Malte Haaning Plastic A/S was founded by Malte Haaning in 1961. The company started off by making plastic drinking straws, then developed its production to include items such as cocktail sticks, skipping ropes, fly swatters, bird feeders and a host of other fun things.
When there turned out to be a greater demand for beads than manufacturers at that time were able to cope with, Malte Haaning decided to give this a go.
Midi Beads first saw the light of day in 1971, and even now they are by far our biggest sellers. The Mini and Maxi sizes came into being later.
In 1984, the HAMA name was registered as a trademark. It derives from the name of the founder of the company: HA = the first two letters of his surname, and MA = the first two letters of his first name.
England
In IKEA they sell these beads could PYSSLA and there exactly the same as HAMA or you can buy HAMA on eBay.uk :)
Going of weight of real hama beads there should be about 16000 beads but that is only if the weigh the same.
Hama beads are the small beads that can be ironed together to form many different shapes. Sometimes they are used for dollhouses or as christmas ornaments.
Size is the only difference between Hama beads and Perler beads. Perler beads only come in one size, while Hama beads come in three and can be slightly taller than each other.
Perler beads which are similar to Hama beads are small tubed beads that can be "glued" together by using an iron. Some really creative ideas are animal shapes and Christmas ornaments, although the ideas are limitless.
yes you can
i think you can buy them at teachers outlet stores.
You can only do this with certain types of beads, called Perler beads, or Hama beads. What you do is you put a piece of ironing paper (which comes with the beads) or wax paper, on top of your design. Then with the iron set at medium, you iron the design through the wax paper. Keep the iron there for 10-20 second, or until you have reached the desired effect.
i think you can get them from toys r us,the entertainer,any kind of toy shop really.You can also get them online such aas eBay or amazon
Sebastian Hama did.
You get the tracing paper and put your beads on your template and put them in between the tracing paper. Next iron over and they should stick together if this doesn't work just keep on ironing and then take the stuck together beads and take them off the template and let to cool down. There you go!
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