On October 1, to kick off the Halloween season at the Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mound, Wash., world-renowned balloon-twisting artist Adam Lee began to turn almost 3,000 inflated balloons, which if laid end-to-end would have covered two-and-a-half miles, into a giant spider. After working six straight 10-hour days, Lee’s latex arachnid—measuring 45 feet, 2 inches wide by 22 feet, 2 inches long— took the air out of the previous Guinness World Record for “Largest Balloon Sculpture,” breaking it by 16 feet (length) and 12 feet (width).
After it was created, the puffed-up spider was suspended from the rafters of the three-story lobby at Great Wolf Lodge–Grand Mound, alongside other balloon creations that Lee had made for the resort’s month-long “Howl-o-Ween” promotion. “Who knew that a young man with arachnophobia could achieve such an amazing accomplishment,” Patrick Alvarez, General Manager at Great Wolf Lodge – Grand Mound, said of Lee’s work.
Ten other Great Wolf Lodge locations in the U.S. featured smaller-scale inflatable arachnids during the month and participated in other Howl-o-Ween activities, which included a daily Trick-or-Treat Trail, Spooktacular Story Time, Costume Parade, Monster Bash Dance Party, Pumpkin Painting and Witchy Crafts.
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