Students Set Record With Duct Tape Costumes

Hundreds of students fashioned outfits to reflect movie characters, animals.

ByABC News
May 23, 2014, 7:44 AM
Students dressed in specially-made outfits for the 3M Duct Tape Costume Ball at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn., May 22, 2014.
Students dressed in specially-made outfits for the 3M Duct Tape Costume Ball at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn., May 22, 2014.
Courtesy Destination Imagination

May 23, 2014— -- Hundreds of students dressed in duct tape, fashioning outfits to reflect their favorite movie characters and animals -– and helping to set a new record.

The 3M Duct Tape Costume Ball on Thursday was organized by Destination Imagination, a non-profit, volunteer-led educational group for children. Destination Imagination’s Global Finals is taking place this week in Knoxville, Tenn.

PHOTO: The 3M Duct Tape Costume Ball was held at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn., May 22, 2014, part of the Destination Imagination Global Finals featuring students from across the country.
The 3M Duct Tape Costume Ball was held at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn., May 22, 2014, part of the Destination Imagination Global Finals featuring students from across the country.

The students collected inside the Thompson-Boling Arena, the home of the University of Tennessee’s basketball teams. Children dressed as “Frozen” characters and video game icons, even a few Rubik’s cubes, with lots and lots of tape becoming hats and shirts and pants.

A representative from Guinness World Records was also on hand, acknowledging the 752 participants as the largest gathering of people wearing duct tape.