Better than a theme park! Attractions perfect for school cultural festivals
Why not create theme-park-level fun together with your whole class? For your school festival attraction, you can actually build a full-fledged, hands-on experience right in your classroom.
From handmade whack-a-mole games and a carousel built with wood and pipes, to a VR-powered roller coaster…
You’ll feel the satisfaction of creating something with your classmates and the joy of seeing visitors’ smiles.
In this article, we’ll share everything from how to craft a Disney-like dream space to practical tips for building the attractions themselves.
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Interactive Attractions (11–20)
◯◯ Proficiency Test
Like the regional trivia and online quizzes that were popular before, we will create quiz questions related to the school and teachers, and issue certificates to visitors who achieve a certain passing score.
This not only allows you to promote the school and classes to visitors, but it may also reveal interesting teacher anecdotes and facts you probably didn’t know!
Bomberman Tournament
With all the latest game consoles coming out, why not have some fun with a nostalgic game? Enter the classic masterpiece, Bomberman! It’s a blockbuster that people of all ages can enjoy.
You could even collaborate with class activities—for example, offer a free drink sold by the class to whoever places first in Bomberman.
That kind of tie-in could be really fun.
Project the gameplay on a screen so everyone can watch—it will definitely hype things up! There’s even an app now, so with an iPad or similar device, it’s easy to host.
Simple Game Experience Attraction (1–10)
survival game
A survival game is a competitive sport where participants split into two teams—friends and foes—and shoot airsoft guns at each other; it’s essentially a war game for adults.
It’s important to create an immersive battlefield, whether by treating a classroom as an urban combat zone as-is, or by setting up tanks, obstacles, and bushes (called “bush”) to recreate a realistic combat area.
If it’s difficult to form teams from attendees, turning it into a “gun shooting” style game—where players use airsoft guns to take down staff members acting as the “enemy”—could also be fun.
music game
The soccer game I used to play with my friends 10 years ago has now grown into an e-sport with world championships.
We’re living in a time when you can no longer just call it a “game.” How about setting up a music game and hosting an e-music game tournament at the school festival? It would surely create an exciting atmosphere along with the music! It could also be great to ask someone who’s knowledgeable about computers or games to make an original music game exclusively for the day of the festival.
Creation and participation— I believe game-based attractions will continue to increase from here on out.
Self-made Mini 4WD course
When it comes to what boys love, Mini 4WD racing cars are a strong contender.
Cars are a timeless passion for men, after all.
How about making your own Mini 4WD track? Just building a course can spark the imagination.
It’s highly recommended for boys’ schools or anyone targeting young children.
You can make the track out of cardboard, so materials are easy to get.
It’s not very difficult either, making it suitable for those who want to create a handmade attraction but feel that complex projects are a bit much.
Since it’s DIY, the fun part is that you can design as many types of tracks as you like.
Let’s create a one-of-a-kind course in the world.
Real Werewolf
Werewolf (Mafia) once became a huge craze, and I’m sure many of you reading this have played it, right? But back then, you probably used cards or a smartphone app and played on the spot.
This time, how about not playing in one place, but actually splitting players into separate rooms to play Werewolf? Set up a common meeting area and individual rooms for each player; after each meeting, players return to their own rooms.
Werewolves can go to the rooms of the villagers they plan to attack, which makes it feel even more immersive than using cards or an app! At a school festival, it would be a blast to use different classrooms or club rooms to play!
A Class Where You Absolutely Must Not Laugh
A project inspired by that familiar year-end TV show! Set it in a classroom and hide funny gags everywhere—on the bulletin boards, inside desks, on the blackboard, and more.
The teacher role can give a humorous lesson, while the student pranksters can do things like a boy putting on makeup during class or someone suddenly bursting into the classroom to perform a bit—anything to make the audience laugh! In ‘Gaki no Tsukai,’ the punishment was getting smacked on the butt, but instead you could do things like paint funny designs on someone’s face or have them eat a cream puff filled with wasabi.