We must have seen them all once, decorations made of melted beads. Those decorations are made ofIroning beads. Some people also call themMelting beads.

You have them of different brands, and they are on sale in different stores. At Ikea, HEMA, Action you can buy your own brand, or from the brand SES. The real, original brand is HAMA, from Denmark. Hama ironing beads I like best, they melt the best, but you can also use the other ironing beads.

To the iron beads belongbottom plates/base plates. You can also call them shape boards or pin boards. These exist in various shapes with pins, on which you can put the beads in a pattern. So there are basic forms, but also lots of fun forms of animals, flowers, houses, dolls, etc.

When you have finished laying a pattern, you melt, by heating it with airon,the beads together so that it becomes a whole.

Image: Hama Beads

1. Place a figure with the beads on the shape board.

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