An animal face is a crowd-pleaser and still beginner-friendly when you keep it to a simple silhouette. This cat is an orange head with two pointed ears, two black eyes and a small pink nose — recognizable at a small size with only three colors.
Colors & bead counts
Exact counts for this design in real Perler colors — 157 beads on a 23×23 grid. Use it as your reading chart, or open it in the maker to export a printable PDF chart.
| Color | Perler name | Code | Beads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange | 80-19004 | 142 | |
| Pink | 80-19083 | 9 | |
| Black | 80-19018 | 6 | |
| Total | 157 |
How to make it
- Set your board width to 23 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.
