We have 12 free Valentine’s Day 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 February.
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Download our free Valentines Day Perler bead patterns:
Click on the links or images below to download our free, printable Valentine’s Day 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 templates in colour on 8.5 x 11 (letter size) printer paper.
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This pattern page features a heart outline, a heart struck by an arrow, Cupid’s arrows, and a conversation bubble with a heart.
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This pattern page features “I (heart) U”, a chain of hearts, Xs & Os, and two overlapping hearts.
»> Valentine’s Day Perler Bead Patterns #3 «<
This pattern page features “LOVE” (with a heart ‘O’), a multi-coloured heart, a Valentine envelope, and 4 mini hearts.
What are Perler beads?
Perler beads are small, plastic, cylindrical beads known also as “fuse beads” or “melty beads”. This is because Perler beads are designed 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 Valentine’s Day designs). Then cover the design with parchment paper and iron the beads together — the heat from the iron will fuse the beads together into one piece.
What other Valentines Perler beads patterns can I make?
We created 12 different Valentines Perler beads designs. Follow the patterns above to make:
heart outline heart struck by an arrow Cupid’s arrows conversation bubble with a heart I (heart) U chain of hearts Xs & Os overlapping hearts LOVE (with a heart for an ‘O’) multi-coloured heart Valentine envelope mini hearts
Or have fun designing your own Valentine’s Day pixel art! Try making:
heart shaped key heart with a happy face teddy bear red lips conversation heart with a message (you may need a large board for this) Cupid Cupid’s bow heart eye emoji cupcake rose heart shaped flower love potion
What paper is used to iron Valentines Perler beads?
We use parchment paper on top of our Perler beads to melt them and it works perfectly! You can also buy specific ironing paper for Perler beads, but there’s no need, because regular parchment works just as well. You can keep a piece of parchment paper with your Perler beads and re-use it. The same piece of paper can be used about 4 – 5 times, or until the texture gets wrinkly.
These Valentines Perler beads patterns are so adorable and fun to make! Add these sweet designs to the front of a Valentine’s Day card, or use them to decorate the snack table at a party.
Here’s even more Valentine’s Day craft ideas:
Button Art Heart Cards
Valentine’s Day Bean Art
Heart Coloring Pages
Our book Low-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!
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