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If you have not purchased any stars yet to put on your kid's bedroom ceiling (or your own, no judgement), then listen up, because this is my third pack in three brands and styles. We got one set that features a vinyl moon with a few larger stars, one set that is all round stars in the style of retro puffy stickers, and now this set. This set has a lot of tiny squares to fullfill it's promise of star-count, and including smaller stars. This may seem bad in theory, but these are actually your best shot at getting smaller stars that you can actually peal off the waxpaper reasonably well (I had 1-2 that I was able to peal up with my fingernail and stick again). This is a great set if you already have a moon and don't need another (most sets seem to include a moon but this does not, thankfully). Get you a good moon anyway, from it's own pack. It will look much more realistic.
The big thing to consider is adhesion and flatness. These stickers are the kind that seem basically invisible with the lights on, whereas the pack we got that were puffy are visible in the light, almost like an odd version of a popcorn ceiling. Those puffy stickers (not this pack) do not stick well. Those ones tend to fall off (again, NOT this set, for those of you skimming this), but the puffy kind will be super easy to remove. I could probably brush my hand against them and take half off. This pack is not like that at all. These stick very well even to my son's ceiling that has a powerdery (newly redone) finish. It is possible that this set may not be as difficult to remove as it seems, because there is a faint little ridge at the edge that might catch a paint scraper.
So, first decide your priorities. Do you want stars that hide with the light on and stick really well, or is it more important to you that they be easy to remove later? For us, using multiple packs of multiple brands gave us some stars with a greenish hue and some with a blueish hue. It gave us circles, little squares, and a variety of star shapes, with a moon that is more quality. When we get ready to remove them, I already know which ones will be the toughest to remove, and I made that commitment knowingly.
Last word of advice: Get a blacklight! It only takes a minute or two of having that thing on, to make these glow brighter than any standard room light ever could.
Good luck out there, young Padawans!
March 2020 · Tools and Home Improvement · verified purchase