Pixel art has long been the style of choice for ... so you’ll want to keep going until you see the backs of the beads melt together. There is a sweet spot of the beads blending into each other ...

As DIY crafts go, perler beads are about as simple as they come ... designer Sabine Ducasse's Melting Pot collection wraps a wearable, iron-melted sheet of the little dots around a person.