From exciting underwater worlds to fire engines, unicorns and horses, what will you choose to design? These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy. Dive into the world of bead crafting and let your artistic talents shine with this impressive Hama® Beads collection. I’m Jennifer and I blog at Jennifer’s Little World about life with my two small children, the things that we make and the places that we go.

Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out. We recommend that Midi Hama Beads, the most popular within the Hama range, are suitable from 5 years as children at this age will have control of their own motor skills and can use the 5mm beads confidently.Turning off the personalised advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive. You could turn the finished Hama bead masterpieces into keyrings or fridge magnets, or use them to decorate at a World Cup party – perhaps as cake decorations, or make them slightly larger to use as coasters. I was hoping my grandson wouldn’t have to concentrate so hard on the shape and just design his football team. One thing I would say is so experiment with how much melt you do with the beads because it can affect the linking pieces. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

This handy storage bucket contains a whopping 10,000 assorted 5mm MIDI beads, providing endless opportunities for imaginative projects. Also known as melty or Perler beads, Hama beads are small plastic beads which are arranged on a pegboard and then ironed so that the melted beads fuse together.Both children and adults can have great fun with Hama Beads, whether they string them, press them or iron them.

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If you liked these, I’ve blogged on my own blog about many of our Hama bead creations, and you can find them all on my Hama bead page. Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy. You can create all sorts of pictures with differently shaped pegboards or you can design almost anything using a basic square board. These would be a great craft to do with your children to help get them excited during the World Cup build up, and you could also extend the activity into some sneaky geography lessons by making flags and shirts for all the different countries taking part.

The first World Cup inspired design is a football shirt – I’ve made it to match the England shirt but you could easily adapt it to represent the colours of your team. The ratings/reviews displayed here may not be representative of every listing on this page, or of every review for these listings.