I seriously love these Perler Beads. They keep Avery entertained for hours, and not only on the first time she used it, but for consecutive weekends. The beads help her with hand and eye coordination and they aren't messy like Playdoh (unless you spill the box). The beads are small, so its not recommended if your child still puts things in their mouths.
The beads not only kept her occupied but it was fun to create things with her. These beads are strangely addicting. I made little cupcakes to decorate greeting cards with. I love this idea of making thank you cards to get her more involved in writing thank you cards. She gets super excited because she had a hand in making the card, so writing in the card isn't a chore for her.
The kits basically come with small plastic beads, a pegboard, an sheet of parchment paper. You place the beads on the pegboard in any pattern and then melt them with an iron. You can buy kits online at ConsumerCrafts.com, Amazon.com or at Michael's.
I don't have a square peg board so I just used the cupcake pegboard. |
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Here is a little cupcake I made to decorate a birthday card. |
Here is a video tutorial on what perler beads are and how to melt perler beads:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2os_1UVecwc
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