A butterfly is a favorite because it is symmetrical — build one wing and mirror it. This design uses four colors: sky blue and purple upper wings, pink lower wings, and a black body down the center. A good step up once single-color shapes feel easy.
Colors & bead counts
Exact counts for this design in real Perler colors — 231 beads on a 25×25 grid. Use it as your reading chart, or open it in the maker to export a printable PDF chart.
| Color | Perler name | Code | Beads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pink | 80-19083 | 80 | |
| Sky | 80-15216 | 70 | |
| Purple | 80-19007 | 64 | |
| Black | 80-19018 | 17 | |
| Total | 231 |
How to make it
- Set your board width to 25 beads and place the colors above by counting the grid.
- Prefer to tweak it? Open the maker, recreate or import the shape, and change colors, size or details — it recounts the beads live.
- Fuse with parchment and a warm iron per your bead brand’s instructions, and let it cool flat.
Want something different? Make your own from a photo or a word — the maker matches every cell to a real Perler shade and gives you the color counts and a printable chart.
