You may remember Perler beads from first or second grade; these small plastic beads are placed into a peg board and then ironed to produce a solid multicolored piece of plastic. Recently, Perler be… ...

The process includes using Perler beads to outline a pegboard then melting the beads, with an iron, to seal the design, Tania Santiago said.

The toy company that makes Perler Beads has closed its Cloverdale factory and outsourced production to China, leaving 36 workers without jobs.