How to Use Perler Beads

Apart from the craze for loom bands, Perler beads are on a rage, too. These colorful and affordable little beads can be easily made into any patterns or shapes of cute crafts. After arranging them into certain shape as your desire, they can stick together with a little heat, thus getting your own handcrafted magic finished!

Simple steps to use Perler beads:

1, Select the pegboard. First, you must know what kind of shape you want. Perler beads are available for various shapes of pegboards. Like hello kitty, dogs, butterflies and so on. So pegboard matters a lot.

2, Choose the colors. Choose the colors that match as closely as your design.
3, Place perler beads in the appropriate spots. Put Perler beads into the little spikes protruding from the board, and go on with the pattern you chose.

4, Heat. Get some ironing paper, and place it over the fuse beads on the pegboard. Preheat a dry iron to a medium setting, and slowly move the iron in a circular motion over the beads and pegboard for about 10 seconds; check if the beads have fused together. (If you don’t see the beads expanding, iron again for 5 seconds.); remove the iron paper, and set the pattern aside to let it cool.