Bead-by-bead guide
Bead colors
- Y Gold 8 beads
- G Green 53 beads
- F Dark Green 33 beads
- R Red 4 beads
- W White 3 beads
- B Brown 9 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 Y, skip 7 Row 2 (3 beads): skip 6, 3 Y, skip 6 Row 3 (1 bead): skip 7, 1 Y, skip 7 Row 4 (1 bead): skip 7, 1 G, skip 7 Row 5 (3 beads): skip 6, 3 G, skip 6 Row 6 (5 beads): skip 5, 2 G, 1 R, 2 G, skip 5 Row 7 (7 beads): skip 4, 7 F, skip 4 Row 8 (5 beads): skip 5, 5 G, skip 5 Row 9 (7 beads): skip 4, 1 G, 1 Y, 3 G, 1 R, 1 G, skip 4 Row 10 (9 beads): skip 3, 1 G, 1 W, 5 G, 1 Y, 1 G, skip 3 Row 11 (11 beads): skip 2, 11 F, skip 2 Row 12 (9 beads): skip 3, 9 G, skip 3 Row 13 (11 beads): skip 2, 1 G, 1 R, 3 G, 1 W, 3 G, 1 Y, 1 G, skip 2 Row 14 (13 beads): skip 1, 4 G, 1 R, 3 G, 1 W, 4 G, skip 1 Row 15 (15 beads): 15 F Row 16 (3 beads): skip 6, 3 B, skip 6 Row 17 (3 beads): skip 6, 3 B, skip 6 Row 18 (3 beads): skip 6, 3 B, skip 6
This Christmas tree perler bead pattern is a little green tree in three tiers, each tier edged with a dark green row, with a gold star on top, 10 small ornaments (4 red, 3 white, 3 gold) and a brown trunk. It is 15 pegs wide and 18 rows tall, so it fits on one large square pegboard, and it uses 110 beads in 6 colors.
Place the beads row by row, from row 1 at the top (the tip of the star): 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 Christmas tree
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 tree yet. Each bead sits exactly where the chart puts it.
Up close: the tree has three tiers, and the last row of each tier (rows 7, 11 and 15) is dark green. The 10 ornaments are single beads (4 red, 3 white, 3 gold), and no two of them sit side by side. The trunk is 9 brown beads, 3 across on rows 16 to 18.
How to start the Christmas tree perler bead pattern
Row 1 is the top of the star: skip 7 pegs, place 1 gold bead, skip 7. Row 2 has 3 gold beads and row 3 has 1, so the star is a small cross of 5 beads. The green starts on row 4, right under the star.
Other colors
The PDF gives the green tree. The same chart works in other colors: pick your own beads for a snowy white tree or a pink one, 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 6 bead colors: 110 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: 8 beads
- G Green: 53 beads
- F Dark Green: 33 beads
- R Red: 4 beads
- W White: 3 beads
- B Brown: 9 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.
