Perler beads: I have a variety pack of 22,000, because I wasn’t sure what Pokémon I wanted to make at first. I also like this pack because you get so many shades of each color.

Perler beads were one of those memories, and as an adult, I was psyched to share them with my kids. I started with a big bucket of mixed beads, and working alongside my kids, ...

The square perler bead coasters that my kids designed are 16 perler beads wide by 16 perler beads high. They wanted to design four completely different ones instead of making a matching set, ...

The most common examples of Perler art you’ll find online are recreations of 16-bit video game pixel art, and it can take hours to lay out all the colored beads into the appropriate pattern by hand.