20 small Perler bead patterns, each 14 × 14 beads or smaller: cute faces, food, animals and a few trippy designs. Every card shows how many beads of each color you need. Download a printable chart, or open any pattern in the pattern maker to resize it or switch to Hama or Artkal colors.
Six cute small Perler bead patterns with happy faces: a bunny, a frog, a baby chick, a little ghost, a smiling cloud and a potted cactus. They use 70 to 108 beads each. Pink cheeks and dot eyes make them perfect for keychains, backpack charms and gifts for friends.
A white bunny with pink ears and rosy cheeks. Place the eyes and nose first, then fill in the white.
6 × 6 cm (2.4 × 2.4 in)
A green frog with big eyes and a wide smile. It makes a cheerful keychain or bag charm.
6 × 5 cm (2.4 × 2 in)
A round yellow chick with little wings and orange feet — a sweet small pattern for spring.
5.5 × 5.5 cm (2.2 × 2.2 in)
A friendly ghost with pink cheeks and a wavy hem. It’s mostly white, so it’s quick to fill in.
5.5 × 6 cm (2.2 × 2.4 in)
A smiling white cloud with pink cheeks. Only three colors, and it makes a soft, happy fridge magnet.
6.5 × 3.5 cm (2.6 × 1.4 in)
A happy cactus with a pink flower on top, sitting in a clay pot. A cute small pattern for a desk magnet.
5.5 × 6 cm (2.2 × 2.4 in)
Five small food Perler bead patterns: an avocado, a donut, a fried egg, a pizza slice and a cup of boba tea, with 71 to 108 beads each. Food designs make great fridge magnets, and they look cute in matching pairs.
Half an avocado with its brown pit. Make two and you have a matching pair of best-friend keychains.
5 × 6.5 cm (2 × 2.6 in)
A pink-frosted donut with sprinkles. Leave the four pegs in the middle empty for the hole.
6 × 6 cm (2.4 × 2.4 in)
A sunny-side-up egg with a wobbly white edge. Only three colors, so it’s one of the quickest patterns here.
6 × 5 cm (2.4 × 2 in)
A cheesy slice with three pepperoni. Glue a magnet on the back and it’s ready for the fridge.
5.5 × 6.5 cm (2.2 × 2.6 in)
A cup of bubble tea with a pink straw and black tapioca pearls at the bottom.
5.5 × 6 cm (2.2 × 2.4 in)
A sitting cat, a puppy, a dinosaur, a unicorn and a bumblebee. These small animal Perler bead patterns use 60 to 102 beads each, and you can recolor the cat and the puppy to look like your own pets.
A grey cat sitting with its tail curled up beside it. Swap the grey for orange or black to match your own cat.
5 × 6.5 cm (2 × 2.6 in)
A tan puppy with floppy brown ears and its tongue out. Place the eyes and nose first so the face comes out even.
6 × 5 cm (2.4 × 2 in)
A long-neck dinosaur with orange spikes on its back. It’s 14 beads wide, the widest pattern on this page.
7 × 5.5 cm (2.8 × 2.2 in)
A white unicorn with a golden horn and a pink and blue forelock. Pick any two mane colors you like.
6 × 6 cm (2.4 × 2.4 in)
A round bumblebee with black stripes and pale blue wings. Do the black stripes first, then the yellow.
6 × 5 cm (2.4 × 2 in)
Four small trippy Perler bead patterns with bold colors and high contrast: an alien, an eyeball, a rainbow peace sign and a yin and yang. They use 87 to 120 beads each and look great as pins, on a lanyard or on a bag.
A lime green alien with big slanted eyes. Swap the green for any bright color you have.
6 × 6.5 cm (2.4 × 2.6 in)
A staring eyeball with a turquoise iris and red veins. Turn it into a pin and it’s ready for any outfit.
6 × 6 cm (2.4 × 2.4 in)
A peace sign in rainbow stripes, from red at the top to purple at the bottom. The middle stays open, so it uses fewer beads than you’d think.
6.5 × 6.5 cm (2.6 × 2.6 in)
A black and white yin and yang. Bead one half first, then the other, and check the two dots against each other.
6 × 6 cm (2.4 × 2.4 in)
Iron lightly so a bead hole near the top edge stays open, then add a jump ring and a key ring.
Glue a small round magnet to the back. Food designs like the pizza slice and the fried egg are made for this.
Glue a pin back to the flat side after ironing. The trippy designs and the frog look great on a jacket or a tote bag.
Small pieces are quick to make in batches. Tie one to a present, or make one for every guest at a party.
Want earrings? Try our mini Perler bead patterns, made for mini beads half the size of regular ones.
See bigger animal patternsEvery pattern here is 14 × 14 beads or smaller, so it fits most small square pegboards. Small boards are cheaper and easier for little hands to hold.
A large square pegboard is 29 × 29, so it holds four of these patterns with an empty row of pegs between them. Fill all four, then iron them together.
Switch to Perler Mini, Hama Mini or Artkal C in the pattern maker. A design 14 beads wide is then only about 3.6 cm across, small enough for earrings and phone charms.
Brand new to beading? Start with our easy Perler bead patterns for beginners.
See bigger kawaii patternsEyes, cheeks and sprinkles are only one bead each. Put them down first, then fill in the bigger areas around them.
When you bead several patterns on one board, leave at least one empty peg between them so they don’t fuse together.
Small pieces heat up fast. Iron in short bursts and peek under the paper so they don’t melt flat.
Iron the front, let it cool flat under a book, then flip it and iron the back. Keychains get handled a lot, so fuse them well.
Not sure about heat and timing? Follow our step-by-step ironing guide.
Upload any picture and set the width to 14 beads or less. You’ll get a small pattern with real Perler, Hama or Artkal colors.
Here it means 14 × 14 beads or smaller. That’s about 7 cm (2.8 in) across with regular midi beads, the size of a keychain or a fridge magnet.
The patterns on this page use between 60 and 120 beads each, and 1,850 to make all 20. Each card lists exactly how many of each color you need.
The dinosaur uses the fewest beads, just 60. The little ghost, happy cloud and avocado use three colors or fewer, so there’s very little to sort.
Yes. Every pattern here is 14 × 14 beads or smaller, so it fits most small square pegboards. On a large 29 × 29 pegboard you can bead four at once.
Keychains, bag charms, fridge magnets, pins, gift tags and party favors. With mini beads they shrink to about half the size, small enough for earrings.
Yes. Hama Midi and Artkal S beads are the same size as Perler beads. Open any pattern in the pattern maker and switch the bead brand to get matching color names and codes.
Yes. Every pattern here is an original meltybit design, free to download and print for your own projects and gifts. No sign-up needed.