![]() I then gave them both a sheet of pre-created graph paper and told them to draw their mushroom top. It gave each of the kids a starting point for their Super Mario mushroom. I started by drawing the base of the mushroom in black on the graph paper. Now, if you aren’t geeky like us, you can create any pattern by following the same basic instructions. So, I thought we would take the basic Perler Bead Mario mushroom and customize it. We call them Toad heads too, but you’ll see from what we create what I mean. They change the top of the Super Mario mushroom to be something fun…like a Christmas tree, or a Pikachu, or even a watermelon. People are really creative when making them. I have always been in love with all the Super Mario mushroom Perler Bead patterns that I’ve seen on the internet. It’s got all the details on how to use fuse beads that may not be in the rest of this tutorial. If you are fairly new to the world of Perler Beads you may want to check out my Ultimate Perler Bead beginners guide. Supplies needed to draw Perler Bead patterns Some packages just say 5 x 5 per inch, and some say 5 quadrille. No matter where you buy it, the important thing is that it’s the 5 quadrille graph paper. I bought some on Amazon, but I also noticed that the sheets of graph paper I had purchased for my daughter’s math class had one side with 4 x 4 squares per inch and the back side of the paper was 5 x 5 squares per inch. ![]() BUT, that doesn’t mean it’s difficult to find. Now, this graph paper is not the standard graph paper you’ll see at the store. Woo Hoo! It’s exactly what you need to easily draw Perler Bead patterns. That means that there are 5 x 5 squares per inch, and guess what? That’s the exact size of a Perler Bead pegboard. What if I told you that there is a magical graph paper that lines up perfectly with square Perler Bead pegboards? Well, there is! It’s not really magical, but it is a special size of graph paper. When that happens, you have to make the pattern again. These are great for beginning Perler Bead artists since it’s sometimes easy to lose count on your pattern and then it turns out incorrect. Have you ever purchased one of the official Perler Bead books? If you have, you know that the books are designed so that all you have to do is set a clear pegboard on top of the book and the pegs line up perfectly with the pattern to help guide your design. The secret to drawing Perler Bead patterns This is a really fun project to do with kids because their imagination can allow them to create anything they want, and then they can convert it to a Perler Bead sprite to have with them forever. Nope, I can’t teach you to draw, but I can show you how to take some special graph paper that will make it easy to convert your drawing into a Perler Bead design. Now, before we begin, I am not showing you how to become an expert artist. ![]() One of the best parts of drawing your own patterns is that once created, they are super easy for kids to make. ![]() Today, I thought I’d show you how to draw Perler Bead patterns. Image pulled from Pixel Beads.It’s so easy to draw Perler Bead patterns!Ī while back I showed you how to make Perler Bead patterns using an awesome online tool. I would also suggest you give Pixel Beads a try. If you want to request that I convert you images with what the app built, I’m definitely game for this. I really suggest you use that app and try it out. I’m going to be honest, the app puts my app to shame. I can still use it and I do from time to time. It’s been a few years since I created my program. We ran the picture through our program and this is what we came up with. If you look at the picture above, you can see what we mean about contrast? This was going to work. Most of our tests were with light and dark color contrast. For one thing, there’s a lot of dark to dark color contrast in the original picture. When we saw this picture, we definitely saw a challenge. The directions are at the bottom of the page. Check out part one for details on how you can use the new app for free. She signed up to test the new application. I will tell you how later, but I wanted to share a story. The application isn’t ready for primetime, but you can still benefit. We’ve done a lot of work testing the new application. You can use it too, but before we tell you how, let’s give you an update. You can sit back and look at your work and be proud.Īfter you find a picture, what do you do? Luckily we have an app to help us convert pictures to patterns. If you’re like us, you spend time trying to find a great picture to bead.
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