How to Arrange Planets on Ceiling

Clear all furniture from the center of the room. Bring in a small stepladder to help you reach the ceiling.

Roll a piece of painter's tape and stick it on the back of the Sun applique and each of the eight planet appliques (find them at children's or home stores). Stick the sun on the ceiling in one of the room's corners.

Envision a straight line extending from the sun toward the center of the ceiling. Select Mercury, the small grey planet. Place Mercury along that invisible line on the ceiling. After Mercury comes Venus, a midsize tan planet. Place Venus along the imaginary line.

Place Earth along the invisible line, followed by Mars (the red planet), Jupiter (the large red planet), Saturn (the large planet with the rings) and Neptune (the midsize dark-blue planet). Your applique manufacturer may or may not have included Uranus and Pluto. If it did, Uranus (the midsize light-blue planet) goes between Saturn and Neptune, and Pluto (the smallest planet) goes after Neptune.

Space the planets out so they extend all the way across the ceiling. Move the planets around so they don't form a straight line but are still in order. Once you have an appealing display, peel off the appliques' paper backings and stick them directly onto the ceiling in the locations you selected.

Peel the paper backings off the star appliques and spatter them around the ceiling. If you want, form constellations such as the little dipper or Orion's belt.