Perler Bead Flower | Easy Flower Perler Bead Patterns (2024)

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Make a Perler bead flower using our free, downloadable flower Perler bead patterns. These flowers, made from melty beads, are SO PRETTY and easy to make!

Choose from 6 different designs and make flowers with petals of all different sizes and shapes. Or create a 3D flower that stands up on its own! It’s such a fun and easy craft, perfect for celebrating the beauty of spring and summer flowers!

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How to Make a Perler Bead Flower

Use our FREE patterns to make a Perler bead flower! Choose from 6 different designs and make flowers from melty beads. Such a fun kids craft!

Author: Debbie Chapman

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Check Out The Video Tutorial:

Looking for more Perler bead crafts? Here's a few of our favourites:

Dinosaur Perler Beads

Cat Perler Beads

Perler Bead Mushrooms

Instructions:

Step 1: Find what you need

  • Gather your supplies and materials.

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Step 2: Follow the template to make a flower

  • To make a Perler bead flower you will use a round pegboard.

    We also found it helpful to separate and set out the colours of Perler beads we wanted to use.

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  • Optional:Use tweezers to add the Perler beads to the pegboard. Little fingers probably don't need to do this, but it makes it a lot easier for adults!

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  • Start by adding a yellow bead to the center of the pegboard, and then form two circles of beads around it. We used two complimentary shades of blue Perler beads.

    Then follow the template to add a stem and a leaf, connected to the flower.

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Step 3: Iron the flower

  • Put the pegboard on an ironing board or a wood cutting board. Place a piece of parchment paper over top of the Perler bead design.

    Heat the iron to medium temperature, no steam. Place the iron on the parchment paper and move it around in circular motions for at least 15 - 20 seconds.

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  • Check the beads to see if they're melted together. Continue to iron for another 10 - 20 seconds, if needed.

    The beads should be melted correctly when the parchment paper sticks to the beads and needs to be peeled away from them.

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  • Once the flower is cool enough to touch, remove it from the pegboard and flip it over.

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  • Iron the second side of the flower, making sure that it is melted, but not too melted - otherwise it won't fit in the base.

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Step 4: Create and iron the flower's base

  • To create the flower's base, make two circles around the center of the board with green Perler beads. Follow the template and be sure to leave the center peg empty.

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  • Iron the base following the instructions above.

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  • Again, the beads will be melted correctly when the parchment paper sticks to the beads and needs to be peeled away from them.

    You only need to iron one side of the flower's base, but you can do both sides if you'd like.

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Step 5: Put the flower together

  • Once both parts of the flower are cooled, insert the stem of the flower into the center of the base.

    This can sometimes be tricky to do, but they will fit together once you find the right angle. If you still have issues with them staying together, use glue to attach them.

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  • Your Perler bead flower is complete!

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Helpful Tips:

  1. We find it easiest to start from the center of the template when making our Perler bead flowers.
  2. Ironing both sides of the 3D flower will help it stand up straight in its base!
  3. Leave the larger, flat Perler bead flowers on the pegboard until they’re cool to the touch. This will prevent the beads from melting together in the center.

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Download our free Perler bead flower templates:

Click on the links below to download our free, printable Perler bead flower templates! The PDF files will open in a new window.

Then simply follow along with the pattern on your device’s screen, or print the templates in colour on 8.5 x 11 (letter size) printer paper.

>>> Perler Bead Flower Template #1 <<<

>>> Perler Bead Flower Template #2 <<<

What are Perler beads?

Perler beads are small, cylindrical plastic beads with a hole in the center. They’re also known as “melty beads”, “fuse beads”, or “Hama beads” (another brand name).

Perler beads are designed to be arranged into different patterns (like flowers!) on a plastic pegboard. The beads are then ironed until they melt, or fuse, together.

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Can you use a hair dryer on Perler beads?

If you don’t have an iron, there are a couple alternative ways for you to melt your Perler beads. Cover the pegboard with parchment paper like usual and hold a hairdryer several inches above to melt the beads.

Make sure air doesn’t blow the design off the pegboard, and move the dryer around in a circular motion, checking the progress every 10 – 20 seconds.

Or, add parchment paper to a baking tray and make a Perler bead flower directly on the tray, without using a pegboard. Then place the beads in a 300F oven or toaster oven and check the melting progress after a couple minutes. Continue to monitor the beads carefully until they’re melted as much as you’d like.

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What can I do with my Perler bead flowers?

Use the 3D standing flowers as fun DIY decorations, and turn the larger, flat flowers into coasters, magnets, or keychains. Check out our Perler bead earrings post for advice on attaching jump rings to Perler beads!

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Use the colours in our templates, or experiment and design your own Perler bead flower! It’s such a fun and creative craft, perfect for spring or summer break, summer camp, sleepovers, or Scouts.

Here’s even more bead craft ideas:

Cat Perler Beads

Perler Bead Earrings

Dinosaur Perler Beads

Our bookLow-Mess Crafts for Kids is loaded with 72 fun and simple craft ideas for kids! The projects are fun, easy and most importantly low-mess, so the clean up is simple!

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Where to buy:

You can purchase Low-Mess Crafts for Kids from Amazon, or wherever books are sold:

Amazon |Barnes and Noble | Books-A-Million | Indiebound | Amazon Canada

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FAQs

What is the app that makes Perler bead patterns? ›

Beads Creator is a super easy to use application that allows anyone to easily create bead patterns. The total number of downloads has reached 1,400,000.

Can you sell Perler bead art? ›

Yes, I can sell Perler bead designs! I think they are a lot of fun to make and people enjoy buying them. I have had success in the past selling my designs and I think I could continue to do so in the future. Do you have any Perler bead patterns?

How do you make a circle flower out of fabric? ›

For the circles, cut five from the fabric. Fold each in half once, then a second time with wrong sides together. Stitch the raw edges, just like the squares, but along the curve. Pull to gather and stitch the two end petals together.

How do I turn a picture into a bead pattern? ›

With Pixel-Beads you can convert photos or pictures into fuse bead patterns. Just select your favorite picture, determine the number of beads as well as the number of colors and let Pixel-Beads pixelate your picture. You can choose different manufacturers like Hama, Artkal, Nabbi or Perler.

Is beadographer free? ›

Beadographer has a free version and a membership version.

What is the difference between perler beads and pony beads? ›

I never owned pony beads but in my understanding pony beads are meant to be used on lace for bracelets,necklaces,etc.. Perler beads are not round as lacing beads,they are straight cut,and you will create different patterns on template and melt it down with an iron into 1 uniform creation.

Can you make money from Perler beads? ›

Perler beads, also known as fuse beads or iron beads, can be a creative and fun way to make money. Here are a few ways you can monetize your perler bead creations: 1. Sell Finished Perler Bead Designs: Create unique and eye-catching perler bead designs, such as keychains, magnets, coasters, jewelry, or wall art.

What is the world's largest Perler bead art? ›

Worlds biggest picture made of plastic beads - The students at Fryshuset High School (Stockholm) has built the largest perler bead painting in the world. About 80 students beaded for 4,5 hours to finish 170 plates= 153000 beads. The painting is 2,50x 3,40 m large and was finishied in november 2008.

What paper do you put over Perler beads? ›

Take your parchment paper, which is also sometimes called ironing paper, and place it over the beads on the pegboard. You should be careful when doing this so that you don't accidentally knock any beads out of place. Heat a dry iron to a medium setting, then slowly run it in a circular motion over the parchment paper.

How do you microwave Perler beads? ›

put oil in the bowl 2. stick the perler beads 3. put it in the microwave for 10-12 min 4.

How do you finish Perler beads without an iron? ›

If you don't necessarily want to take the iron or steam iron out of the cupboard every time, there are alternatives to using an iron:
  1. simply fix them with a glue dot.
  2. Melt them in the oven.
  3. weave them with a needle as you will do with your Miyuki beads.
  4. Use the old method of filling a pan with hot water.
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Do you bake Perler beads? ›

To melt your beads, you should preheat your oven to 400°. When it's finished preheating, bake the Perler beads for 10 minutes. After that, remove your beads, allow time for the beads, pan, and cookie cutters to cool. Once cool, you can pop your Perler beads free of your cookie cutters.

Can you make flowers out of mesh? ›

After your strips of deco mesh have been cut out, put one on top of the other and fold the pair into a triangle. Repeat with each of your hot pink deco mesh strips. Once your rose petals have been shaped into triangles, start creating your flower.

How do you make a flower out of cotton balls? ›

INSTRUCTIONS:
  1. Add a bit of glue to the paper.
  2. Use the cotton balls to make a flower shape on the paper that was glue. I used 1 for the center and 6 for the petals.
  3. Mix water with a few drops of food coloring.
  4. Using the dropper, color in the flower.
  5. Once done, use the marker to draw stems.
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How do you make a flower Keepsake? ›

Just gather your bouquet with a rubber band. Hang the bunch upside down, away from direct sunlight. The petals will shrink and dry. After a couple of weeks, your dried flowers will be ready to be put on display.

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