You may remember Perler beads from first or second grade; these small plastic beads are placed into a peg board and then ironed to produce a solid multicolored piece of plastic. Recently, Perler be… ...

Perler beads: I have a variety pack of 22,000, because I wasn’t sure what Pokémon I wanted to make at first. I also like this pack because you get so many shades of each color.

The 18-year-old from Denmark has embarked on a massive quest to weave thousands of decorative beads into a stunning Pokémon art project. When it’s done, this gorgeous mural will ultimately ...

There’s something oddly soothing about the practice of laying down Perler Beads on a casual weekend to make your favorite classic Nintendo characters. But seriously, why use our grubby hands … ...

The most common examples of Perler art you’ll find online are recreations of 16-bit video game pixel art, and it can take hours to lay out all the colored beads into the appropriate pattern by hand.

"Symbolically, suddenly the melty beads took on a lot more meaning," Burke says. A plastic craft material often used by children, melty beads are arranged on a grid in patterns, then ironed to ...

She also used Perler Beads to make pixel art. Amos used cross-stitch patterns instead of the smaller ones used for the Perler Beads so she could make bigger images. Amos, 22, ...

Cement barrier turned into Toblerone bar by artist Johan Karlgren. Johan Karlgren. His other work has included turning a puddle into a mini Suez canal with a Perler bead Evergreen boat, and ...

In 2023, in the aisle of a craft store, she experienced the second of three miscarriages she'd have that year, including a twin pregnancy. "I was buying some melty beads … and I had to go to the ...