Bead-by-bead guide
Bead colors
- B Blue 20 beads
- L Light Blue 60 beads
- W White 25 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 (1 bead): skip 7, 1 W, skip 7 Row 2 (3 beads): skip 5, 1 L, skip 1, 1 B, skip 1, 1 L, skip 5 Row 3 (9 beads): skip 2, 2 W, skip 1, 2 L, 1 B, 2 L, skip 1, 2 W, skip 2 Row 4 (7 beads): skip 2, 1 W, 2 L, skip 2, 1 B, skip 2, 2 L, 1 W, skip 2 Row 5 (7 beads): skip 3, 3 L, skip 1, 1 B, skip 1, 3 L, skip 3 Row 6 (11 beads): skip 1, 2 L, skip 1, 3 L, 1 B, 3 L, skip 1, 2 L, skip 1 Row 7 (7 beads): skip 2, 1 L, skip 2, 1 L, 3 W, 1 L, skip 2, 1 L, skip 2 Row 8 (15 beads): 1 W, 5 B, 3 W, 5 B, 1 W Row 9 (7 beads): skip 2, 1 L, skip 2, 1 L, 3 W, 1 L, skip 2, 1 L, skip 2 Row 10 (11 beads): skip 1, 2 L, skip 1, 3 L, 1 B, 3 L, skip 1, 2 L, skip 1 Row 11 (7 beads): skip 3, 3 L, skip 1, 1 B, skip 1, 3 L, skip 3 Row 12 (7 beads): skip 2, 1 W, 2 L, skip 2, 1 B, skip 2, 2 L, 1 W, skip 2 Row 13 (9 beads): skip 2, 2 W, skip 1, 2 L, 1 B, 2 L, skip 1, 2 W, skip 2 Row 14 (3 beads): skip 5, 1 L, skip 1, 1 B, skip 1, 1 L, skip 5 Row 15 (1 bead): skip 7, 1 W, skip 7
This snowflake perler bead pattern is a blue and white snowflake with 8 arms: 4 straight blue arms with a white tip and small light blue branches, 4 light blue diagonal arms with a white tip, and a white center of 9 beads. It is 15 pegs wide and 15 rows tall, so it fits on one large square pegboard, and it uses 105 beads in 3 colors.
Place the beads row by row, from row 1 at the top (the tip of the top arm): 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 snowflake
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 snowflake yet. Each bead sits exactly where the chart puts it.
Up close: the center is a square of 9 white beads. Each straight arm is 5 blue beads with a white bead at the tip, and each diagonal arm ends in 3 white beads. The snowflake looks the same after a quarter turn, so the chart works from any side.
How to start the snowflake perler bead pattern
Row 1 is the tip of the top arm: skip 7 pegs, place 1 white bead, skip 7. The blue arm goes straight down the middle from row 2, and the light blue branches open on each side of it.
Other colors
The PDF gives the blue snowflake. The same chart works in other colors: pick your own beads for a silver or a purple snowflake, one color for each letter of the chart.
How to use this perler bead chart
This chart is 15 pegs wide and 15 rows tall, with 3 bead colors: 105 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
- B Blue: 20 beads
- L Light Blue: 60 beads
- W White: 25 beads
Steps
- Place the beads of row 1 on the top row of pegs, from left to right.
- Continue row by row to row 15, 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.
