Kirby Perler Bead project

This is an "Ice Kirby" we made out of perler beads. I found a pattern on pinterest and then modified it some to match the colors I had in my bead tray. They are so easy to make. You just place the beads copying a pattern or use your own design and then iron them (under a thin ironing paper that comes with the bead kits) and then iron the other side and you have a cute little figure.

Some tips we found are to make sure not to iron a crease in the paper or you will get line indentions on your figure (you can see in the second photo on the right foot there are some diagonal lines).

Also, when you first iron the beads just get them melted a small bit, enough to stay together while to take them off the plastic peg board. If you keep ironing while the beads are on the peg board you may cause it to warp. We had a couple that got a large raised part in the middle because of the heat of the iron and didn't realize it would happen.

You can then complete ironing both sides through the paper on the ironing board after you move the pegboard to the side.

Our kids love playing with these and they are kind of like instant custom toys because they can pick out a design online with us and then help us make the figure and play with it right away (after it cools off from the iron).

We buy our Perler Beads at Michael's when they have their 40% off coupons and also on Amazon because we can get really fast shipping and get points on our Amazon credit card, not to mention they are competitively priced.  I like to buy the beads in the bags by single color for some of our most used colors like black, white, gray and red. You can also by trays already organized by colors, but with less beads of each color.  We use the Perler Bead pen to help save our hands when placing the beads on the pegboard and also my husband likes to use a mechanical pencil to tip the beads into place. 

(This was not a sponsored post however the link to perler beads and Amazon goes to my Amazon Affiliate link for a search I did on Perler Beads that shows some of our favorite products. We get a small comission if you purchase through our Amazon link. The proceeds go to support our blog and our children's Montessori education as we are currently living on one income.)