Bead-by-bead guide
Bead colors
- K Black 58 beads
- W White 64 beads
- O Orange 10 beads
- P Pink 2 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 4, 5 K, skip 4 Row 2 (7 beads): skip 3, 7 K, skip 3 Row 3 (9 beads): skip 2, 2 K, 2 W, 1 K, 2 W, 2 K, skip 2 Row 4 (9 beads): skip 2, 1 K, 7 W, 1 K, skip 2 Row 5 (9 beads): skip 2, 1 K, 1 W, 1 K, 3 W, 1 K, 1 W, 1 K, skip 2 Row 6 (9 beads): skip 2, 1 K, 1 W, 1 P, 3 O, 1 P, 1 W, 1 K, skip 2 Row 7 (11 beads): skip 1, 2 K, 3 W, 1 O, 3 W, 2 K, skip 1 Row 8 (11 beads): skip 1, 2 K, 7 W, 2 K, skip 1 Row 9 (13 beads): 3 K, 7 W, 3 K Row 10 (11 beads): 1 K, skip 1, 1 K, 7 W, 1 K, skip 1, 1 K Row 11 (9 beads): skip 2, 1 K, 7 W, 1 K, skip 2 Row 12 (9 beads): skip 2, 1 K, 7 W, 1 K, skip 2 Row 13 (9 beads): skip 2, 2 K, 5 W, 2 K, skip 2 Row 14 (7 beads): skip 3, 7 K, skip 3 Row 15 (6 beads): skip 2, 3 O, skip 3, 3 O, skip 2
This penguin perler bead pattern is a cute little penguin with a black head and flippers, a white face and belly, black eyes, pink cheeks, an orange beak and two orange feet. It is 13 pegs wide and 15 rows tall, so it fits on one large square pegboard, and it uses 134 beads in 4 colors.
Place the beads row by row, from row 1 at the top of the head: the small dots with no symbol on the chart are pegs you leave empty, like the pegs under the flippers and between the feet. 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 penguin
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 penguin yet. Each bead sits exactly where the chart puts it.
Up close: the eyes are 2 black beads on row 5, the cheeks are 2 pink beads on row 6, and the beak is 4 orange beads, 3 on row 6 and 1 on row 7. The feet are 3 orange beads each, on row 15.
How to start the penguin perler bead pattern
Row 1 is the top of the head: skip 4 pegs, place 5 black beads, skip 4. On row 3, the white face starts with a black bead in the middle of the forehead, and the flippers stick out on rows 7 to 10.
Other colors
The PDF gives the black penguin. The same chart works in other colors: pick your own beads for a navy or a grey penguin, one color for each letter of the chart.
How to use this perler bead chart
This chart is 13 pegs wide and 15 rows tall, with 4 bead colors: 134 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: 58 beads
- W White: 64 beads
- O Orange: 10 beads
- P Pink: 2 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.
