DIY Perler Bead Citrus Fruit Drink Covers

August 11, 2016

These DIY Perler Bead Citrus Fruit Drink Covers not only look adorable, but keep the bugs out of your drinks while you’re outside sipping!

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DIY Perler Bead Citrus Fruit Drink Covers

Bloggers, do you ever find yourself stumped for new post ideas?  This has been happening quite a bit to me lately.  When this happens, I know it’s time to break out my notebook filled with ideas again.  That’s what inspired me to make drink covers out of Perler Beads!  I’ve seen cupcake liner hacks to keep bugs out of your drinks while you’re hanging outdoors. But I decided to use my Perler Beads to create something a little more durable that could easily be reused.

There’s nothing worse than enjoying a little time out on the deck only to look down and find a little bug swimming around in your nice, cold drink.  All I really want to do during pleasant Summer evening is enjoy a nice drink (whether alcoholic or non-alcoholic) and not be bothered by little gnats buzzing around my glass. These Perler Bead drink covers should definitely do the trick to help prevent your drink from becoming an insect’s personal pool!

DIY Perler Bead Citrus Fruit Drink Covers

DIY Perler Bead Citrus Fruit Drink Covers

SUPPLIES

STEPS

  1. Preheat an iron to medium heat.
  2. While the iron is heating up, create your citrus design on a round pegboard.  Use yellow and orange to make an orange, green and yellow or green and white to make a lime, or even yellow and pink to make a grapefruit.  Be creative!
  3. Cover the design with ironing paper and iron beads in a circular motion until they’ve fused together.
  4. Allow beads to cool, then remove the ironing paper, and flip design over.
  5. Cover again with ironing paper and fuse the beads on the other side together.
  6. Allow design to cool and use to cover your drinks and keep the bugs away.

DIY Perler Bead Citrus Fruit Drink Cover

Did you make your own drink covers?  Share them with the hashtag #livinglavidadiy and tag me @lavidaholoka!

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17 Comments

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  • Reply creativejewishmom/sara July 9, 2017 at 5:54 AM

    love it, so great looking and useful this summer! thanks for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!

    • Reply Jessica July 9, 2017 at 10:38 AM

      Thanks so much! These were definitely helpful in keeping pests out of our drinks!

  • Reply roseannmhampton July 9, 2017 at 9:31 PM

    Great idea for summer! Thanks for sharing on The Bloggers Pit Stop!

  • Reply My Little World July 11, 2017 at 1:19 AM

    Perfect idea! I ll do it with my kids!

    • Reply Jessica July 11, 2017 at 9:00 AM

      This will definitely be a fun summer activity to do with the kids! Thanks!

  • Reply Julie July 14, 2017 at 4:43 AM

    This is such a good idea, my kids used to love making things with Hama beads (that’s what we call them here) and you only need so many coasters and fridge magnets! It’s a shame they are all grown up and not interested in making these any more – I’ll have to dig them out and do it myself!!!

    • Reply Jessica July 14, 2017 at 1:03 PM

      Yes! I can’t tell you how many fridge magnets I must have made as a kid! I hope I could at least inspire you to break out the Perler/Hama beads again!

  • Reply Creative Khadija July 14, 2017 at 9:09 AM

    This is super cute idea. How easy peasy & fun! Thanks for sharing with us 🙂

    • Reply Jessica July 14, 2017 at 12:59 PM

      Thanks so much! 🙂

  • Reply vrmm26 July 14, 2017 at 2:09 PM

    Super fun! My kids are into Perler beads which is a great activity for them. I, however, feel like my iron lives on the kitchen counter! Visiting from Inspiration Spotlight party.

    • Reply Jessica July 14, 2017 at 8:32 PM

      Haha! As long as the kids are having fun, I guess there’s no harm in keeping the iron out. I hope they’ll have fun with this summer activity!

  • Reply Donna @ Modern on Monticello July 16, 2017 at 7:04 PM

    Very cute and adorable project with a purpose. Thanks for sharing at #HomeMattersParty

    • Reply Jessica July 16, 2017 at 7:55 PM

      Thanks so much! Glad you like it!

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