Bead-by-bead guide
Bead colors
- K Black 26 beads
- R Red 18 beads
- S Light Grey 29 beads
- W White 70 beads
- O Orange 2 beads
- N Brown 6 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 (5 beads): skip 5, 5 K, skip 5 Row 2 (5 beads): skip 5, 5 K, skip 5 Row 3 (5 beads): skip 5, 5 R, skip 5 Row 4 (9 beads): skip 3, 9 K, skip 3 Row 5 (7 beads): skip 4, 1 S, 5 W, 1 S, skip 4 Row 6 (9 beads): skip 3, 1 S, 1 W, 1 K, 3 W, 1 K, 1 W, 1 S, skip 3 Row 7 (9 beads): skip 3, 1 S, 3 W, 2 O, 2 W, 1 S, skip 3 Row 8 (9 beads): skip 3, 1 S, 7 W, 1 S, skip 3 Row 9 (7 beads): skip 4, 1 S, 1 K, 1 W, 1 K, 1 W, 1 K, 1 S, skip 4 Row 10 (9 beads): skip 3, 9 R, skip 3 Row 11 (13 beads): 1 N, skip 1, 1 S, 1 W, 2 R, 6 W, 1 S, skip 1, 1 N Row 12 (15 beads): 2 N, 1 S, 1 W, 2 R, 1 W, 1 K, 4 W, 1 S, 2 N Row 13 (11 beads): skip 2, 1 S, 9 W, 1 S, skip 2 Row 14 (11 beads): skip 2, 1 S, 4 W, 1 K, 4 W, 1 S, skip 2 Row 15 (11 beads): skip 2, 1 S, 9 W, 1 S, skip 2 Row 16 (9 beads): skip 3, 1 S, 7 W, 1 S, skip 3 Row 17 (7 beads): skip 4, 7 S, skip 4
This snowman perler bead pattern is a round white snowman with a light grey outline, a black top hat with a red band, black eyes, an orange carrot nose, a mouth of 3 black dots, a red scarf with a hanging end, two black buttons and brown stick arms. It is 15 pegs wide and 17 rows tall, so it fits on one large square pegboard, and it uses 151 beads in 6 colors.
Place the beads row by row, from row 1 at the top of the hat: 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).
Preview of the ironed snowman
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 snowman yet. Each bead sits exactly where the chart puts it.
Up close: the eyes are 2 black beads on row 6, the carrot nose is 2 orange beads on row 7, and the mouth is 3 black dots on row 9. The scarf is a red row (row 10) with an end that hangs down on rows 11 and 12, and the two black buttons are on rows 12 and 14.
How to start the snowman perler bead pattern
Row 1 is the top of the hat: skip 5 pegs, place 5 black beads, skip 5. Row 3 is the red band, and the brim on row 4 is 9 black beads wide. The light grey outline of the head starts on row 5.
Other colors
The PDF gives the snowman with a black hat and a red scarf. The same chart works in other colors: pick your own beads for a blue or a green hat and scarf, one color for each letter of the chart.
How to use this perler bead chart
This chart is 15 pegs wide and 17 rows tall, with 6 bead colors: 151 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
- K Black: 26 beads
- R Red: 18 beads
- S Light Grey: 29 beads
- W White: 70 beads
- O Orange: 2 beads
- N Brown: 6 beads
Steps
- Place the beads of row 1 on the top row of pegs, from left to right.
- Continue row by row to row 17, 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.
