A gingerbread man is a holiday favorite and still beginner-friendly: a simple brown silhouette with arms and legs, finished with a few white icing beads and red buttons. Keep the face and trim minimal so it stays crisp at a small size. Fun as an ornament, a magnet, or a whole gingerbread family.
Colors & bead counts
Exact counts for this design in real Perler colors — 176 beads on a 19×22 grid. Use it as your reading chart, or open it in the maker to export a printable PDF chart.
| Color | Perler name | Code | Beads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gingerbread | 80-15250 | 154 | |
| White | 80-19001 | 17 | |
| Red | 80-19005 | 5 | |
| Total | 176 |
How to make it
- Set your board width to 19 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.
