Thanksgiving and Christmas are creeping closer. Time to get out your decorations! If you are hosting a dinner for either holiday, you will be starting to organize how you will be decorating. That is where the Tip of the Day comes in. With all the garlands for both Fall and Christmas, we get asked how to attach them to a table. Here are three methods.
If you are setting up banquet tables that can sustain some light damage, you can use tacks. Start by placing your tablecloth onto the table. Make sure you have it positioned exactly as you want it. Start placing your garland around the table. Push a tack into the area and wrap some fishing line around the tack and the garland. Use the tack to secure the garland to the area. If the garland is heavy, you will have to use multiple tacks and fishing line to hold it. Continue placing tacks every 18″ if you are running garland around the table. You might have to place more tacks if your garland it heavy. If you are just draping it, you can place the tacks as necessary to create the desired effect.
If you do not want to damage the table, you can use safety pins and fishing line to accomplish the same effect. Like the tacks, you will have to use more if the garland is heavy.
If you do not want to damage the table or the tablecloth, the last way is to use tablecloth clips. Unfortunately, we do not sell these. I did a Google search and found many sources. If you have trouble finding them, see my search results. The tablecloth clips are pretty self explanatory to use. You put the tablecloth on and then clamp the clips into place. To secure the garland, take some wire and wrap them through the clamp and around the garland. Like the tacks and safety pins, a heavy garland will require more clips.
See our Fall Garlands.
See our Christmas Garlands.
See our Christmas Display Garland.
See other Tips of the Day.
Hope this helps!