A candy cane is a perfect quick holiday make: just two colors in a diagonal stripe, curved into the familiar hook. It is small, fast, and instantly reads as Christmas — string a few together as a garland or use one as a gift-tag charm. Keep the stripes even and the shape does the rest.
Colors & bead counts
Exact counts for this design in real Perler colors — 84 beads on a 11×21 grid. Use it as your reading chart, or open it in the maker to export a printable PDF chart.
| Color | Perler name | Code | Beads |
|---|---|---|---|
| White | 80-19001 | 43 | |
| Red | 80-19005 | 41 | |
| Total | 84 |
How to make it
- Set your board width to 11 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.
