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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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AUGUST 18, 2021
KAUA‘I MIDWEEK 3
PCreate Without Missing A ‘Bead’
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
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
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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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Follow the perler bead
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Place the iron onto
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beads for about 10-20
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down too hard on the beads. The fused beads still should have a small hole in the center. Allow to cool.
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Remove the fused
beads from the
pegboard. Flip the
design over and
place the ironing
paper on top. Iron
this side of the
design the same way. To prevent warp- ing, place a heavy object on top while the design cools.
You can use your finished design in many ways. Glue a magnet or pinback to it but ensure the glue doesn’t seep through the holes to the front of the design. Or, add a clip or keychain.
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