A friendly snowman with a black top hat, a striped red scarf, a carrot nose and twig arms, sized for one 29x29 square board. White beads make up most of the body, so a pale blue outline is used to separate the snowman from the background and to give the round shapes a clean edge. Three black buttons run down the front. The pattern uses only a handful of colours, which makes it a nice choice for classrooms and holiday craft tables.
Not yet test-fused. This is an original pattern designed on screen; it has not been ironed and photographed yet. Perler is the palette the pattern was drawn in. Hama and Artkal codes are automatic nearest-colour matches (CIEDE2000), not official conversions.
Snowman pattern grid
Snowman – 29×29, 8 colors, 341 beads. Each symbol marks one bead; bold lines every 5 pegs.
Sym.
Color
Perler (pattern)
Hama (auto match)
Artkal S (auto match)
Beads
+10%
A
P01 White
H01 White ΔE 3.1
S01 White ΔE 3.3
194
214
B
P09 Light Blue
H31 Turquoise ΔE 8.9
S54 Light Blue ΔE 3.3
57
63
C
P18 Black
H116 Midnight Blue ΔE 8.5
S13 Black ΔE 2.9
35
39
D
P05 Red
H114 Cherry Red ΔE 5.0
S58 Paprika ΔE 4.0
33
37
E
P12 Brown
H111 Dark Blush ΔE 8.2
S16 Brown ΔE 2.3
10
11
F
P17 Grey
H17 Grey ΔE 4.4
S07 Gray ΔE 1.7
5
6
G
C47 Forest
H10 Green ΔE 16.4 ⚠
S09 Dark Green ΔE 3.9
4
5
H
P04 Orange
H79 Apricot ΔE 3.7
S97 Papaya ΔE 3.2
3
4
Total (8 colors)
341
379
⚠ C47: the closest Hama or Artkal colour is still noticeably different (ΔE over 10). Compare with a physical colour card or pick a substitute by eye.
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: Easy · 8 colors · 341 beads.
Variations
Blue scarf
Dark blue hat band and scarf with light blue stripes.
Snowman – Blue scarf – 29×29, 7 colors, 341 beads. Each symbol marks one bead; bold lines every 5 pegs.
Because most of the design is white, sort out any yellowish or off-white beads first; mixed whites show clearly after ironing.
The stick arms touch the body at a single bead. Iron the front and back evenly so the arms do not break off.
The light blue outline can be swapped for grey if you plan to place the snowman on a white background, or left out entirely for a softer look.
Try a different scarf colour per child in a group project, then hang the snowmen side by side as a garland.
Give the snowman a personal touch by changing the hat band colour; it is a single row of seven beads.
Make your own
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Screen colours are approximate; check a physical colour card before buying. Not yet test-fused. Hama and Artkal codes are automatic nearest-colour matches to the Perler colours (CIEDE2000), not official conversions; ΔE values above 10 are flagged ⚠. Original design by BeadSheet, free for personal and classroom use. Perler®, Hama® and Artkal® are trademarks of their owners; this site is not affiliated with them.
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