Gingerbread Man Perler Bead Pattern

A smiling gingerbread man with white icing trim. The pattern is 29 × 29 beads and fits on one large square pegboard.

29 × 29Beads wide × high

317Beads in total

6Perler colors

15 × 15 cmFinished size · 5.7 × 5.7 in

Perler colors you need

	Color	HEX	Beads
A	80-19004 Orange	#EB7B31	173
B	80-19018 Black	#323234	86
C	80-15213 Apricot	#F5A168	24
D	80-15246 Tangerine	#FD5918	19
E	80-15249 Honey	#DA8C2C	9
F	80-19098 Sand	#E5BE9E	6

Gingerbread Man cross-stitch pattern

The same gingerbread man as a cross-stitch chart is 40 × 40 stitches and uses 9 DMC floss colors. On 14-count Aida it measures about 7.3 × 7.3 cm (2.9 × 2.9 in), on 18-count about 5.6 × 5.6 cm. The biggest color is 946 Burnt Orange Medium with 272 stitches.

Gingerbread Man cross-stitch chart with DMC floss numbers and symbols — Thick lines mark every 10 stitches. Download the chart

DMC floss for the gingerbread man

	Color	HEX	Stitches
A	946 Burnt Orange Medium	#EB6307	272
B	310 Black	#000000	120
C	3853 Autumn Gold Dark	#F29746	65
D	971 Pumpkin	#F67F00	52
E	3854 Autumn Gold Medium	#F2AF68	40
F	606 Orange Red Bright	#FA3203	26
G	437 Tan Light	#E4BB8E	24
H	739 Tan Ultra Very Light	#F8E4C8	7
J	712 Cream	#FFFBEF	2

DMC color values: craft-color-codes, CC BY 4.0. Screen colors are approximate.

How to make the gingerbread man

Sort your beads

Count out the beads per color from the table. The most used color here is 80-19004 Orange with 173 beads.

Fill the pegboard

Work row by row from the top. The whole pattern fits on one large square pegboard (29 × 29).

Iron it

Cover the beads with ironing paper and iron on medium heat in slow circles until they fuse. Let it cool under a heavy book so it stays flat.

It makes a sweet gift tag, tree ornament or coaster for holiday baking days, and kids can easily finish it in one sitting.

The original picture

Gingerbread Man illustration used for the pattern

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