Cat Perler Bead Patterns

7 cat perler bead patterns, all full-body charts rather than face-only stickers — cats curled in baskets, mid-stretch, flopped on one side, mid-pounce, and caught yawning. Every chart comes with bead counts, a color key, and a printable PDF.

7 patterns · 43–63 grid · 9–19 colors · Printable PDF

Cozy Gray Cat perler bead chart
Round Calico Cat perler bead chart
Patchwork Cat perler bead chart
Stretching Gray and White Cat perler bead chart

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.

Cozy Gray Cat perler bead chart

Medium63x581727 beads11 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.

Round Calico Cat perler bead chart

Medium61x621817 beads19 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.

Patchwork Cat perler bead chart

Medium55x631577 beads9 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.

Stretching Gray and White Cat perler bead chart

Medium50x43844 beads9 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.

Lounging Chubby Cat perler bead chart

Medium47x43741 beads11 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.

Leaping Cream Cat perler bead chart

Medium58x63982 beads12 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.

Big Orange Yawning Cat perler bead chart

Medium55x52936 beads14 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.

What makes these 7 cat charts different

This page is cats only, and every design is a full-body pose instead of a face-only sticker. 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 other four have movement: a stretch, a side-flop, a mid-air pounce, and a big orange cat mid-yawn. Grids run 43–63 pegs with 9–19 colors, which finishes at roughly palm to postcard size.

Which cat pattern to start with

Judge by color count before grid size. Patchwork Cat uses just 9 colors, so bead sorting is quickest there, and Lounging Chubby Cat is the smallest chart at 47×43. The calico runs to 19 colors with several close neutrals, so sort by color code before placing a single bead. All seven are larger than a standard 29×29 pegboard, so join boards first rather than discovering the overhang halfway through.

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.