June 12

Mr. T in Perler Beads

Mr. T in Perler Beads

Not only do I blog about crafts, sometimes I even make crafts. I’m not quite sure how I came up with the idea to make a portrait of Mr. T with Perler beads, but after many trips to the craft store, sorting beads and ordering more beads online, he was complete. It took over 10,000 beads to make Mr. T and he is more than two feet high!

Check back tomorrow for more Mr. T crafts!


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Posted June 12, 2008 by Shayne in category "Craft", "Geek", "Movies", "TV

8 COMMENTS :

  1. By Nix on

    This is pretty awesome. I have been known to get into a little MR. T action. I mean, I do pity the fool after all.

  2. By Blake on

    OK, but how the hell did you melt all the beads together without encountering serious warping? I did an 8×10 perler portrait a while back, and it finished out all warpy.

    How big was the peg board you used to assemble the beads?

  3. By Shayne (Post author) on

    Blake – there was some warping…after ironing, I stacked a bunch of books across the whole thing. I used 16 of the large interlocking peg boards (29×29 beads each).

  4. By svaiga on

    Does anyone know: Where do perler beads originate from and/or what year did were they invented or become popular in?

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