Perler Bead Craft Picture Frame

November 11, 2025
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Do your kids love making pictures and ironing perler beads?  Also known as fuse beads, perler bead crafts are a great way to strengthen pincer and fine motor skills as children manipulate the small beads. We decide to try a different type of perler bead craft to make presents for families members this year.  For made this super easy picture frame perler beads and it came out really pretty. This is a fun Christmas craft for preschool, pre k, kindergarten, first graders, 2nd graders, and 3rd graders too.
Do your kids love making pictures and ironing perler beads?  Also known as fuse beads, perler bead crafts are a great way to strengthen pincer and fine motor skills as children manipulate the small beads. We decide to try a different type of perler bead craft to make presents for families members this year.  For this super easy melty beads craft we made a diy picture frame craft and it came out really pretty. This is a fun Christmas craft for preschool, pre k, kindergarten, first graders, 2nd graders, and 3rd graders too. 

picture frame perler beads

I am always looking for simple craft ideas that my preschoolers, kindergartners, grade 1, grade 2, and grade 3 students can make. This perler bead craft is so beautiful and yet so simple for kids to make. You are going to LOVE it! This is the perfect Christmas craft for kids of all ages and makes a great gift for grandparents and parents. Use your melty beads, also known as fuse beads, to create a beautiful picture frame craft perfect for any time of the year.

Seriously, this is the easiest craft you will make, but the results are stunning! My kids were wowed by the many tiny colors in the christmas frame craft.

We have lots more crafts for kids and Christmas crafts to choose from! Don’t miss Christmas books for kids, free christmas word search printable, cute Christmas playdough mats free printable, and Christmas I spy printable.

metled plastic perler bead craft for kids

perler bead picture frames

You will need perler beads, a metal cookie cutter, and a disposable or silicon pan the size you want the picture frame to be – we used a bread pan.

For the metal cookie cutter -this is your main accent, I suggest you pick something pretty simple so as not to distract from the colorful frame or the picture you are going to display in your frame craft for kids. We picked a Christmas tree to make it a Christmas craft for kids to give to grandparents, but you can use any theme to make it a fun gift or diy project for all year.

perler beads picture frame

We used a disposable loaf pan we had laying around. Then we put a metal cookie cutter of a tree in the middle and then filled perler beads (fushion beads) around the cookie cutter filling all the space in the pan so it was about 1” or so thick (several layers).

the fushion beads are all metled

framing perler beads

Melt Perler Beads. Put your project in oven at 375 F for about 20 minutes or so. You want the beads to completely melt and run together.

If you can still see holes between the beads and from the whole in the middle of the perler beads then keep cooking.

Hint: Surprisingly, the melting beads don’t really smell or produce any fumes. But always use your best judgment and watch the melting process closely to ensure you get your desired results.

perler beads frame

Remove Melted Bead Frame from the Pan. Allow the melted beads to cool in the pan about 5 minutes. (no longer). Now carefully pop out the cookie cutter. Finally loosen the melted plastic beads from the pan and pop out. Allow the frame to cool completely before framing a picture or wrapping.

Perler Bead Picture Frame Craft for Kids

perler bead picture frame

Now pick your favorite picture and affix on the back of the Perler Bead Picture Frame with tape. You can add cardboard to make the frame stand up.

This makes such a fun, colorful Christmas Gift for Grandparents, Cousins, or friends.

 

Christmas Books for Kids

  • Construction Site on Christmas Night:  by Sherri Duskey Rinker
  • Little Blue Truck’s Christmas: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids by Alice Schertle
  • Christmas Cookie Day! by Tara Knudson
  • God Gave Us Christmas (God Gave Us Series) by Lisa Tawn Bergren
  • Llama Llama Jingle Bells by Anna Dewdney
  • Bear Stays Up for Christmas by Karma Wilson
  • How to Catch an Elf by Adam Wallace
  • The Sweet Smell of Christmas: A Christmas Scratch and Sniff Book for Kids (Scented Storybook) by Patricia M. Scarry
  • The Night Before Christmas Hardcover: The Classic Edition by Clement Moore
  • Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree by Robert Barry
     

Looking for some fun Christmas picture books to add to your collection. These are some of our favorite children’s Christmas books to read in December.

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Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! With over 20 years educating children, she has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids alphabet, math, science, English grammar, history, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables - www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com. Beth studied at the University of Northwestern where she got a double major to make her effective at teaching children while making education FUN!

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