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Alien Perler Bead Pattern
A lime-green alien head has a dark crown, two broad eye wells, a pointed jaw and a centered chin.
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Perler bead material list
Exact per-color counts for the 21×21 grid, so you can sort cups before you start. Switch the brand above to remap codes, colors and totals on this page.
- Black
P1896 beads - Prickly Pear
P97179 beads
Making notes
Anchor the five-cell crown and the two large eye wells before filling the lime forehead. The jaw narrows to a three-cell chin, while the added side columns must remain blank throughout placement and fusing.
Searchers for an alien Perler bead pattern want a compact extraterrestrial face that reads at thumbnail size, has clear eye wells and a pointed chin, and can be edited or exported without rebuilding the silhouette from a picture. This normalized 21×21 head keeps the public 19×21 proportions centered on a square editor grid.
Place the five-cell black crown first, then trace the lime forehead down both sides until the cheek line reaches the outer columns. Fill the two broad black eye wells as separate blocks, close the lime jaw beneath them, and finish the three-cell chin and lower outline after the center axis is checked. The eye wells are large black shapes with different inner steps, not symmetrical rectangular holes. The lime jaw narrows through rows 14–20, and the bottom three-cell cap is easy to shift upward. The final blank columns are normalization padding; never fill them just because the alien touches the source image edge.
Pattern layout and bead count
The public raster reports and shows a 19×21 occupied grid. I add one blank column to each side, preserving the full 19-column silhouette and producing a 21×21 square with no vertical padding or scaling. The 275-bead result fits one standard 29×29 square pegboard. Checkpoints: Rows 1–3: preserve the five-cell black crown and the lime forehead's centered top step. Rows 9–13: compare the two eye wells cell by cell; their black blocks must remain separated by the lime nose bridge. Rows 14–20: follow the narrowing lime jaw and black outline without filling either normalization column. Row 21: retain the three-cell black chin cap at the bottom of the 21×21 chart. Symmetry audit: inspect the paired eye and cheek spans while keeping the approved lower taper orientation.
Ways to customize this pattern
Shift the lime face toward aqua, violet or chartreuse for different planet themes, but keep the eye wells darkest and the chin outline continuous. A two-tone edition may recolor the cheeks and forehead separately; never fill the side padding or add a franchise emblem.
Lime Green carries 179 facial beads and Black Structure carries 96 outline and eye beads. The source's bright green becomes a Perler Prickly Pear match, while the dark role maps to Black. Keep the lime face lighter than the eye wells and preserve the two separate black cavities when changing Brands.
Print and iron checklist
The face has a broad lime field interrupted by two deep eye wells and a thin lower outline. Fuse the crown and jaw tips in short passes, then heat the large forehead evenly so its center does not flatten before the eye edges. Cool the piece flat and lift from the wide cheek line. Before export, verify the 21×21 coordinates, 275-bead total and all 2 active color roles against the on-page material list.
Project ideas for Alien
At 21×21 and 275 beads, Alien works as a sci-fi room magnet, notebook badge, party favor, classroom space token or small hanging panel. Place a loop above the five-cell crown or use backing behind the solid cheeks; do not drill through either eye well or the tapered chin. Alternate lime and teal palettes can suggest planets without adding franchise marks.
The source grid uses L and the other design symbols only as internal color roles. The interactive chart replaces them with the selected manufacturer codes, while its material list combines any roles that map to the same bead color.
