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Care Bear Perler Beads (20+ Free Patterns!)

Get over 20 patterns for Care Bear perler beads! There are a variety of options perfect for anyone who loves these iconic teddy bears.

Care Bears perler beads

Tell me you’re a child of the 80s without telling me you’re a child of the 80s! You loved all sorts of toys including Pound Puppies, Super Mario, Cabbage Patch Kids, Glo Worm . . and Care Bears.

You’re going to love my story about Care Bears. It’s a typical kid story.

When I was younger I absolutely didn’t love pink. It wasn’t a conscious choice by any means.

Honestly I look terrible in most reds and pinks now, so I guess my little mind already knew that and drifted towards other colors.

I was around age 6 or 7 when the Care Bears came out, so it was prime time for me. Of course I wanted one! And so did my little brother, who was about 3 at the time. Whatever big sister wanted, so did he.

For Christmas that year, we all received one of the cute stuffed bears, even my youngest, brand-new baby brother. Mom opened baby brother’s for him, which ended up being Grumpy Bear (blue).

Colin (age 3) opened his, and there was Tenderheart (brown with a red heart). I couldn’t wait to get open mine. Which would it be?

care bear hama beads

I shredded the paper – so excited – to reveal – PINK. I got Cheer Bear. You should’ve seen the look on my face. And my first thought? How can I make the swap with my infant brother so I could have the blue one.

Would anyone notice if he ended up with a pink bear? Could I tell them he was he that wanted mine? Wait – he can’t talk.

So I didn’t do it. I kept the pink, and never said anything to my mom.

Almost 40 years later, here we are. And I can buy a Care Bear ANY color I like!

Or I can make all the colors out of perler beads. So that’s what I did, with my niece (who had never heard of them before).

We made a bunch of patterns together. And I’m excited to share with you a bunch of Care Bears hama beads, and I’m excited to share them with you today!

There are several on my list, and they’re all free for you to try.

Perler beads are recommended for ages six and up, so this is a very fun craft to try with kids.

They love perler beads (also known as hama beads, fuse beads, or melty beads). But don’t be shy – adults love them too!

Care Bear fuse beads

Tips for Using Perler Beads

Before we get into the patterns, I want to review a few basics of using fuse beads to make sure you get the best results.

If you don’t want the tips, scroll down to the bottom to get the Care Bear perler bead patterns.

Remember that the overall goal is to melt the beads together on both sides while still leaving the holes open. Here’s how you get the best results (with a rainbow as an example).

Use Ironing or Parchment Paper

Place ironing paper or parchment paper over the beads on the pegboard. Be gentle so you don’t disturb the beads underneath.

Ironing paper laid over the beads

Heat your iron to the medium setting (no steam). In a circular motion, begin to iron the project. Don’t press down too hard with the iron.

When ironed properly, the beads will still have an open center. Check and make sure your edges are melted. Let the design cool on the pegboard.

Ironing the beads with a mini iron

Note: BE CAREFUL about lifting up the paper while you’re ironing! If you want to check, carefully peel back paper around the edge of your design and see if all the beads are melted.

If you lift the paper up quickly and there are a lot of unmelted beads, they will easily fall off or go flying and you may be forced to start over.

Sometimes the edges need more time so when you check, just check the edges and peel paper back slowly.

Peeling back the paper to check if the beads are melted

Another Note: some beads melt faster than others (clear melts faster than white, for example). So some holes might be larger than others. It’s okay! That’s part of the look of the project.

Iron the Other Side

Remove the bead design from the pegboard. Flip it over to the non-melted side and repeat the fusing process.

Ironing the other side of a fuse bead design

Remove the Paper

Let cool completely and remove the paper again (which is reusable). Some people pull the paper off after they iron the first side, but I just wait until the end and peel off both pieces. It’s up to you!

Peeling the ironing paper off the finished project

Now if you’re ready for the Care Bear perler beads, here are the patterns.


Care Bear Hama Beads

Note: A few of these patterns are larger than a 29 x 29 pegboard, so you’ll either need a extra large pegboard (49 x 69 tall) or to put four square pegboards together (or two depending on how wide the pattern is).

The patterns below use a regular 5.7″, 29 x 29 pegboard.

Care Bear Perler Bead Head

This head uses 69 medium blue, 156 aqua, 17 white, and 4 black beads.

Care Bear Head Perler bead pattern

Cheer Bear

Uses 230 pink, 39 white, 6 black, 1 brown, 30 fruit punch, 1 light brown, 8 cheddar, 16 yellow, and 15 blue.

Cheer Bear Care Bear hama beads

Share Bear

Uses 213 pastel lavender, 45 white, 6 black, 7 plum, 1 honey, 43 dark purple, 10 magenta, and 8 blue beads.

Share Bear melty bead pattern

Tenderheart Bear

Uses 219 light brown, 53 white, 8 black, 8 flesh, 21 dark brown, and 27 red beads.

Tenderheart bear perler bead pattern

Wish Bear

Uses 221 light green, 58 white, 7 black, 29 parrot green, 1 brown, 9 cheddar, 8 orange, and 5 yellow beads.

Wish Bear melty bead pattern

Funshine Bear

Uses 228 yellow, 66 white, 7 black, 35 cheddar, 1 brown, 6 neon yellow, and 13 orange beads.

Funshine Bear hama bead pattern

Grumpy Bear

Uses 221 light blue, 55 white, 10 black, 29 cobalt, 35 dark blue, 4 lagoon, and 1 cheddar bead.

Grumpy bear perler beads

Good Luck Bear

Uses 207 kiwi lime, 56 white, 7 black, 56 shamrock, 1 dark green, and 1 fuschia bead.

Good Luck Care Bear hama beads

Bedtime Bear

Uses 220 mist, 57 white, 14 black, 8 toothpaste, 1 cobalt, 34 robin’s egg, 18 light blue, 2 gray, and 1 cheddar bead.

Bedtime Bear perler bead pattern

The patterns below use an extra large 10.5 x 14″, 49 x 69 pegboard.

Large Cheer Bear

Uses 144 pink, 305 light link, 52 white, 16 black, 4 brown, 15 red, 15 orange, 11 green, and 7 blue beads.

Cheer Bear Care Bear perler bead pattern

Large Tenderheart Bear

Uses 144 dark brown, 284 light brown, 73 white, 16 black, and 27 red beads.

Tenderheart bear Care Bear hama bead pattern

Large Funshine Bear

Uses 138 cheddar, 258 yellow, 84 white, 16 black, 9 brown, and 23 orange beads.

Funshine Bear sitting fuse beads

Large Love-A-Lot Bear

Uses 144 pink, 276 light pink, 100 white, 16 black, 4 brown, 6 dark red, and 6 red beads.

Love A Lot bear sitting fuse bead pattern

Large Grumpy Bear

Uses 137 light blue, 253 pastel blue, 85 white, 15 black, 27 cobalt, 4 brown, and 1 red bead.

Grumpy bear sitting fuse bead pattern

Large Birthday Bear

Uses 146 honey, 276 butterscotch, 89 white, 16 black, 4 brown, 12 pink, and 9 blue beads.

Birthday bear sitting melty beads

Large Wish Bear

Uses 143 light green, 261 mint, 82 white, 16 black, 4 brown, 15 yellow, and 15 orange beads.

Wish Bear sitting perler bead pattern

Large Good Luck Bear

Uses 169 shamrock, 279 kiwi lime, 71 white, 16 black, and 4 brown beads.

Good Luck bear perler bead pattern

Large Goodnight Bear

Uses 166 turquoise, 292 sky, 71 white, 16 black, 4 brown, and 5 yellow beads.

Bedtime Bear standing Care Bear melty beads

Share Bear and Love A Lot Bear

These patterns can be done together on a larger board, or individually on a smaller board. Uses 113 dark purple, 113 dark pink, 230 purple, 230 pink, 181 white, 24 black, 8 aqua, 13 magenta, and 6 red beads.

Share bear and Love a lot bear hama beads

Tenderheart Bear and Good Luck Bear

Uses 113 dark brown, 142 dark green, 230 light brown, 230 light green, 152 white, 24 black, and 27 red beads.

Tenderheart bear and Good Luck bear melty beads

Birthday Bear and Bedtime Bear

Uses 113 orange, 149 medium blue, 235 yellow, 230 mint, 158 white, 24 black, 1 red, and 8 magenta beads.

Birthday bear and Bedtime bear perler beads

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Shannon

Monday 12th of June 2023

These are so awesome, thank you! I'm actually going to try Cheer Bear as a cross stitch pattern, I'll let you know how it goes :D

Amy

Tuesday 13th of June 2023

Oh that's a great idea! Definitely let me know!