Easter Perler Bead Patterns | FREE Patterns for Easter Perler Beads (2024)

March 26, 2024 by Debbie Chapman

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Use melty beads to make Easter Perler bead patterns featuring Easter eggs, spring chicks, and more! These Easter Perler beads designs are SO CUTE and really easy to make.

We have 8 free Easter Perler bead patterns for you to choose from, or you can create your own designs, using our helpful tips and tricks! It’s such a fun indoor craft, perfect for keeping the kids busy this spring.

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How to Make Easter Perler Beads

Create Easter Perler bead patterns using our free printable templates and melty beads! Then turn them into fridge magnets or ornaments. Read past the tutorial for even more ways to use them!

Author: Debbie Chapman

Materials:

FREE Printable Easter Perler Beads Pattern
Perler beads
Perler beads pegboard (small square)

Equipment:

Check Out The Video Tutorial:

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

Perler Bead Flower

Cat Perler Beads

Mushroom Perler Beads

Instructions:

Step 1: Find what you need

Gather your supplies and materials.

Step 2: Make your Perler bead design on the pegboard

Print our free Easter Perler bead patterns, or follow along with the template on your device's screen.
Find the link to one of the patterns in the materials list above. The other can be found below this tutorial.
To make your Easter Perler bead patterns you'll need to use a small square pegboard.
We also find it helpful to sort the Perler beads we want to use by colour and set them in small bowls.
Optional: Use tweezers to add Perler beads to the pegboard.
Kids may be able to place the beads easily with just their hands, but adults will find the tweezers a lot easier to use!
We started this Perler bead design by creating the outline of the bunny head.
With some designs it's easier to work top to bottom, or left to right -- figure out what works best for you!
Fill in the bunny's ears with pink and add the next line of white beads.
Add the rest of the white beads and then fill in the 2 black eyes and pink nose.
Alternatively, place the small detail spots first and then fill in around them.
Double check your design.
Compare the Easter bunny (or other pattern) to the template one last time to make sure it's exactly how you want it to look.

Step 3: Iron your Perler beads

Put the pegboard on an ironing board or a wooden cutting board. Place a piece of parchment paper over top of the Perler bead design.
Heat your iron to medium temperature, no steam. Place the iron on the parchment paper and move it around in circular motions for at least 15 to 20 seconds.
Check the beads to see if they're melted together. Continue to iron for another 10 to 20 seconds, if necessary.
The beads are melted correctly when the parchment paper sticks to the beads and needs to be peeled away from them.
Leave the Easter Perler design on the pegboard until it's cool to the touch.
Your Easter bunny Perler bead pattern is complete!

Helpful Tips:

If you have a clear pegboard you can place the template underneath it, making it super easy to follow the Easter pattern!
Make a plain Easter egg design and decorate it with rhinestones or sequins for a touch of sparkle!

Get our free printable Easter Perler bead patterns:

The links or pictures below will take you to our free, printable Easter Perler bead 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 patterns in colour on 8.5 x 11 (letter size) printer paper.

>>> Easter Perler Bead Patterns #1 <<<

>>> Easter Perler Bead Patterns #2 <<<

What are Perler beads?

Perler beads are small, cylindrical beads made from plastic that are also called “fuse beads” or “melty beads”. This is because Perler beads are made to be melted together!

Place the Perler beads, one by one, onto a plastic pegboard and create a pattern of your choice (like one of these fun Easter designs). Then place parchment paper on top of the design and iron the beads together — the heat from the iron will fuse the beads together into one piece!

What other Easter Perler bead patterns can I make?

We created 8 different Easter Perler beads designs. Follow the templates above to make:

Easter bunny
Spring chick
Baby chick in egg
Carrot
Easter egg in 3 different designs
Easter basket

Or have fun designing your own Easter pixel art! Try making:

Lamb or sheep
Cross
Duck or goose
Tulip or another flower
Peeps bunny
Full rabbit/bunny body

What can I do with Easter Perler bead patterns?

Here are some ideas to make these Easter Perler beads super cute and functional:

Turn your Easter Perler bead designs into a magnet and display them on the fridge
Stuff your Easter basket with a few cute designs
Hang the ironed designs as a window decoration or suncatcher
Attach a jump ring through the top bead and create a spring keychain
Create a coaster by filling in the rest of the pegboard with clear melty beads (or beads in a contrasting colour)
Make an Easter tree ornament by attaching ribbon or twine
Use a glue dot to attach the designs to cardstock and place them in a picture frame
Attach the Easter symbol to the front of a DIY greeting card
Make a brooch/badge by gluing a pin to the back of the design

These Easter Perler bead patterns are so adorable and easy to make! Make Easter Perler beads in the same colours as we did, or have fun playing around with different designs.

Here’s even more Easter craft ideas:

Pipe Cleaner Easter Eggs

Paper Plate Bunny Basket

Pom Pom Easter Eggs

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!