A heart is one of the easiest shapes to bead well: a bold silhouette in one or two colors that reads clearly even at a small size. This design uses a single red with a few lighter Blush beads for a subtle highlight, so it stays crisp and quick to build.
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Perler colors & exact bead counts
This page shows the full chart and exact color counts — 231 beads on a 23×23 grid. Read the chart beside your pegboard. Colors are matched to the real Perler color list in our community palette dataset.
| Color | Perler name | Code | Beads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red | 80-19005 | 221 | |
| Blush | 80-19063 | 10 | |
| Total | 231 |
What you need for this bead pattern
- 231 midi (5 mm) fuse beads in the 2 colors listed above. Perler beads are sold as midi beads.
- A square pegboard of at least 23×23 pegs; a large square board has 29×29 pegs.
- Ironing paper and a household iron. An adult should do the fusing.
How to build the heart bead pattern
- Use a square pegboard with space for 23×23 beads and place the colors above by counting the grid. Leave empty cells empty; the decorative margin is not part of the design.
- Check the color changes and empty spaces against the full chart before fusing.
- Fuse with ironing paper and an iron, as in our step-by-step Perler ironing guide, and let it cool flat under a book.
Print or save this bead chart
This page is a reading chart: keep it open beside your pegboard, or use your browser’s print function. The chart image is not printed at bead size, so count the grid rather than laying beads on paper. To keep a copy, open the full chart image and save or print it from there. To change colors, size or add a name, open the maker, where a new design can be exported as a PDF (A4 or Letter), PNG, CSV or JSON.
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