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Pearls

Free to try

Bead patterns for kids

Your child picks a design, zooms in and beads with real beads next to the screen. Hundreds of patterns for pegboards you can buy, for ages 4-7.

Open in the browser iPhone and iPad: coming to the App Store

The library on a phone: the pattern of the day at the top, filters for easy, medium and hard, and the ambulance, bus and elephant patterns

What you can count on

A taste of the library

Ten of hundreds of patterns, on every board. The rest are in the app, sorted into categories.

The pattern stays put while your child beads

Put the phone or tablet next to the pegboard. The child zooms in with two fingers and locks the board, so an elbow cannot move it. The screen stays on as long as the pattern is open.

  • One color at a time, so all the yellow beads show at once
  • A bead count per color, so you know if you have enough
  • Swap a color when there are no pink beads at home
  • Tap Done! when the board is finished and the pattern gets a star
  • Easy, medium or hard, so there is something for both a four- and a seven-year-old
The Lion pattern open on a phone: an orange and yellow lion face on a square board, with buttons for zoom, lock, colors and a star at the bottom

Patterns for the cat and the duck too

Hundreds of patterns, from small, quick ones for the youngest to big designs on 30 × 30 pegs. Animals, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, letters, numbers, food and much more. Browse all bead patterns.

Many are drawn for the shaped boards, not just the square. All the boards and their patterns.

Questions from parents

Does Pearls cost anything?

It is free to try. The full app with every pattern costs SEK 29, and there are no ads in it.

Do we need an account, and what is saved?

Favorites and your own patterns are saved on the device. With an account they follow you between phone, tablet and the web. The account is optional and always belongs to a grown-up, and your child never enters any details. More under about the app and privacy.

Which pegboards do the patterns fit?

The square with 14 × 14 pegs, the large square with 30 × 30, the hexagon, the circle, the cat board and the duck board. A pattern fits a board or it does not, and the app tells you which. The boards and how to count the pegs on yours.

Which beads do I need?

Ordinary fuse beads that you iron, the kind often called Perler or Hama beads. The app shows the pattern, and the beads and the board are the ones you have at home.

Can my child choose patterns alone?

Yes. The categories have pictures, so a child finds the cats or the cars without reading.

Does it work on a computer?

Yes. The web version works in the browser on a computer, a tablet or a phone. The app for iPhone and iPad is coming to the App Store.

Try it with the boards you have at home

Open the app in the browser, pick a board and start beading. No account needed.

Open in the browser