Thread: What do you use to attach stuff to walls?

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It's a straightforward question, but I think it has several possible answers. Basically, I'm looking for a way to attach some tombstones to the wall in my short little hallway and am looking for a way to do it without messing the walls up. Also, any ideas on how to get a pair of the skeleton hands to come out of the wall would be appreciated.

I have to laugh, because even with all my planning, about 15 minutes before my halloween party started last year, I went around with my staple gun to fix everything that had fallen down off of the walls before the guests arrived.

try masking tape or painters tape. It won't ruin your walls, but I don't know how much weitght it will hold??

Have you tried those hooks 3M makes? They advertise the snot out of them during the OTHER holiday.

I would try getting ahold of gaffer's tape. Its stronger than painter's tape, but still comes off clean. Gaffers Tape - Goodbuyguys.com

Finishing nails and afterwards I take a tube of caulk and fill in the holes (if they are obvious) and I have a small jar of wall paint color that I dab onto that.

If you already have white walls, you probably could get away with just caulk - but my walls are yellow so it would show up if I didn't paint.

I love not having to worry about stuff falling down. It's worth the little extra trouble fixing it afterwards.

I have plaster walls and won't risk nails, I exclusively use 3M hooks and they've been great. I scoop them up at Michael's with my 40% off coupons and stockpile in the "off season".

I recently hung some 3D letters for this year, I found self-stick clear tabs (called EZ hang ups) with a hole to slap on the back, then hung them all on 3M hooks - talked about it on my blog here:
My Craftastic Creations: Here we go!

I have been thinking of the same thing Changed. I would really like to affix a few of those hanging spider cocoons to my bathroom ceiling though. My hubby will be none too impressed if I started putting holes into the ceiling.

Do you think those 3M adhesives would work on a ceiling as well? If not any other gravity-defying suggestions??

They work on my flat ceiling just fine - I usually tie the string or whatever to the hook first, so it stays on (since they are hooks), then affix.
Or you can probably buy another shape that is a solid loop - maybe the ones meant for organizing cords, they're sort of like a tube.

Have you tried push pins? (office supply stores, and dollar stores) Around here we can get them in a couple of sizes and they seem to hold well. I use the bigger ones for things that are heavy and the smaller ones for light weight stuff. I haven't had many problems with them not holding and have used them in the ceiling also. The leave such a small hole that you don't even see it, no damage to repair!