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What happens when you find an unopened container of Perler Beads at the thrift store? You buy them and spend numerous hours making designs with them. This also includes cursing when you accidentally bump your peg board and knock over beads or spending way too much time than you'd like to admit searching and sorting colours. It's been fun and addictive and sometimes a little frustrating.


So what are Perler Beads?

"Perler beads (as known as Hama beads or Nabbi beads) are plastic fusible beads. These colorful beads are usually arranged on plastic pegboards to form patterns and then fused together with a clothes iron."
Thank you Perlest for the easy description.

Let me show you some of our finished designs.  



I'm so in love with how everything turned out! I've turned most of these into magnets. We have a few more designs resting on our bookshelf that I haven't photographed or glued magnets to yet.

There are a lot more designs I want to try, especially a black cat (I can't just make an orange Seymore, I need to make Logan too). But we're running low on black beads so until we pick up more, we have to make more colourful designs.

Have you used perler beads before? They're fun but they require patience. And steady hands.

xo Jen

At Wizard World Toronto last weekend, Adam informed me I had to go check out a table in Artist Alley. He had snapped a quick picture of the table on his phone to show me why.... My Little Pony perler bead creations! I quickly headed to the table to see them. So I've seen perler bead art before but the detail that was put into these pieces was amazing! And I couldn't get over all the ponies! I'm actually a little disappointed I didn't buy myself one at the show. But once I grabbed the business card and saw there was an Etsy shop listed, I thought using some of my paypal money to buy myself something might be a better option for me.

Amy Williams, who is behind Cheshire Grynne, is the creator of these amazing perler bead pieces! At the show there were both keychains and magnets available and both options are available in her Etsy shop as well.


There are no My Little Pony items in her shop yet but once they are, I need to get my hands on one... or all of them!

Check our her Etsy shop and Facebook page for more of her amazing art!

xo Jen