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 (21–30)
Cardboard currency exchange machineNEW!
The casino at the school festival isn’t about making money—it’s about letting people enjoy the games.
Still, watching your chips pile up is simply fun, isn’t it? Instead of real money, how about adopting this idea as an on-the-spot chip exchanger? It’s entertaining because when you insert a bill, coins come out just like a real change machine.
The mechanism that dispenses the change is the Y-shaped component inside.
When you insert a bill and this part moves, it seems to release the change stacked on top so it drops down.
A medal drop you can make with PlarailNEW!
A medal-pusher arcade machine like the ones you often see at game centers.
It’s a fun idea that uses Plarail toy trains.
When making one by hand, you might worry about how to power the moving stage that carries the medals, but try harnessing the motion of Plarail instead.
The stage that holds the medals will move smoothly.
The main materials—cardboard, bamboo skewers, straws, and other everyday items—are easy to gather, making it simple to build.
Cutting and assembling the cardboard might be a bit complex, but why not try making it together with friends?
How to fold a mini playing cardNEW!
When holding a casino at a school festival, I think people often handcraft the games.
So why not also make the essential playing cards out of origami? You can buy playing cards cheaply at 100-yen shops, but if you make them yourself, you can choose any colors and designs you like! If you paste photos or illustrations of your classmates, they’ll become a memorable keepsake.
With the white side facing up, fold the corners inward; once the white side forms the shape of a playing card, simply fold the unnecessary colored parts to the back.
It’s very easy to make!
How to make a medal gameNEW!
A medal game that even kids can’t get enough of! It’s the type where you insert a coin and the coins at the front get pushed off and fall.
In this idea, the main body is built by combining parts cut out from graph paper.
The coin drop platform has two tiers, and turning a handle makes the lower tier slide back and forth.
There’s also a realistic gimmick where dropping a candy tied to a string from the platform earns you a bunch of medals.
It seems you can even automate it by combining it with a mechanism that turns the handle automatically.
Classic and Hands-On Casino Games (31–40)
How to make a lucky rouletteNEW!
Lucky Roulette lets you try your luck easily—and even win fun prizes.
You can download the design plans from the description; just use the template to cut and assemble cardboard or wood and you’re done.
You can scale it up or down freely by following the drawings, so feel free to use them as a reference.
If you use candy or small toys as prizes, it’ll be a game kids will love.
It’s also recommended for anyone looking for a simple, handmade mini-game!
Casino coin made with resinNEW!
Let’s try making handmade resin coins to use as tokens for tips.
Using toy coins is certainly easier, but if you want to make the school festival more memorable, having everyone make one each is a great idea! With a coin-shaped mold, all you need to do is pour in colored resin and cure it, so even beginners can give it a try.
Create colorful, lovely coins, and after the festival, you can repurpose them into keychains!
Handmade coin lockerNEW!
Having a hands-on booth at the school festival would likely make it even more enjoyable for visitors.
If you can make a handmade coin locker, you might hear people say, “Amazing!” It’s a creation just like the coin lockers you see at train stations and shopping malls.
When you actually insert a coin and turn the dial, the locker door can no longer be opened.
Conversely, if you set the dial to the correct combination, the door opens.
Let’s assemble it using grid paper.
There are some fine, detailed steps, but that makes the finished product higher in quality.
Setting out a few completed ones and creating a corner where small children can play with them would probably be a big hit, too.