Albertans attempt to build the world’s tallest Popsicle stick structure

Members of a Hutterite colony in southern Alberta have potentially built the world's tallest structure made of Popsicle sticks.

Members of a Hutterite colony in southern Alberta have potentially built the world's tallest structure made of Popsicle sticks.

Students at Miami Hutterite Colony School southeast of Lethbridge carefully constructed the tower on Friday, which they say measured 88.9 feet tall.

"About four years ago, we decided to do a research project on all the different towers throughout the world," explained Levi Romeril, a teacher at the school.

"I let the students pick what they wanted to do, and one of my students said we should build a model of different structures, and I thought Popsicle sticks would be a fun thing [to use], and they each built three-to-four-foot replicas."

After that, Romeril says another student approached him asking what the world record was for the tallest Popsicle stick structure.

"I looked into it and, at the time, I think it was a kid from Ohio and his tower was like 21 feet, and I thought that was beatable."

The next year, Romeril and his students began the process of creating a Popsicle stick tower, which set the Guinness World Record at 41.1 feet.