Bead-by-bead guide
Bead colors
- Y Gold 26 beads
- D Dark Red 40 beads
- R Red 111 beads
- W White 16 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 Y, skip 5 Row 2 (2 beads): skip 5, 1 Y, skip 3, 1 Y, skip 5 Row 3 (5 beads): skip 5, 5 Y, skip 5 Row 4 (7 beads): skip 4, 7 Y, skip 4 Row 5 (7 beads): skip 4, 7 Y, skip 4 Row 6 (9 beads): skip 3, 9 D, skip 3 Row 7 (11 beads): skip 2, 1 D, 9 R, 1 D, skip 2 Row 8 (13 beads): skip 1, 1 D, 1 R, 2 W, 8 R, 1 D, skip 1 Row 9 (13 beads): skip 1, 1 D, 1 R, 1 W, 9 R, 1 D, skip 1 Row 10 (15 beads): 1 D, 13 R, 1 D Row 11 (15 beads): 1 D, 1 W, 3 R, 1 W, 3 R, 1 W, 3 R, 1 W, 1 D Row 12 (15 beads): 1 D, 1 R, 1 W, 1 R, 1 W, 1 R, 1 W, 1 R, 1 W, 1 R, 1 W, 1 R, 1 W, 1 R, 1 D Row 13 (15 beads): 1 D, 2 R, 1 W, 3 R, 1 W, 3 R, 1 W, 2 R, 1 D Row 14 (15 beads): 1 D, 13 R, 1 D Row 15 (13 beads): skip 1, 1 D, 11 R, 1 D, skip 1 Row 16 (13 beads): skip 1, 1 D, 11 R, 1 D, skip 1 Row 17 (11 beads): skip 2, 1 D, 9 R, 1 D, skip 2 Row 18 (9 beads): skip 3, 9 D, skip 3
This Christmas ornament perler bead pattern is a round red bauble with a white zigzag band across the middle, a small white shine on the top left, a dark red outline and a gold cap with a hanging loop on top. It is 15 pegs wide and 18 rows tall, so it fits on one large square pegboard, and it uses 193 beads in 4 colors.
Place the beads row by row, from row 1 at the top (the hanging loop): the small dots with no symbol on the chart are pegs you leave empty, including the 3 pegs inside the loop. 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 Christmas ornament
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 ornament yet. Each bead sits exactly where the chart puts it.
Up close: the shine is 3 white beads on rows 8 and 9, and the zigzag band is 13 white beads on rows 11 to 13, between red beads. The outline is dark red all the way around.
How to start the Christmas ornament perler bead pattern
Row 1 is the top of the hanging loop: skip 5 pegs, place 5 gold beads, skip 5. On row 2, only the two outside pegs of the loop get a gold bead, and the 3 pegs between them stay empty, which leaves an opening in the loop for hanging. The gold cap fills rows 4 and 5.
Other colors
The PDF gives the red ornament. The same chart works in other colors: pick your own beads for a green or a blue bauble, one color for each letter of the chart.
How to use this perler bead chart
This chart is 15 pegs wide and 18 rows tall, with 4 bead colors: 193 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
- Y Gold: 26 beads
- D Dark Red: 40 beads
- R Red: 111 beads
- W White: 16 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.
