I recently had the reason to be in Party City. I was looking for table cloth clips. They sell these little clear or white clips but it does not appear there is any way they will fit on my 6' 2" lipped plastic table. The cashier senses my frustration and concern (a party I am hosting is quickly approaching and I have no idea how I'm going to keep the table cloth and banner in place without massive amounts of tape) and she has the wherewithal to ask another employee "hey, do you know how these clips work or if we have bigger ones?" and the other employee says "those clips fit all 2" lipped tables just fine!" and I pipe up and say "no they don't, I don't think you understand what I am needing!?!?!?" and she replies "come here, I'll show you". And just that easy my friends a VERY VALUABLE LESSON IS LEARNED FOR ANYONE WHO HOSTS A PARTY whether you're a mom, a daughter, a sister, a friend or a party host, this one is for you! I have to tell you, I had no idea, I'd been trying to affix these clips the wrong way for 20 years at least and struggling, really struggling.
This is the underneath side of my table, it is a 6' table with a 2" lip or apron as some call it. I'm laying on the floor taking a picture of the edge of the table to demonstrate the lip.
Here's the clip in the next pic I'll show you how flexible they are.
So as you start to put this on the table don't be afraid to pull it apart a bit, it won't break, I promise.
I'm under the table again just to demonstrate where you start the clip but when installing I want you to stand in front of the table putting the curved end of the clip on the underneath side of the lip or apron, there is a little bit of a ledge on the underneath side of the table, you won't think it's enough for the clip to grab onto but it is.
Slowly rotate the clip so that the flat part lays across the top of your table. Once you have done this once or twice it will become second nature.
There you have it. All these years I never knew how to properly install these clips, I was quite sure they wouldn't fit a table but I guess we're never to old to learn new things.
I hope this demo was helpful to you!
A couple of things I have learned: I have affixed banners, tulle, flowers, etc with these clips and they always hold. Most recently I used a plastic tablecloth and those things slide all over the place so I took two clips and secured the tablecloth on the backside of the table and then I used two more clips on the front to secure the table cloth AND THEN I secured my banner under the clips I used on the front side of the table. Everything stayed in place and the plastic tablecloth never moved, even with 20 or kids rubbing against it and bumping into it as they took goodies from the table.
Happy decorating!
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