Bead-by-bead guide
Bead colors
- K Black 43 beads
- Y Yellow 83 beads
- B Light Blue 16 beads
- P Pink 2 beads
- R Red 31 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 5, 2 K, skip 3, 2 K, skip 5 Row 2 (4 beads): skip 5, 2 K, skip 3, 2 K, skip 5 Row 3 (2 beads): skip 6, 1 K, skip 3, 1 K, skip 6 Row 4 (2 beads): skip 6, 1 K, skip 3, 1 K, skip 6 Row 5 (9 beads): skip 4, 9 K, skip 4 Row 6 (11 beads): skip 3, 1 K, 9 Y, 1 K, skip 3 Row 7 (17 beads): 2 B, 1 K, 11 Y, 1 K, 2 B Row 8 (17 beads): 2 B, 1 K, 11 Y, 1 K, 2 B Row 9 (17 beads): 2 B, 1 K, 2 Y, 1 K, 5 Y, 1 K, 2 Y, 1 K, 2 B Row 10 (17 beads): 2 B, 1 K, 2 Y, 1 K, 5 Y, 1 K, 2 Y, 1 K, 2 B Row 11 (13 beads): skip 2, 1 K, 11 Y, 1 K, skip 2 Row 12 (13 beads): skip 2, 1 K, 1 Y, 1 P, 7 Y, 1 P, 1 Y, 1 K, skip 2 Row 13 (13 beads): skip 2, 1 K, 11 Y, 1 K, skip 2 Row 14 (11 beads): skip 3, 1 K, 1 Y, 3 R, 1 Y, 3 R, 1 Y, 1 K, skip 3 Row 15 (9 beads): skip 4, 9 R, skip 4 Row 16 (7 beads): skip 5, 7 R, skip 5 Row 17 (5 beads): skip 6, 5 R, skip 6 Row 18 (3 beads): skip 7, 3 R, skip 7 Row 19 (1 bead): skip 8, 1 R, skip 8
This bee perler bead pattern is a round yellow bee with two antennae and light blue wings, two black eyes, pink cheeks and a big red heart over the chin, part of our Valentine cute animals collection. It is 17 pegs wide and 19 rows tall, so it fits on one large square pegboard, and it uses 175 beads in 5 colors.
Place the beads row by row, from row 1 at the top: 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 bee
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 bee yet. Each bead sits exactly where the chart puts it.
Up close: the heart is 31 red beads on rows 14 to 19. Its two bumps sit on the face, and its point hangs 5 rows below the head.
How to start the bee perler bead pattern
Row 1: skip 5, place 2 black beads, skip 3, place 2 black beads, skip 5. The two antennae come first: each one is a black stem with a small square tip.
Other colors
The PDF gives the bee in the colors of the first picture. The same chart works in other colors: pick your own beads, one color for each letter of the chart, like the pink and orange versions above.
How to use this perler bead chart
This chart is 17 pegs wide and 19 rows tall, with 5 bead colors: 175 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: 43 beads
- Y Yellow: 83 beads
- B Light Blue: 16 beads
- P Pink: 2 beads
- R Red: 31 beads
Steps
- Place the beads of row 1 on the top row of pegs, from left to right.
- Continue row by row to row 19, 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.
