Medium • 27x28 • 523 beads • 12 colors
Fish Snack Cat
A cheerful orange cat holding a blue fish snack, charted as a 27x28 perler bead pattern with warm tabby colors and playful food-themed detail.
Cat Perler Bead Patterns
9 cat perler bead patterns, from full-body basket cats and action poses to a fish-snack kitty and a sleepy cushion cat. Every chart comes with bead counts, a color key, and a printable PDF.
9 patterns · 21–63 grid · 7–19 colors · Printable PDF
All cat patterns
Open any card for a larger chart preview, the exact bead count, the full color key, and the option to edit colors before exporting a PDF.
Medium • 63x58 • 1727 beads • 11 colors
Cozy Gray Cat
A gray-and-white cat curled up in a woven basket bed, charted as a 63x58 perler bead pattern with 11 colors, soft tabby shading, and tucked-in paws.
Medium • 61x62 • 1817 beads • 19 colors
Round Calico Cat
A plump calico cat sprawled belly-up in a cushioned bed, charted as a 61x62 perler bead pattern with 19 colors, pink paw pads, and brown patch markings.
Medium • 55x63 • 1577 beads • 9 colors
Patchwork Cat
A gray-and-white cat sitting upright in a brown basket, charted as a 55x63 perler bead pattern with only 9 colors — the simplest palette of the cat set.
Medium • 50x43 • 844 beads • 9 colors
Stretching Gray and White Cat
A gray-and-white cat mid-stretch with its tail curled up, charted as a 50x43 perler bead pattern with 9 colors — the smallest chart in the cat set.
Medium • 47x43 • 741 beads • 11 colors
Lounging Chubby Cat
A chubby gray-and-white cat flopped on its side, charted as a 47x43 perler bead pattern with 11 colors, bold outlines, and pink paw pads on show.
Medium • 58x63 • 982 beads • 12 colors
Leaping Cream Cat
A cream tabby cat caught mid-pounce with all four paws off the ground, charted as a 58x63 perler bead pattern with 12 colors and warm striped shading.
Medium • 55x52 • 936 beads • 14 colors
Big Orange Yawning Cat
A big orange cat caught mid-yawn, charted as a 55x52 perler bead pattern with 14 colors, warm tabby shading, and a sleepy pet portrait feel.
Easy • 25x21 • 408 beads • 7 colors
Catnap on a Clementine
A sleepy black cat curled on a bright clementine cushion, charted as a compact 25x21 perler bead pattern with 7 colors and warm orange contrast.
What makes these 9 cat charts different
This page is cats only, from full-body pet portraits to smaller playful designs. Three are cat-bed portraits — a gray-and-white cat curled in a basket, a calico sprawled belly-up, and a gray-and-white cat sitting upright. The set also includes a stretch, a side-flop, a mid-air pounce, a big orange cat mid-yawn, a fish-snack kitty, and a sleepy cushion cat. Grids run 21–63 pegs with 7–19 colors, which finishes at roughly palm to postcard size.
Which cat pattern to start with
Judge by color count before grid size. Catnap on a Clementine uses just 7 colors, so bead sorting is quickest there, and Catnap on a Clementine is the smallest chart at 25×21. The calico runs to 19 colors with several close neutrals, so sort by color code before placing a single bead. Larger charts need joined pegboards, so check the grid size before placing a single bead.
Printable PDF charts with bead counts and color keys
Each cat links to a full detail page listing grid size, bead count, color count, and the printing workflow. Cats are unforgiving here — grays, creams, and whites sit close together, and one swapped neutral flattens the whole face — so it pays to read the color key before you start. You can also open the chart in the editor, swap in beads you already own, and export a clean printable PDF from there.
What to make with a cat perler bead pattern
The three basket charts have compact silhouettes with little dead space, which makes them the best picks for framing or a shelf piece. The stretch and the side-flop are wide, landscape-shaped builds that sit well along a bookshelf or on top of a monitor. The leaping cream cat carries the most motion, so it reads best as a magnet, keychain, or bag charm. For a gift set, pick three charts from the same color family so the finished pieces hang together.
Keep browsing
Cats are one slice of the animal category. The animals page adds dogs, bunnies, penguins, and lambs built the same way and printed through the same workflow, while the cute patterns collection cuts across species if you want to pick several charts for one themed set.