Make a line of one darker color just to the left of where you want the wing to go and make his belly a bright color.The rest of the colors are pastel blue, dark blue, red, yellow, parrot green (appropriate eh?,) green, turquoise, and magenta. I used black for the eye and cheddar for the beak and feet.The parrot is 14 tall from the tip of his toes to the top of his head feather.Let your kids put the colors wherever they want them to go – I did! The colors used are black, white, grey, brown, light brown, dark blue, pastel blue, turquoise, and toothpaste.I sprinkled water colored blue beads at the bottom of the ship for 3 rows and then a few scattered up onto the ship.

The mast is 14 high and the flag is 5 wide at its widest and 4 wide where it goes in.

He has black eyes, red bandana, dark blue shirt, brown pants, and sand (not peach) skin.

His pants are six beads high and 4 beads wide at the waist.

His shirt is 6 rows high and 6 rows wide, then 5 rows wide alternating.

The head is 4 beads high and 5 beads wide at the widest part (eye row).

There are a few holes between the body and the arms at the elbow area so it defines the arms better.

The pirate is 21 beads high, 11 wide at the feet and 9 wide at the elbows.

Please use the image for reference as well. I am giving you basic instructions for making each piece. See additional information on the best Perler Bead Supplies.

Perler Ironing Paper or parchment paper.

Perler Bead Peg Board – I used a hexagon board.

You can’t get good detail on a piece if you go too small and I didn’t want to make a humongous ship. I though I should point out that they are not to scale 🙂 The ship and the pirate are around the same size. I dug into my crazy supply of beads and decided to make something pirate-y. All opinions are our own and we share things we think would be of interest to boys. This post may contain affiliate links which means we may receive a small commission, at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through a link. I hope you like how they turned out, mateys! Be sure to try your own designs too! Part of the fun of Perler Beads is the creativity. We are adding all of the Perler Bead Patterns we make right here on the site. Now I am finding myself getting rather obsessed with these colorful little melty beads and am also enjoying the design process. Quite a long time ago I used to create things out of polymer clay and sell them at craft shows and in art stores. I was thinking about what we could make to share with you for the Talk Like a Pirate Day blog hop we are participating in and decided to try my hand at making some Pirate Perler Bead Patterns.

Today we are sharing a pattern to make a fun set of Pirate themed Perler Beads.

Pirate pony bead patterns