Sapulpa Middle School student takes his crafting hobby to new dimensions

Ryan Draper is a typical 12-year-old boy at Sapulpa Middle School, except for one pretty amazing skill: the kid is becoming a master at constructing cool and interesting objects out of Perler beads.

Perler is a brand of small plastic beads that are laid out and fused together using heat—usually from a common clothes iron through parchment—that typically give the appearance of a mosaic art piece, however some of the more ambitious crafters can build things ranging from small planters and pen holders to fidget cubes.