Q&A for How to Make Perler Bead Keychains

Yes. When you take the beads off the pegs, you can add more by putting the fused beads back onto the board, add new beads, then just iron it again.

You can prevent your beads from cracking by ironing them a bit more after they start have cracks appear on them. If your perler bead creation breaks, put the pieces together on an ironing table and iron them out with parchment paper. Same goes for the other side.

You can iron both sides to make it stronger. To make it glossier, you can put clear fingernail polish on it.

Keep it simple and use simple shapes and patterns in the colors that you like. Some of the examples in this article are pretty easy.

Only if you intentionally destroy it. If you buy it already made or you made it and the beads are all connected, then no.

They aren't supposed to show on either side.

Possibly, but it would be a very tedious project and may not be worth the extra time.

Yes, you can. However, ensure the jump ring has an open end to allow it to pass through the hole in your Perler bead design.

You can generally find Perler beads at your local craft store. For example, in my experience, stores like Michaels often carry them.

You should gently pull the wax paper off, and the Perler bead design will likely stick to it. Then let it cool for a few minutes before you carefully peel off your creation. You can typically reuse the wax paper.

You can use a heated needle, a crochet hook, a small drill bit, or a bead reamer to make the hole.

You should iron the Perler beads until you can see them clearly fused through the wax paper.

You can typically find pegboards at local craft stores, such as Michaels.

It's all up to personal preference really, melting them more will give more strength up to a certain point, but yes as well designs usually look better with a uniform appearance of holes. Try a few different irons and see what works for you.

Yes. It's in fact highly recommended for strength and durability especially if you're making a key chain which will inevitably go through some wear and tear.

That depends entirely on which part is broken - key rings and metal parts can always be replaced, but new hama beads are difficult to fuse to already ironed ones - you will likely just end up with a really weak and fragile bond. You can always try with various kids of glues, but its usually easiest to just re-make the piece.

If you iron lightly in that one area, then the hole should stay. But you still have to iron that area a little bit or it will fall apart.

If you do, the Perler Beads will be in a squashed kind of form. You can prevent this by putting the iron lightly on the parchment.