8-bit Desk Standees from Perler Beads

 by mcruse
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This guide will show you how to make 8-bit standee figures from perler beads!
 
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Step 1: Gather your supplies!

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1. An assortment of Perler beads

2. Perler bead grids

3. Special Perler bead paper

4. Tweezers

5. An Iron

6. Clear self standing picture frames from wallmart

7. Super glue
HMice says: Feb 18, 2012. 12:08 AM
I <3 Perler beads! I often use them in projects. Apart from the 2D aspect initially, they are extremely versatile!
Also great Instructable!
leggett_jr says: Jan 20, 2012. 8:09 AM
do you have anymore patterns?
NightElectric says: Dec 18, 2011. 12:50 PM
You can also get stands from the Dollar Tree. :D
U456 says: Oct 23, 2011. 5:51 AM
Did you make Nyan cat yet?
sillyzombie666 says: Jun 10, 2011. 10:08 PM
you know that paper is just wax paper
vegantoad says: May 29, 2011. 11:59 AM
where's best place to get the perler bead supplies?
jeff-o says: Apr 10, 2011. 8:45 PM
The few times I've played with these beads I never knew what to make with them. Now I do!
phdearthworm says: Apr 10, 2011. 7:37 AM
May need to make a few of these for my Mario office! Cool idea!
BeanGolem says: Apr 4, 2011. 11:35 AM
Do you have a good resource for large-scale images of 8-bit sprites? I've found plenty of tiny versions, but they don't always zoom well digitally.
mcruse (author) in reply to BeanGolemApr 4, 2011. 6:31 PM
I use Google images usually, but photobucket and deviantart.com are also good places. On google images you can change the image sizes you are searching for to large or medium to help get better pictures. Hope this helped!
patriots8888 says: Apr 4, 2011. 7:18 AM
this is awesome!
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