Make Your School Festival Buzz with a Casino! Classic Games and Classroom-Friendly Ideas
Want to try a casino at your school festival? Still not sure which games will really get everyone excited? If you choose interactive games that anyone can enjoy—from small groups to large crowds—your classroom is sure to be buzzing with energy.
With some creativity, you can create a realistic atmosphere using darts, bingo, medal/ticket games, and more.
Here, we’ll show you how to set up a casino that will liven up your school festival—from classic, money-free games to ideas for authentic interior design.
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Classic and hands-on casino games (11–20)
slot
You’ve probably seen slot machines at arcades and might have even played them.
The basic rule is to match the same picture across three positions horizontally or diagonally.
Since it’s hard to get a real slot machine, try making one out of cardboard or use a craft kit—they’re available for purchase.
To keep things simple, don’t create lots of diagonal or other matching lines; just make it so that matching one horizontal row counts.
That way, the rules stay simple and even small children can enjoy it easily!
Handmade billiards table
How about livening up your school festival with a handmade billiards table? It’s said that the world’s first billiards table was made for Louis XI in 1469.
I had no idea it was such a historic sport—how surprising! For the table, use materials like plywood and 2×4 lumber.
If you connect the sections with hinges, you can fold it in half for easy storage.
For the balls, buy round wooden pieces, paint them, and write the numbers on them.
Set a tea strainer or mesh under the pocket openings to catch the balls.
Once you cover the entire surface with felt, it’s complete.
Handmade dartboard
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Darts seem like they could be a popular attraction at school festivals and similar events.
Why not try making a handmade dartboard? Here, the board is made by layering two pieces of cardboard, but if you’re concerned about the sharp tips being dangerous, there’s also a method using a magnetic board and magnets.
You can come up with various shapes and designs for the board—circles, squares, hexagons, and more—so it might be fun to design a dartboard that’s uniquely yours.
You can also make the darts themselves safer and more enjoyable by embedding magnets in the tips and shortening the throwing distance.
Classic games that get the casino buzzing at school festivals! Interactive ideas you can enjoy right in the classroom
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Let me introduce darts, a surefire hit for livening up your school festival casino games.
Get some paper plates and masking tape, and let’s make it! Stick the masking tape onto the paper plate to form a spiderweb pattern.
When attaching the tape, place it with the adhesive side facing outward.
For the darts, crumple tissue paper into a ball and wrap it tightly with masking tape to make it a slightly firm ball.
Once it’s finished, stick the target on the wall and have fun playing!
How to make a wooden medal game
We’ll show you how to make a wooden medal game that has a warm, handmade feel.
Prepare wood, a motor, casters, adhesive, and screws, then get started.
When using a saw for cutting, firmly secure the board with your foot while you cut.
It’s important to wear shoes during cutting to help prevent injury.
After processing the parts, assemble everything at the end.
Use screws and adhesive for assembly.
The key is to check the positioning and movement as you put it together.
Give it a try!
Flashcard
Let me introduce “Flash Cards,” a card game that tests your memory and tracking skills.
The dealer places 10 cards in designated spots on the table.
One card is flipped over for the participants to memorize.
Once everyone has memorized the card, the dealer turns it face down and shuffles by repeatedly swapping the positions of the 10 cards.
Participants must carefully track where the original card goes.
When the dealer stops, declare the spot where you think the original card is.
If it’s there as declared, you win; if not, you lose.
It’s fun to watch as well, so it’s sure to catch many people’s attention.
How to make a horse racing game out of cardboardNEW!
This is a fun horse racing game you can make out of cardboard.
Cut, stack, and glue pieces of cardboard to create the course and the racehorses.
In real horse racing, horses run along a course and the results are decided by the order in which they reach the finish line or destination.
In the cardboard version, the game progresses according to the results of the dice rolls.
Of course, you can change the rules to make your own original version.
It might be helpful to use the board game Derby Casino as a reference.
It’s a game with lots of features that make it even more enjoyable for players, like moving the horses you made and rolling the dice.
