My daughter uses small colored ‘beads’ that she puts on plastic shapes and then I iron them so they melt and

stay together. I also put a magnet on the back and then we have something pretty to put on the refridgerator. My question is: What is this called? I would like to find a website with pictures about it. It’s some sort of craft. Anyone know? Thanks.

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12 Responses to “My daughter uses small colored ‘beads’ that she puts on plastic shapes and then I iron them so they melt and”

  1. MK says:

    we bought it from IKEA and it had named Klappar Parla.
    P.S. the second ”a” in the word ”parla” has two dots over it

  2. baciandrio says:

    I know exactly what you’re talking about, but neither my daughter or myself can remember what the name of it is!

    Sorry! We’ll be watching your question because now we’re curious!!

  3. whitetigergirl_2006 says:

    they’re called perler beads.

  4. Miss Guided says:

    We have the same ones here, little people and bugs that we can make using the same method.

    Perler:

    http://www.makingfriends.com/perler_crafts.htm

    Here is one site with some hoilday patterns.
    http://www.bhg.com/bhg/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/bhg/story/data/crafts4kids_funbeadornaments_10252002.xml (does require a sign in, it is free)

    Good luck!

  5. softcare4you says:

    It’s Helit.

  6. Are you ready? says:

    no

  7. Melissa F says:

    I had a set like that when I was little, and it was called Bedazzle.

  8. Hillary M says:

    the name is perler beads there is a web site its called www. peler beads.com

  9. koffee says:

    Where I live,(Wash.,D.C. area) they are called fuse beads and can be purchased at Michael’s and A.C. Moore craft stores.

  10. IheartCrossStitch says:

    I think that it is called pixel craft.

  11. BlueeyCrackers says:

    i think its the perler one
    try this: cgi.ebay.com
    but i’ve ever saw the beads in walmart
    in a big box contains 1000 of it

  12. Serena077 says:

    We called them “pearlers” (might be spelled differently)

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