Minecraft Party ... Minecraft Perler Bead Characters

Yesterday I posted about the Minecraft Party I was doing for Cole's 10th Birthday.  Block invitations for the party have been made.  Today I will show you the fun Characters the boys and I made for the goody bags.  I saw several ideas on Pinterest but they all linked to Etsy websites selling them.  My bright idea was I can make these, Kitchen Magpie showed on her blog that they were easy to make so I can do it.  

WELL let me tell you this is time consuming, and those little beads don't always like to stay on the peg board. ALSO when ironing don't zoom across the board you will knock the beads off and have to start all over!  It was aggravating at times, but then my OCD kicked in and I couldn't stop making them.  I'm planning for 24 kids to be on the safe side and wanted 2 of these per bag so we needed 48 total made.

Here are two of the main characters:

What you Need:

Perler Beads (Found at Hobby Lobby)

Perler Bead Square Board (Found at Michael's)

Perler Bead Iron Paper (came with Board)

Hot Iron

I googled Minecraft perler bead templates and printed them out.  I bought the big bucket of beads thinking it would be easy to sort.  WRONG, next time I do this I will buy the one color per bag version of Amazon. We each took a character and started to work.  Little fingers are helpful when doing this project.  BE-CAREFUL when you put the iron on the paper, if you leave for too long it will become mush and gooey.

Here's a few of my favorites we made:

How to make:

Make your design on the board, we did 10x10 squares (10 beads high by 10 beads wide). Cover with the ironing paper, with a hot iron press down.  I let mine sit on top for 30 seconds then with the iron tip went around the edges.  When you are sure it's all connected flip it over, take the plastic board off and top with iron paper and iron the backside.  Let cool and they are ready to go.  I'll add some necklace string to them, I'll update this post later when I do that.

Here is the before and After's of a few:

UPDATE:

Here is me making them into necklaces

Any Themed Parties planned?

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Minecraft Party Items Done:
3D Minecraft Invitation

Minecraft Character Perler Beads
Minecraft Creeper Cupcakes
Minecraft Music CD (for Gift Bags)
Minecraft Creeper Treat Bags (DYI)
Creeper & Pig Candy Tubes (Can be Gumballs)
Creeper Juice
Rice Krispie Dirt Blocks and Creepers
Creeper Cake
Minecraft Food Ideas and Food Tents
Potion of Healing (Water Bottles)
Minecraft Birthday Party Treat Bags and Thank You Cards