Watermelon slice bead pattern

A watermelon slice is all high-contrast color, which is exactly what beads do well: red flesh, a crisp white layer, and a dark green rind along the curved edge, with a scatter of black seeds for character. Move the seeds around to make each one yours. It pairs naturally with the apple for a simple fruit set, or works on its own as a summer coaster or magnet.

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Perler colors & exact bead counts

This page shows the full chart and exact color counts — 125 beads on a 17×10 grid. Read the chart beside your pegboard. Colors are matched to the real Perler color list in our community palette dataset.

What you need for this bead pattern

• 125 midi (5 mm) fuse beads in the 4 colors listed above. Perler beads are sold as midi beads.
• A square pegboard of at least 17×10 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 watermelon slice bead pattern

1. Use a square pegboard with space for 17×10 beads and place the colors above by counting the grid. Leave empty cells empty; the decorative margin is not part of the design.
2. Check the color changes and empty spaces against the full chart before fusing.
3. 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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