Elephant bead pattern

A Grey elephant with a curled trunk, a Light Grey ear and toes, a Light Pink inner ear and a Black eye.

A Grey elephant with a curled trunk, a Light Grey ear and toes, a Light Pink inner ear and a Black eye, on a pegboard grid.

Build the Grey body, legs and trunk, following the curl at the right edge. Fill the Light Grey ear and toes, then add the Light Pink inner ear and Black eye.

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Colors & bead counts

Exact counts for this design in real Perler colors — 271 beads on a 22×18 grid. Use it as your reading chart, or open it in the maker to export a printable PDF chart.

ColorPerler nameCodeBeads
Grey80-19017223
Light Grey80-1518132
Light Pink80-1907915
Black80-190181
Total271

How to make it

  1. Set your board width to 22 beads and place the colors above by counting the grid.
  2. Prefer to tweak it? Open the maker, recreate or import the shape, and change colors, size or details — it recounts the beads live.
  3. 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.