Paper World Records  

A student at Chinmaya Vidyalaya Matriculation School in Coimbatore, India folded 3,604 origami pieces in 12 hours.

Tessie Mss fit 1,000 origami stars inside a large origami star.

Russel Stokely constructs and launches seven paper airplanes in one minute, a new world record. He used standard construction paper to build the planes. Stokely set the record on March 19, 2009 at his home in Austin, Texas. Lauren Jane Slade was present to document the record and count the planes. tag:RecordSetterBook01

Members of iD Tech Camps in UC San Diego stuck 53 paper airplanes in the hair of one person.

Wieden Kennedy’s Team Dark flew 179 paper airplanes of the roof of their office building in 30 seconds. The record was set in Portland, Oregon on April 1, 2010 at the agency’s 28th annual Founders’ Dayparty.RecordSetter co-foundersDan Rollman and Corey Henderson were on hand to preside over the event. [#FD28][]

Sam Harrison led a group of people in popping 500 paper bags at once. They set the record at the HOW Design Conference in Boston, Massachusetts.

Garin posted 261 paper bat cut-outs on a wall.

Gattem V. constructed 5,432 paper boats and arranged them to make a giant paper boat mosaic. It took him four days to complete the entire artwork.

Bai hit 24 paper footballs into a shoebox in one minute.

This record was set as part of Toyota Prius Records, a two-day event streamed live on the Internet. In a 48-hour period, URDB officials adjudicated 200 Prius-related world records. This was the most records ever documented in a 48-hour window, a world record in and of itself. The event took place in Los Angeles, California on March 30th and 31st, 2011. See all the records set at the event here.

Elna Baker wore 114 party hats at the same time. The record was set at a St. Patrick’s-themed World Record Appreciation Society[] event held at Joe’s Pub in New York City. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present as witnesses. [#WRAS13][] tag:RecordSetterBook01

421 students from Indu International School made paper airplanes at once.

512 students from Chinmaya Matriculation School in Coimbatore, India made paper bags at once.

John and 99 people from Virtual College in Ilkley, England threw paper Christmas party hats at once. They set the record during their Christmas party celebration.

Michael Martin ripped 67 phone books in ten minutes. He attempted to rip through 71 books but four of the tears were partial. tag:RecordSetterBook01

Kalob C. ripped 12 pieces of paper in 30 seconds.