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  1. Tallest Origami Stellated Icosahedron

    Tallest Origami Stellated Icosahedron

    The finished Stellated Icosahedron model measured 21 x 21 x 21 inches. It was folded from 30 pieces of 22-inch square colored poster board.

  2. Largest Kite Made Of Newspaper And Q-Tips

    Largest Kite Made Of Newspaper And Q-Tips

    Joel Kahn and Randi Prince built a kite measuring 3969 square inches (63in x 63in) using just newspaper and Q-Tips. They stipulated the frame and supporting structure had to be made entirely of Q-Tips and the rest of the kite made only with newspaper.

  3. Largest Balloon Arch

    Largest Balloon Arch

    Greg Arrigoni used 1434 Qualtex balloons to build a balloon arch. The balloons were three feet in diameter. The arch measured 600 feet wide and 340 feet tall. It took 65 tanks of helium to fill the balloons. The arch was built at the Grand Excursion festival to commemorate the the 150-year anniversary of the founding of St. Paul, Minnesota.

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  4. Largest Soda Can Triangle

    Largest Soda Can Triangle

    Nolan Loughlin assembled a triangular structure made of 171 soda cans.

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  5. Tallest Stadium Built From Paper Towel Rolls, Cardboard Shirt Inserts, And Wooden Building Blocks

    Tallest Stadium Built From Paper Towel Rolls, Cardboard Shirt Inserts, And Wooden Building Blocks

    Todd Spiro built is a stadium measuring 3 feet in height, 9 feet in length and 5 feet in width. Only paper towel rolls, cardboard shirt inserts, and wooden building blocks were used in its construction.

  6. Largest God's Eye

    Largest God's Eye

    Led by Kate K., a group of people created a God’s eye measuring 139 inches in width. They set the record at BOX13 ArtSpace in Houston, Texas. Roughly 50 visitors participated in wrapping the giant sticks braced in the corner with the weave-able objects piled on the gallery floor.

  7. Largest Cardboard Fort

    Largest Cardboard Fort

    Jesse Pelletier and members of Resident Student Association at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute built a cardboard box fort made of 2,354 boxes. They set the record as a part of the institute's internationally-recognized program, Hey Red, Go Green, to promote the importance of recycling.

  8. Smallest Gum Wrapper Origami Box

    Smallest Gum Wrapper Origami Box

    Chris Ruen constructed an origami box made with a chewing gum wrapper that measured 3/4" across each side.

  9. Largest Solo Cup Triangle

    Largest Solo Cup Triangle

    Eric Candino, Tyler Johnson, CJ Robitsek, Chris Hein, Mike Bradely, and Michael Tischler made a triangular structure made out of 300 Solo cups.

    There were 24 cups at the base of the triangle. The team subtracted one cup for each tier until they got to the top.

  10. Tallest Toilet Paper Roll Triangle

    Tallest Toilet Paper Roll Triangle

    Peter Craig built a triangular structure out of 66 toilet paper rolls.

  11. Most Graphic Designers Dancing To "Thriller"

    Most Graphic Designers Dancing To "Thriller"

    Seven graphic designers from Alfalfa Studio and MyORB hit the streets of Soho in New York City and danced to Michael Jackson’s Thriller.

  12. Largest Solo Cup Pyramid

    Largest Solo Cup Pyramid

    Harshal Rana built a pyramid made of 3,311 Solo Cups.

  13. Tallest Origami Tetrahedron

    Tallest Origami Tetrahedron

    Louis Hyde built an origami tetrahedron 31" in height. Each side of the tetrahedron is 41.5" in height.

    Hyde built the piece on February 21, 2010 at the 2nd Annual Brooklyn World Record Day, an event hosted by RecordSetter in conjunction with Beam Camp as part of their Inventgenuity Festival

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  14. Fastest Time To Create An Isometric Cube Using Microsoft Word

    Fastest Time To Create An Isometric Cube Using Microsoft Word

    Thomas McGinniss created an isometric cube in Microsoft Word in .81 seconds.

  15. Largest Toilet Paper Triangle

    Largest Toilet Paper Triangle

    Abdullah Alshakih created a toilet paper triangle using 144 rolls of toilet paper.

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