Thread: adhesive to use on walls with foamboard?

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I've ordered a case of 50 foam boards from the dollar tree online, which I'll be picking up in a couple days. What I want to do is cut each piece into four, and place them on the kitchen walls in a brick pattern, to kinda give the illusion of cinderblock walls. Then, of course, I'll splatter them with fake blood. Does anyone know of a good, inexpensive adhesive to stick the "bricks" to the wall without damaging the paint or leaving a residue? The boards would have to stay up for a couple weeks, and they're pretty light weight.

How about this? I've never used it but it says it's removable and holds up to a pound:
3M 859 Mounting Squares MMM859 - 3M

I'd suggest that tacky stuff you'd use to hang posters. Get a friend, child, partner, etc to make little balls of it and hand them to you while you hang them up. Say a small blob in each corner and a couple in the middle for good measure. It should hold and come right off later.

I should've read the post above mine. Those squares do work well too. Probably quicker to use.

wow, I'd never heard of those 3m stickies before. That sounds like the way to go, and very cheap. Thanks!

This might be another option as well:
Quakehold

I've always called the stuff "earthquake putty", but it's also known as Museum putty - it holds things pretty securely, and doesn't stick permanently.
Thought I had for you with this stuff - all you would need is a tiny ball at each corner of board you're applying (about the size of a BB)...then, you press the board against the wall, wriggling it into place as you do (the wriggle really makes that putty stick).

I love this stuff for my fragile items at home - it never becomes too dry or old to work with, so moving things around with it is fine...over, and over, and over...

As far as the putty/3M stuff. If you have flat paint on the walls, test that stuff first. I've noticed a slight oil spot of residue when you remove them.

If you have a eggshell or gloss finish, that shouldn't happen.

we have a gloss finish on the kitchen walls, so hopefully an oily residue would just wash off.