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PCreate Without Missing A ‘Bead’
erler bead art has been on the internet, and you can you’ re done creating your ing different sections to sort around for almost 60 also use patterns from count- design in beads, you’ ll need by color.
years. Many people ed cross-stitch or bead-stitch- perler bead ironing paper or This crafting medium is
SUPPLIES AND TOOLS:
• perler beads, assorted colors (No. 30078032)
• perler bead pegboard, assorted (Nos. 30136002 and 30136015)
• perler bead ironing paper or parchment paper
• iron
• craft tweezers (No. 30104698), optional
• embroidery floss box (No. 30218552), optional
use the little shiny colorful ing patterns. (While most parchment paper, and an iron fun for all ages, but adults
plastic tubes to create mosa- ic portraits of famous people or famous paintings. Just like Legos, perler beads are not just for keiki anymore.
are flat designs, others have created 3D pieces by fusing stacks of beads together.) Or, you can draw your own design on graph paper. Once you have your design, you’ll need some perler beads and a special pegboard tray used for laying out your design. When
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to fuse the beads together. Some handy things to have are a craft tweezer and a con- tainer with divided sections, like an embroidery floss box. The tweezers are great for picking up and placing beads, and the floss box is a great way to store your beads, us-
should help younger children iron the beads.
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First, find a design. You can find many free patterns
Here are some simple basic steps to get you started.
Find this project sheet at benfranklinhawaii.com. Send me photos of your proj- ects to joyofcrafting@gmail. com, and if I share them here, I’ ll send you a Ben Franklin Crafts gift card.
Determine what shape pegboard you’ll need. A rainbow, for example, would utilize a circle pegboard.
Gather the bead colors. If you have a design chart, follow the pattern and place the perler beads onto the pegboard.
Choose a ready-made design or draw your own using graph paper.
When designing, you can add an extra loop to the design to use for attaching a key ring.
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