Bead-by-bead guide
Bead colors
- A Dark Red 30 beads
- B Red 68 beads
- C Pink 5 beads
- W White 7 beads
- D Brown 18 beads
- G Grey 7 beads
Written rows
Work the rows from the top: row 1 first. Each row lists its beads from left to right. "skip 3" means leave 3 pegs empty. Row 1 (4 beads): skip 15, 4 G Row 2 (3 beads): skip 16, 2 D, 1 G Row 3 (3 beads): skip 15, 2 D, skip 1, 1 G Row 4 (3 beads): skip 14, 2 D, skip 2, 1 G Row 5 (8 beads): skip 4, 3 A, skip 3, 3 A, 2 D, skip 4 Row 6 (10 beads): skip 3, 1 A, 3 B, 1 A, skip 1, 1 A, 3 B, 1 A, skip 5 Row 7 (13 beads): skip 2, 1 A, 1 B, 2 W, 2 B, 1 A, 5 B, 1 A, skip 4 Row 8 (13 beads): skip 2, 1 A, 1 B, 1 W, 1 C, 8 B, 1 A, skip 4 Row 9 (13 beads): skip 2, 1 A, 1 B, 1 W, 9 B, 1 A, skip 4 Row 10 (13 beads): skip 2, 1 A, 1 B, 1 C, 9 B, 1 A, skip 4 Row 11 (11 beads): skip 3, 1 A, 9 B, 1 A, skip 5 Row 12 (9 beads): skip 4, 1 A, 7 B, 1 A, skip 6 Row 13 (7 beads): skip 5, 1 A, 5 B, 1 A, skip 7 Row 14 (7 beads): skip 4, 2 D, 1 A, 3 B, 1 A, skip 8 Row 15 (7 beads): skip 2, 1 C, 2 D, 1 W, skip 1, 1 A, 1 B, 1 A, skip 9 Row 16 (5 beads): skip 1, 1 C, 2 D, 1 W, skip 3, 1 A, skip 10 Row 17 (4 beads): 1 C, 2 D, 1 W, skip 15 Row 18 (2 beads): 2 D, skip 17
This cupid perler bead pattern is a red Valentine heart with Cupid's arrow through it: a brown shaft with pink and white feathers at the bottom left and a grey arrow head at the top right. The heart has a dark red outline and a little white and pink shine. It is 19 pegs wide and 18 rows tall, so it fits on one large square pegboard, and it uses 135 beads in 6 colors.
Place the beads row by row, from row 1 at the top (the arrow head): the small dots with no symbol on the chart are pegs you leave empty. The bead count for every color is in the list, so you know how many to set aside (keep a few spares).
The Cupid heart, after ironing
These pictures are previews made on the computer from the chart, bead by bead: they are not photos of a real piece, and nobody has ironed this heart yet. Each bead sits exactly where the chart puts it.
The arrow is drawn as a staircase: the brown shaft steps up two beads at a time, so every bead touches a neighbor by one side: no bead is joined only by a corner. The head is a small grey corner of 7 beads.
How to start the cupid perler bead pattern
Row 1 is the top of the arrow head: skip 15 pegs and place 4 grey beads. Rows 2 to 4 add the shaft and the other side of the head, and the heart starts on row 5 with its two lobes.
Here is the whole piece on one large square pegboard before ironing: the empty pegs around it stay empty, so the heart and the arrow keep their shape.
How to use this perler bead chart
This chart is 19 pegs wide and 18 rows tall, with 6 bead colors: 135 beads in all. Every colored square is one bead on one peg; a grey dot is a peg you leave empty. Row 1 is the top row of the chart, and the written rows list their beads from left to right.
What you need
- Standard size fuse beads (Perler, Hama or similar) in the colors below
- one large square pegboard (29 x 29 pegs)
- Ironing paper and an iron (ask an adult to do the ironing)
Bead count by color
- A Dark Red: 30 beads
- B Red: 68 beads
- C Pink: 5 beads
- W White: 7 beads
- D Brown: 18 beads
- G Grey: 7 beads
Steps
- Place the beads of row 1 on the top row of pegs, from left to right.
- Continue row by row to row 18, checking each row against the chart.
- Cover the beads with ironing paper and iron them as your bead brand explains, until they fuse.
- Let the piece cool flat, then lift it off the pegboard.
This chart was checked by software, and nobody has ironed it yet. The colors on screen are close matches, not exact ones: compare them with your real beads before you start.
