Santa Claus 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 · 7 colors · 523 beads.

Tips for this pattern

• The beard and moustache are the same white, so the moustache is separated from the beard only by the pink mouth below it. Place the three mouth beads early as a guide.
• Use the grey outline beads to frame the beard first; filling the white inside a finished outline is faster than counting a large white area.
• Rosy cheeks are a single bead on each side. Swap them for light pink if your pink looks too strong next to the peach face.
• The pompom hangs over the edge of the hat. Iron that corner carefully because it joins the hat at only two beads.

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