| What do you get when you mix hundreds of creative | | | | "Project Runway" green with envy. Watch the kids in |
| kids with as much duct tape as they can get their | | | | action or ask for tips, these highly creative costumers |
| hands on? You get an amazing array of costumes | | | | often are asked to create costumes from paper, |
| created especially for the Out-Of-The-Box Costume | | | | mailing labels and other leftover stuff in mere minutes |
| Ball at the Destination Imagination Global Tournament. | | | | during one of the signature events at the competition, |
| Destination Imagination is a non-profit organization that | | | | the Instant Challenge. |
| provides an educationally-based outlet for students to | | | | Not afraid to go out on a limb, these teams can fan |
| learn and experience creativity, teamwork and | | | | fold, hole punch, tape, twist and tear their way into a |
| problem solving and Each year at the Global | | | | costume that will make you say "wow"! One |
| Tournament, this unique and utterly fun event sponsors | | | | interesting technique an elementary school kid shared |
| an "Out Of The Box Ball" as a way for the kids to cut | | | | was making flimsy materials like foil, newspaper, or |
| loose and show-off their handiness with scissors, tape, | | | | fabric stiffer and more durable by lining the back with |
| cardboard, recyclables and little else except maybe a | | | | slightly overlapping strips of duct tape. Next, you can |
| few good costume accessories! It's amazing what | | | | cut your creation into any shape desired, connect with |
| types of costume ideas that these smart kids come | | | | more duct tape - no sewing required! For Central |
| up with - most have more creativity in their little pinkies | | | | Challenges, which can often take several months to |
| that we adult have in our whole bodies! | | | | solve, kids can get more elaborate with their outfits |
| From over-the-top "The Joker" costume from Batman | | | | and costume ideas, adding silly costume accessories |
| made entirely of different colored duct tapes to ball | | | | such as feather boas, oversized sunglasses, face |
| gowns made of yesterday's newspaper, these | | | | paints, costume shoes, crazy hats and more! |
| costume ideas would make the contestants on | | | | |