If there is one thing the Super Max & Bryce team know well, it is how difficult cancer journeys can be for the carers of those in treatment. The isolation, helplessness, fear and fatigue can be overwhelming. Following our first trip around Australia handing out Super Max the Turtles, the one thing that struck us was that sitting with every brave superhero was at least one equally brave parent or carer. Superheroes are never alone on their journeys. They are surrounded by the love and support of their families and friends. Working with the amazing team at Annabel Trends, we designed Super Max & Bryce scarves and socks as tangible ways to share our love and support with these incredible parents and carers who deserve more of that than words could ever express. We want them to know that we are always thinking about them, sending them love and are connected together with them through the stars.

If you would like to support this part of the project, we would love for you to have your own star-covered Super Max & Bryce super soft scarves and socks to send love and support to these beautiful parents and carers who are in the unimaginably difficult situation of having a child in treatment for a life-threatening illness. Our Annabel Trends friends have generously absorbed most of the costs associated with these scarves and socks so we are able to sell them in a "when you buy one, you are giving one" framework. If you are interested in supporting us this way and sending your love through the stars, please see our "shop" page above.

Thank you for creating more love and support for these incredible parents and for being a member of our beautiful Super Max & Bryce family.

For children in treatment and their families, happiness is often very hard to find; that’s why Bryce has always had happiness as one of the four core things he hopes we give to superhero children and their superfamilies through this project.

We’re thrilled to announce that “Happiness” is the 2019 Super Max & Bryce theme. Helping us share happiness with others this year is a family we have loved dearly since the day we met them at Monash Children’s Hospital in 2017. Their daughter Brooke lost her battle against cancer six months after we met them, just after her 2nd birthday in 2018. Their eldest son, William, age 11, now sleeps under the stars of his sister’s Super Max the Turtle every night as a way to stay close to her. We asked William if he would create a picture for us to use on this year’s scarves representing what he believes the project gives to children and their families and what he feels as he sleeps under the stars. He painted us happiness.

William said he wanted to capture the happiness mothers share with their children, especially mothers who are in the unimaginable position of having a child in treatment. His drawing overwhelmed us with its beauty and emotion. It brought tears to our eyes and melted our hearts. It is a tribute from William to Brooke, emanating from his never ending love for her and his family, as it is a tribute to all of the superheroes and superfamilies everywhere from all of us at Super Max & Bryce.

Thanks to the hard work of our friends at Annabel Trends, William’s breathtaking watercolour has now become this year’s Super Max & Bryce scarves. Bryce designed this year’s socks to match William’s painting. Here’s hoping this year's scarves and socks will warm your heart and bring you happiness, just as William’s painting has done for us.

Love is a huge part of every cancer journey. It is the glue that holds us all together during the best and worst of times. Bryce chose it as the first thing he hopes we give to superheroes in treatment and their families, as you can see in the Super Max & Bryce "love, hope, happiness and comfort" logo he designed. Although we were hoping to celebrate William's "love" painting in 2020, with the pandemic we decided to produce socks only. Bryce designed the 2020 LOVE socks to match the colours of every Super Max the Turtle to create a further connection between every superparent and carer, the little superheroes in treatment and the rest of us who are sending them love every single day. We hope you love our LOVE socks. With love through the stars from all of us to all of you.

In 2021, there can be no doubt that we all need another year focused on the beauty, magic and power of love. After the challenges of last year with the start of the global pandemic, we are so grateful that we were able to produce scarves and socks again this year. What better way is there to do this than with a celebration of William's "Love" painting? We hope you love the gorgeous colours in his painting which we have transformed into our beautiful scarf - it's full of pinks, purples and blues just for you. Bryce designed this year's socks to match the scarf, with a pink and purple theme and a giant LOVE on the sole. We hope whenever you wear your 2021 LOVE scarf or socks you feel the love that is emanating through them to you. As we say every year (but especially in 2020 and 2021), there can never be too much love.

The past two years have been challenging for everyone in the world, especially those families with children in treatment. The isolation and different types of fears associated with having a child in treatment are intensified with the realities of living in a pandemic. As a result, we decided it was time to share some comfort - the fourth word in Bryce's list of those things he hopes we share with superheroes and their superfamilies.

This year's comfort scarves are actually snoods; they are the softest and most comfortable scarves we have ever touched. Their beautiful sage colour was selected to highlight the colours in the "Comfort" watercolor made for us by William. The socks, with a giant "comfort" on the sole, are lightweight and in the same gorgeous sage colouring - perfect for anyone to wear anytime of the year. They are covered in stars and are super stretchy so they can fit most adults.

It is with enormous amounts of love that we share this year's range with superheroes and their families... may the comfort of these special scarves and socks warm your hearts and make you feel connected to each other, for we are all sending and receiving love through the stars as part of this Super Max & Bryce family.

The past two years have been challenging for everyone in the world, especially those families with children in treatment. The isolation and different types of fears associated with having a child in treatment are intensified with the realities of living in a pandemic. As a result, we decided it was time to share some comfort - the fourth word in Bryce's list of those things he hopes we share with superheroes and their superfamilies.

This year is our final year of scarves and socks based on William's series of four paintings representing the love, hope, happiness and comfort we share with superheroes in treatment and their families. We could think of no better message to end on than "hope." The beautiful soft scarves are covered in gorgeous blues and greens matching almost every outfit. They are also lightweight and can be worn anytime of the year.

Bryce designed this year's socks to match the scarf, with a happy set of blues, white stars and a giant HOPE on the sole. We hope that whenever you wear your 2023 HOPE scarf or socks you will feel the love that is emanating through them to you and the hope that we are also sending through every star. In every cancer journey, hope is the thing that brings light into the darkness (besides our Super Max the Turtles). As Napoleon Bonaparte famously said, "courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment."

Our beautiful 2024 "Love Through the Stars" themed snood and socks are designed to showcase the love our turtle night lights share with superheroes in treatment and their families. It is this love through the stars that inspired the painting that sits at the centre of this year's theme, created by our dear friend and talented indigenous artist, Mynette Fulmer.

Each snood features a special woven tag with a copy of the painting Mynette made when she first learned about our project and the love we shared. She was inspired by who we are and what we do together, all of us, as we send and receive love through the stars to each other and every superhero in treatment and their superfamily.

We are so grateful to Mynette, and honoured through her beautiful artwork, to have our project connected to the indigenous history and culture here in Australia. We are connected with love now not only through the stars but also to the lands upon which we live.