What adhesive would you use for this?

[New England Eeyore]

I've been recruited to help assemble the wedding programs for a friend of a friend. The programs are going to be 8 pages, with the text on regular paper, matted on cardstock and then attached to the regular paper of the program itself. She has to make 150 programs and she asked me what adhesive I would recommend.

Everything seems to have its pros and cons. I use photo mounting squares for my scrapping so at first I thought about those. But each page would need 8 squares (paper to cardstock - 4, cardstock to paper - 4) times 8 pages per book times 150 programs = a lot of boxes of mounting squares.

I hate glue sticks because they are messy, but they would certainly stretch a lot farther. I also don't like glue sticks because I feel they don't hold well with the heavier cardstock. I haven't seen the cardstock she's using yet so I don't know how heavy it is.

Glue dots, Zig glue pens, tape runners - too expensive, need too many.

And they need to be done in the next two weeks so it has to be something we can get at ACM or Mike's - nothing online.

So, what is your recommendation for an adhesive that would be easy to use, will hold up well, and be reasonably priced?

TIA!

 

[fAnnF]

Duck Adhsive it is a runner, but you can get 4 for $16 at Joann's so w/ a coupon even cheaper. I've also seen them at walmart.
Also, if you want super strong I love Xyron Cheetah Adhesive it's 10 for the runner and 30 feet. Each 30 foot refil is $5-6 depending on the store.,
Double Stick tape, could be another option.

 

[SusieStone]

Right now my Dollar Tree has tape runners that are 1.00 and they look like little white rectangles. They are holding my Bazzill just fine.

SUsie

 

[MazdaUK]

Double-sided tape? (Sellotape or chain store own brand) Worked a treat on paper bag albums and I even used some for a swap (I find Bazzil breaks loose easily).

 

[Stephres]

When I did something like this for my sister I used scotch double sided tape and it help up well (and I could buy it at the grocery store!).

 

[New England Eeyore]

I thought about double sided tape, but the roll I used for the paper bag swap seemed really small. I feel like we would need a lot of them. I'll have to go price that out at the store today.

 

[Michellepooh]

When I did my wedding favors (many years ago) I used a tape runner like contraption that I actually got at Staples. It was more of a "gluey" adhesive than the paper mounting squares. It was a little red plastic dispenser. I forget the name, but they worked pretty well and lasted a while.

 

[MazdaUK]

The first roll of tape I got for the bag swap was really small, but then I dound a bigger (but narrower) roll in Woolworths which I've still got loads of - hence using it for a swap yesterday I'd check the supermarket stationery section rather than stationers maybe.

 

[joeysmommy]

I second the "Duck"adhesive..