How to Hang Paper Snowflakes on a Wall

Video Transcript

"Hello, I'm Matt Cail and on behalf of Expert Village, I'm going to show you today how to make some paper snowflakes. Now we have a nice string of paper snowflakes. They are staying apart; they are not sliding over one another and they look pretty cool. So this is just done with nice pieces of paper and we've done a really great job. Now, for hanging these up and putting all your nice work on display, there are a couple of ways. First off, it helps to have a wall with some nice contrast. If you have a white or really pale wall, these guys aren't going to show up well, unless you have lots of glue and glitter on them. But, odds are, these guys aren't going to show up. But if you have a nice wall with some contrast, they really, really show up nice. It looks pretty sweet. So, to keep them on your wall, there are a couple of ways you can go. I've seen some people use sticky-tack, but in my experience, that's not strong enough. Don't use things like duck tape, or you can take a lot of the paint off of the wall you choose. That probably won't have a...well, odds are, you can get into trouble if you are going to do that to your wall (either from your parents or your landlord). So, I recommend some more transparent tape. Take the end of your string, and basically, very firmly tape it up there. Use two pieces of tape (at least) for the ends. It's going to be in an "x" shape. That'll actually help give it maximum support. Keep in mind this first tape, may actually come loose as you go. Keep doing it more and more, after a while, often times it will take. So, kind of stick with it; don't give up. So what you are going to do is then take the other end of your string...of your snowflake string and make sure that your snowflakes are tight enough to where they are upright and they are not sagging. Sagging snowflakes are not much fun. If you actually have a little bit of a rainbow, a little bit of a bow in the middle here, take your string, get a good piece of tape and put it up on your wall. Keep the tape off of the snowflakes. You do not want the tape on the string touching the snowflakes. That can result in ripped snowflakes if part of the tape gives way. Then what you are going to do is basically go to the end of your string and finish 'er off. Then you have to go back and readjust some things; make sure some things are staying right and that it's looking okay. You may actually then want to change some positions. But, by and large, you have your snowflakes hung up."