Gingerbread Man Perler Bead Pattern

Size and boards

29 × 29 beads ≈ 14.5 × 14.5 cm (5.7 × 5.7 in) with 5 mm beads. It fits on one 29×29 square pegboard. For a bigger version, use the pattern maker on a 58×58 (2×2 boards) layout; the standard single board is covered on the 29×29 pattern maker page. Mini 2.6 mm beads make the same design roughly half the size.

Difficulty: Medium · 6 colors · 393 beads.

Tips for this pattern

• Fill the dark outline around the arms first; the wide arms are easy to misalign by one column.
• The gap between the legs is only one peg wide. Make sure no stray bead ends up there, or the legs will fuse together.
• Iron the head and the arms carefully: these are the widest areas and can curl up while cooling. Put a heavy book on top while it cools.
• Make a whole cookie tray by repeating the pattern with different icing colours and button colours.
• Use the face as your reference point: count from the eyes when you place the icing smile, so it ends up centred.

Make your own

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