There’s something magical about pulling out the storage bins and knowing your home is about to look like a holiday wonderland for the next few weeks. But decking the halls isn’t always as simple as replacing the wreath on your front door with something more festive, or using the nail that usually holds your family…
Instead of drilling holes into your walls or dealing with the slipping and sliding that an adhesive hanging strip can cause, TikTok creator Ashlyn Linea suggests an easy trick: Stick a couple of strips of painter’s tape on the wall where you wish to hang an item, then use a hot glue gun to attach a Command Clear Mini Hook (or a similar product) to the tape. Once the hot glue is dry, you can hang your temporary holiday decor, and it won’t budge.
This hack is intended only for lightweight items. While the use of painter’s tape helps spread the load by increasing the overall surface area, it’s not a viable solution for hanging anything over 4 ounces or so. For safety, avoid using it to display fragile, valuable, or breakable items.
When it’s time to put seasonal decor away, simply peel off the tape, and it’s as if nothing was ever hung. Similar to the viral tension rod garland trick from last year, this holiday decor tip allows you to hang items effortlessly without damaging your walls.
This hack works best with a cordless hot glue gun (the Surebonder Cordless Mini Hot Glue Gun, for example), which gives you more freedom to move around during the application process. To ensure your walls don’t suffer any damage, we also recommend using high-quality painter’s tape, such as Frog Tape.
More Holiday Decor Hacks Using Hot Glue
Sticking Command Clear Mini Hooks to your walls isn’t the only way to use hot glue this holiday season. You can also use it to hang Christmas lights outdoors. If your home has a brick exterior, you can hot glue strands of Christmas lights directly onto the brick without causing any damage. (If you’re curious, TikTok creator Britain Bennett has a handy tutorial.) Hot glue is also useful for sticking ornaments and bobbles into wreaths or garlands, and one TikToker even gave the shower rod hack a twist by adding a pool noodle and hot gluing ornaments in place for a full, festive look.
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