If you love retro video games and perler bead crafts, then you're going to love these geeky Super Mario perler bead designs!
If you were to ask me what my favorite video game of all time is, then I would say, hands down, the best game ever is Super Mario World for SNES. Seriously, I could play most of this game with my eyes closed and even years later, still tell you where all the secret exits are.
So when we, as a family, got into making perler bead crafts, I knew that making some Super Mario World themed perler bead crafts would be at the top of my list.
I kind of want a whole elaborate magnet wall full of them so the kids can design their own levels, similar to what they do in the Mario Maker game for WiiU. And I'm going to make that happen eventually...
Back in January, my husband was away for work for like 15 straight days (in an unsafe country too!) and, of course, huge issues cropped up with J's school. My stress level was maxed out. I started making these Super Mario World projects as a way to cope with the stress and the lonely evenings without my husband.
And I couldn't stop making them, I was so addicted...so I amassed a lot of different designs during that time!
Super Mario World Perler Bead Crafts: Characters & Items
Be prepared to get your craft on because there are a lot of projects here to inspire you! So many that I had to break this post into two parts.
I made a lot of these based off of images I found on Google and some I designed myself. Unfortunately, since I'm blogging about these nine months later and my kids like to close my open tabs on my iPad, I don't have the links to the original designs I followed in order to give them credit. But, alas, I did not save the links anywhere. And honestly, I made so many I kind of forget which ones I designed myself anyways.
There's so many designs that you can find more over in Super Mario World Perler Bead Crafts (Part II).
Anyway, here's what you'll need:
- Perler beads - lots and lots, especially in black
- Perler bead pegboards that link together (some of these designs are big!)
- Perler bead ironing paper
- Iron
I have provided images of all the finished designs below so that you can use them as patterns to recreate your own at home.
It's a me, Mario!
Blue P Switch
Question Block
Mushroom
Green Shell
Brick
Exclamation Block
Star
Coin
1-Up Mushroom
Trampoline
Green Pipe
Super Mario World Landscape
Create a Scene!
My kids love to assemble the different pieces to create different levels and scenes, kind of like below.
Wait, there's more Super Mario World Perler Bead Crafts!
I couldn't squeeze 30 pictures into one blog post, so you can find a bunch of enemies in Part II.
