It will take thousands of people contributing to a salmon mural in order to break the Guinness World Records title for most contributions to a painting by numbers.

But a local youth group, in partner with ArtEAST and Sammamish YMCA, is determined to bring more than 2,900 people together throughout the Salmon Days weekend to break the record.

Creative Children for Charity, led by 14-year-old Chirag Vedullapalli, will ask people to contribute to the salmon mural at ArtEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., Oct. 3-4  from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

“It’s achievable, but it’s not a cakewalk,” ArtEAST’s Executive Director Karen Abel said. “Getting them all to stop and take a moment to paint a fish is where the challenge is.”

Creative Children for Charity, commonly referred to as 3C, is creating a 5-foot by 30-foot mural with nearly 3,000 individual salmon in it, which ArtEAST will print in black and white and hang for people to paint, Abel said.

This is the second time ArtEAST has partnered with 3C on a “sizable” crafts project for Salmon Days.

Last year, about 4,000 people passed through ArtEAST Art Center at Salmon Days and more than 600 people helped make paper salmon crowns, one of the three ongoing art projects at the center during the festival.

Even then, Abel said, breaking a Guinness world record was on their minds.

The previous record-holder for most contributions to a painting by numbers is held by FXX Networks (USA) for “The Simpsons” mural created at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International. About 2,260 people contributed to the mural July 27, 2014.

To register for the event, and to skip the line, visit www.eventbrite.com/e/salmon-spirit-an-official-attempt-to-break-guinness-world-record-tickets-18391266774.

For more information, follow the Creative Children for Charity Facebook page at www.facebook.com/3Cforyouth.