You would like to create a LED Matrix, but the only matter is you don’t want to get too fussy with soldering each LED individually?
Well, there is always a good alternative here and it’s doesn’t costing you too much.

Those components that needed are:

Two 5×7 LED Matrix Displays
Solder Breadboard
Transistors
Resistors
4017 Chip (For switching in between the columns)
Wires, [...]