — so you can use it for kids’ crafts, clothing, and home projects with peace of mind.

I craft a lot with students, Scouts, and my own kids — so knowing Cricut materials are safe makes a big difference. 💚

Craft safe. Create boldly. ✂️

https://design.cricut.com/landing/project-detail/68de3985940943c01f0c1a23

Cricut Maniacs - Learn through Play

30/09/2025

👻🎃 While I’m busy crafting up some spooky-cute Halloween card designs for design space, someone’s keeping an eye on me through the window… 🐾👀 My groodle clearly wants in on the creative fun (or maybe just the treats!).

Do your pets ever “supervise” your craft time? 🧡✂️✨

29/09/2025

Evidence that I can have a clean and organised office!

Out of this shoebox-sized office I somehow manage to:
📊 Work as a consultant (nuclear physics and occupational hygiene)
🔬 Develop and prep STEAM education material
✂️ Design as a CAP artist with not one, not two, but THREE Cricut machines (plus an autopress, heat press, mug press, photo box… oh, and all my science gear).

To say it gets messy in here would be the understatement of the year. This week I finally tackled the chaos—it was like wrestling a craft store and a science lab at the same time. 💥🧪🎨

After a mammoth clean-and-sort mission, everything finally has a place (at least until the Christmas craft chaos begins 😅). Feels SO good to see the floor again and not risk an avalanche every time I open a drawer.

26/09/2025

Behind the scenes at Maniacs

This is what my office looks like right now 🙈 … sorting through the mountain of materials from last term’s Vibration Bots lessons and getting ready for next term’s big theme: Bush STEAM 🌿🔬

It’s a glorious mess of pom poms, wires, cardboard, cups, tape, and everything in between. Creative chaos at its finest!

Sometimes STEAM learning means getting messy in the classroom… and sometimes it means the facilitators office turns into an explosion of projects and prep. But trust me – all of this mess will be transformed into hands-on fun and discovery for the kids next term. 💡✨

Who else has a “creative chaos” corner (or entire room) at home? 😅

24/09/2025

13/09/2025

Maniacs Bush STEAM – Term 4

This term we’re heading outdoors for hands-on Environmental science themed STEAM series! Kids will explore science, engineering, art and more in nature – guided by a real-life scientist with experience in mining, land rehabilitation, and environmental science.

Fresh air + active outdoor learning
Creative, real science project-based activities alligned to WA cirriculum (pdf notes provided)
Boosts curiosity, problem-solving and teamwork
Real world applications (sample collection, data interpretation and science literacy)

Perfect for homeschoolers wanting meaningful, real-world learning beyond the classroom.

Limited spaces still available. (80%sold)

👉 Book here and find lesson breakdown.

Explore bush science! Hands-on STEAM sessions for Years 1–6 at Baldivis, Lesmurdie & Whiteman Park. Observe, learn & protect nature.

08/09/2025

Oh my goodness!!!! We have a lab!!! An absolute perfect little mobile personal lab! I cant wait to test run these next term with a small group afterschool class!!!

Tiny Science Lab