Due to popular demand.. this is a translation of the wonderful Wooz.dk instructions. We have had a go and they are great. It is VERY important that you follow the instructions, else your Perler Beads/ Hama Beads will stick to your cookie cutter and ruin it! I do love some DIY Christmas Ornaments!
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For your Perler Bead Ornaments, you will need:
- Cookie cutters
- Vegetable oil (VERY important)
- Baking paper
- Perler beads (also known as Hama Beads or Melty Beads)
- And oven
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Perler Bead Ornaments How To:
1.Pre heat the overn to 200C
2. Get a baking tray with baking paper ready and brush with oil.
3. Now brush the cookie cutter with oil too – it is very important that the inside is covered.
4. The oil is so important as it will stop the perler beads from sticking to your cookie cutter shape. Make sure the oil goes “up the sides” of your cutter, as when the perler beads melt, they have a tendency to “stand up” a little and you don’t want them to stick to the cutter higher up.
5. Now put one layer of beads in the cookie cutter. It is possible to do patterns (see our mushroom ornament above), but to be honest the rainbow coloured ones look best and are fun for kids to make.
6. Place in oven and wait for beads to melt. It will only take a few minutes. Once finished, remove from the oven. I “poked down” a few of the upright standing perler beads with a knife, to give it more of an even surface.
7. Then let it cool enough, for the beads to stick together and placed them into a bowl of lukewarm water. Wait to fully remove until the beads have started to stiffen!
8. Finally, wash in warm soapy water t remove the “grease” from your ornament.
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Kelly says
November 13, 2014 at 8:41 pmWould cooking spray work as a replacement to vegetable oil?
Red Ted Art says
November 14, 2014 at 10:07 amI confess, I don’t know! Have no experience with cooking spray!
adrienne says
November 14, 2014 at 2:45 ami was wanting to print Perler Bead ornaments out so i dont have to have a screen in the kitchen, is there a way to do this?
Red Ted Art says
November 18, 2014 at 9:20 amDoes “print via webpage”, not work?
Melissa says
November 17, 2014 at 4:16 pmHow do you hang them?
Red Ted Art says
November 17, 2014 at 6:04 pmJust thread a piece of ribbon through one of the holes!
Yolanda says
November 18, 2014 at 12:12 pmYou could always push something into them when melting to keep a hole open if concerned an existing one won’t hold the weight of the ornament…
Stacey says
November 26, 2014 at 7:27 amAre the cookie cutter s metal or plastic?
Red Ted Art says
November 26, 2014 at 8:32 amMine are metal!
Colleen says
September 23, 2015 at 5:30 amCan you use metal cookie cutters that have been painted? Or does it have to be the shiny metal unpainted ones?
Red Ted Art says
September 23, 2015 at 8:31 amI have to confess, I don’t know. I think they should be ok, but haven’t tried!
jill says
November 13, 2016 at 12:55 amReally strange, but mine never did melt. They all just felt apart and were a big waste of time and money.
I wonder if it depends on the brand of perler beads.
Red Ted Art says
November 15, 2016 at 2:48 pmOh that IS strange?! I wonder why????