How To Hang Up Christmas Lights On A Wall

Hold the end of the string lights against the wall with one hand.

How to hang up christmas lights on a wall.

Get a roll of transparent tape or a box of tacks and step up onto a stepstool or small stepladder. Choose gutter hooks to quickly hang lights along your gutters. For attaching lights along gutters or the roof use plastic clips made for the job these grip shingles or gutters and have a lower hook that holds a light strand or extension cord. Press the bottom of the clip to open the top clamp and insert the string into the clamp.

5 hang the lights along the eaves. How to hang christmas lights in your room. Your objective is to hang lights as easily and safely as possible without marring your home s trim or walls. Pull the trigger directing a glob of glue onto the cord and wall.

Use tape or tacks to secure the lights to the wall. String the lights to the closest clip. Stick a small adhesive decorating clip to the walls in each place you want to attach a strand of lights. Place the nozzle of the glue gun close to the light cord being careful not to touch it.

If you re hanging your christmas lights command hooks work wonders. Secure one end of the light strand to an intersection point on one of your bedroom walls by placing a piece of tape over the wires or pushing a tack into the wall in between the wires. Plug the christmas lights into the nearest outlet. Clear packing tape on the cord works well especially for when the lights climb the wall.

Purchase s shaped gutter hooks at the home improvement store and hang them up by pressing the top part of the s into the gutter with the rest of the hook resting on the front. Place the ladder in the location where your string lights will end and climb the ladder with your lights and glue gun.