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[Moe Moe Kyun!] Maid Café Ideas for the School Cultural Festival

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A maid café at a school festival sounds so much fun!

If you come up with a special theme, you can set your café apart from the others.

Here, we’ll introduce some recommended ideas for those who want to try running a maid café at their school festival!

It’s also a great idea to add original drinks and sweets to the menu.

And choosing the maid outfits is important too!

If everyone picks cute designs and colors together, it creates a sense of unity.

Make it the best maid café ever and create wonderful memories that the whole class can enjoy.

Various ideas for a maid café (1–10)

Maid Dance

[At the school festival, 11 introverts tried cross-dressing and dancing] ~ Heroine Training Plan / HoneyWorks

Maid Dance

How about incorporating a “maid dance,” where you wear maid outfits and perform a cute routine? As for songs, it might be good to choose catchy, moe-style tracks that are easy for everyone to enjoy, such as HoneyWorks’ “Heroine Ikusei Keikaku feat.

Hiyori Suzumi (CV: Inori Minase)” or the TV anime Himouto! Umaru-chan’s opening theme “Kakushinteki☆Metamaruphose!” As an extra idea, having only male students—rather than female students—do the maid dance could be a top-notch crowd-pleaser for laughs.

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Remote Maid Café

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How about offering a remote maid café service for people who wanted to come to the school festival but couldn’t make it due to scheduling conflicts or distance? Connect with customers via tools like Zoom for video calls, and try chatting or playing games together.

While you can’t serve food and drinks, even a short, fun time together will let connected customers get a taste of the festival atmosphere.

Try rotating a remote-duty staff member alongside normal in-person operations!

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Various maid cafe ideas (11–20)

Cheki time

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Cheki time

Cheki time is something often done by maid café maids and performing artists.

It’s when you take instant photos together with a Cheki camera, making it easy to create memories.

There are many ways to do it—taking the same pose, holding props, and so on.

You could even offer a maid-experience option where customers wear maid outfits and take photos.

Try studying maid café-style poses and help your customers make lots of memories!

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Mastering the ‘moe’ voice

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Mastering the 'moe' voice

A “moe voice” is practically synonymous with maids.

You might be able to imitate it just by consciously raising your pitch, but if you want to get serious, one option is to practice using YouTube videos as a reference.

How-to videos aimed at aspiring voice actors on “how to produce a moe voice” can be especially helpful.

Specifically, try producing falsetto while gently pressing your larynx.

Then gradually bring your natural speaking voice closer to that sound and find the sweet spot in your tone—done.

Additionally, curling your tongue slightly while speaking will make your voice sound even more maid-like.

With a high-quality moe voice, you’ll have everyone swooning!

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Maid café-style charm

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Maid café-style charm

When food or drinks are brought out at a maid café, you often see them cast a little “magic spell,” right? If you’re running a maid café at a school festival, try doing this too to set yourselves apart from other food stalls! Don’t overthink the wording—use playful sound effects like “kirakira~” or “shararaan,” or say something cute and simple like “oishiku-na~re” (“make it tasty!”).

It’s even more memorable if not only the maids say it, but the customers join in the magic words together!

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Types of maid outfits and items (11–20)

The maid outfit is the most important point when it comes to running a maid café, right? Everyone has their preferences, so opinions might differ.

Here, we’ll introduce types of maid outfits, tips on how to stand out, and cute little accessory points that can make a difference.

There are so many options that you might find yourself thinking, “This is nice, and that’s nice too!”

Types of maid outfits and items (1–10)

cat-eared maid

[Costume Introduction] Cat-Eared Maid

cat-eared maid

Cat-eared maids are a classic cosplay in maid cafés.

There are many types, from headbands with cat ears to full-head costume hoods with attached ears.

Some have ears made from fluffy materials that look like real ones, and others come with cute little bells that jingle along with the cat ears.

Buying online is fine, but if possible, try choosing them in a store where you can check the color and size in person!

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Tights or knee-highs

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Tights or knee-highs

Some people might feel, “I put on a maid outfit, but it’s not what I expected.” In that case, try switching up your tights or thigh-highs.

Tights make a more understated statement and help the maid outfit stand out.

Thigh-highs, on the other hand, can give a girlier impression.

Also, the vibe changes dramatically depending on whether you choose white or black tights or thigh-highs.

Consider the design of the maid outfit and the kind of impression you want to make when choosing.

Coordinating with lace gloves is also a great option.

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