Ideas for exhibits recommended for school culture festivals. Film screenings, too.
When it comes to school festival attractions, many classes run food stalls or stage performances, but some also host classroom exhibitions or screen videos!
The biggest appeal of exhibition-style attractions is that once everything is prepared by the day of the event, they’re easy to run—mostly just guiding visitors.
In this article, we’ll introduce recommended ideas for school festival exhibits!
We’ve picked out not only classic creations and video projects, but also photo-worthy pieces and ideas that are likely to generate buzz.
Use these as inspiration and create wonderful works to put on display!
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Recommended exhibit ideas for school culture festivals. Screening works included (11–20)
gingerbread house
We often see candy houses in picture books, but seeing a real one would definitely get anyone excited.
You can make this entirely with store-bought sweets, so there’s no need for an oven or a frying pan.
Build the house walls by joining wafers and coat them with white chocolate.
Decorate the outside with cookies, chocolate, and candy for a colorful finish.
If you display various candy houses, it would be fun to hold an event on the last day where everyone gets to eat them.
Original design clothing exhibition
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It would be interesting to exhibit remade clothing or pieces designed by classmates.
For example, you could set a theme—using only worn-out jeans, or creating adult clothing from children’s clothes—and on the final day hold a fashion show where everyone wears their creations.
You could even host an auction to bid on the outfits.
It seems like it would be an intriguing event that could reveal talents among classmates beyond what we usually see in home economics class.
LEGO Block Building
LEGO bricks, a toy beloved all over the world, are something many people remember playing with when they were little.
Perhaps you built a cute castle or a small house.
However, this is a school festival after all! Let’s show what adults can do.
As long as you can get some LEGO bricks, use your own ideas to create an amazing piece that will wow everyone! There are limitless ways to think about it and endless possible final forms, so plan carefully—from the design to the colors!
SDGs Exhibition
It seems that interest in initiatives related to the SDGs has been growing year by year.
While many school festivals tend to end up as purely fun events, it could be worthwhile to seriously engage with environmental issues like this.
Clear displays that put various local governments’ initiatives into an easy-to-understand table, or videos compiled and played in classrooms, would also be good ideas.
Exhibiting tangible pieces at the same time—such as works made from scrap materials or trash collected from the sea—also seems promising.
It would be great to make it an inventive display that doesn’t feel too stiff.
A giant creation made from empty cans and plastic bottles
Let’s collect empty cans and plastic bottles and create a giant artwork.
For example, we could make a large-scale object inspired by an anime character, build vehicles or buildings, or even use the school pool to make ships or boats.
Ideally, it should be something not only to look at but also to play with together.
planetarium
For classroom exhibits at school festivals, one of the most popular and classic choices is a planetarium, isn’t it? Let’s use cardboard to make the dome, which is the main body of the planetarium.
There seem to be many ways to make one, ranging from simple methods—like assembling trapezoidal panels or folding paper like an envelope—to large-scale projects where you build a dome big enough for people to enter.
Set the scale according to your preparation time and the number of people who can help, and aim for a romantic display!
Ideas for recommended exhibits for cultural and school festivals, including screening works (21–30)
independently produced anime
With the rise of YouTube, video has become a much more familiar medium.
Along with that, editing apps and image-processing software have continued to evolve, and these days it’s not uncommon for individuals to produce their own original animations.
So why not try creating an “original anime” yourself? A short piece of around five minutes is plenty.
Build a story outline, break it down into detailed scenes, and assign compositions and dialogue.
Even the time spent making it together feels like a school festival.
If you go with stop-motion animation, the hurdle becomes much lower.
First, try out a variety of apps and see what works for you.