[Prank] Surprise Ideas Recommended for School Cultural Festivals
Pranks that everyone can enjoy at a school festival are such a fun idea!
Pranks can create special memories along with the excitement of the festival.
But be sure to prioritize safety and avoid injuries.
And don’t forget to follow up with the person after the prank.
Here, we introduce ideas that will make everyone laugh, like sudden “ghost” appearances or “surprise announcements.”
There are plenty of easy plans, too.
Use these as a reference, and make your school festival unforgettable with fun pranks!
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[Prank] Surprise Ideas Recommended for School Culture Festivals (11–20)
Zombie Prank
Zombies have always been iconic symbols of fear, haven’t they? If zombies suddenly showed up, a school festival could turn into a living nightmare… So let’s surprise both the visitors and the students running the booths with a sudden zombie appearance prank! You can pop out in front of a big crowd, or lead someone to a quieter spot on campus and scare them there—it’s all good! Getting lots of people involved so that anyone who gets “bitten” gradually joins in will really ramp up the fear.
Just like in a horror movie, let’s liven up the school festival with a terrifying prank!
A clumsy dance performance
When it comes to school festival performances, dance is a classic choice, right? People probably assume that the dance club is naturally good at dancing, but what if they performed a routine that was clearly not very good—more like, kind of bad? That would definitely cause a stir.
But then, if it turned out to be acting and they suddenly switched to dancing incredibly well, the contrast would hype up the crowd, don’t you think? Even if you’re not in the dance club, this strategy might be a great way to get the audience excited.
It might even be harder for a good dancer to intentionally dance poorly! (lol)
A surprise prank from the teacher
It’s a prank with a surprising twist where the teacher turns out to be the mastermind! It overturns the subconscious assumption that a teacher wouldn’t be the one setting it up.
Wouldn’t the target feel no distrust and be genuinely surprised? If you’re stuck for prank ideas, it might be good to consult a teacher you’re close with.
Big prank: No school?
With the cooperation of the principal and vice principal, let’s play a prank on the homeroom teacher.
When they arrive at school, there’s no one around—or when they go to the classroom, their class is the only one with no people and no belongings.
They’ll be surprised, of course.
Then reveal the prank by coming in together with the principal and vice principal to put the teacher at ease.
Reverse reverse reverse prank
Pranks can sometimes get found out.
That’s why I recommend this reverse prank.
If you keep pulling pranks on each other over and over, you create a chaotic space where both of you become suspicious of everything.
I think it’s way funnier than just pulling a regular prank, so give it a try for inspiration!
Batman Show
It’s about a Batman fight suddenly breaking out in the middle of an ordinary day.
Overseas, it’s a classic surprise—sometimes Spider-Man shows up too, not just Batman.
The farther the setting is from where you’d normally expect a hero to appear, the bigger the surprise, so think about which scene to use and how to lower the audience’s guard.
Recreating a movie-style battle is hard, so if you start a simple scuffle, you can also get some laughs from the crowd.
[Prank] Surprise Ideas Recommended for School Culture Festivals (21–30)
Ghost photo prank
This is a prank where you invite someone by saying you’ll take a commemorative photo for them, and when you look at the picture, something that shouldn’t be there has appeared.
You can enlist someone’s help, and these days there are apps that make images look like ghost photos.
Some people get genuinely scared, so be sure to reveal the prank quickly.