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March 8, 2023 / 12:53 PM

Texas teacher, art students create 58-foot paper snowflake

An art teacher and his students at Dunbar High School in Fort Worth, Texas, created a paper snowflake measuring 58 inches in diameter to break a Guinness World Record. Photo by Dunbar High School/Facebook

An art teacher and his students at Dunbar High School in Fort Worth, Texas, created a paper snowflake measuring 58 inches in diameter to break a Guinness World Record. Photo by Dunbar High School/Facebook

March 8 (UPI) -- A Texas art teacher and 14 of his students broke a Guinness World Record when they created a massive paper snowflake measuring 58 feet in diameter.

Will West and his students at Dunbar High School in Fort Worth worked together to fold and cut a giant sheet of paper into a snowflake measuring 58 inches across.

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The snowflake incorporates the words "Dunbar" and "Fort Worth."

The school said the snowflake has been submitted to Guinness World Records for official recognition. The current record-holder, made by Northern Illinois University Photography students in March 2022, measured 44 feet and 6 inches in diameter.

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