Stand Out at the School Festival! A Collection of Unusual Ideas You Can Do at School and in the Classroom
We want to make the most of our once-a-year school festival.
When deciding on our class attraction, the classic exhibits and presentations are great, but since it’s a day to remember, we’d love to try a slightly unusual idea that visitors won’t forget.
So here, we’ll introduce unique class-room-based attraction ideas! From handmade attractions to interactive events, we’ve gathered unusual concepts that are a bit different from other classes.
You’re sure to find the perfect idea for your class!
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Classroom attractions and hands-on events (unusual exhibits for school festivals) (1–10)
Seesaw-Combining Coffee Cup
In recent years, school festivals have been drawing attention with full-scale attractions like roller coasters and spinning teacups.
Here’s a slightly unusual attraction we recommend: a flashy-looking ride that combines a seesaw with teacups.
The seesaw moves dramatically up and down, each teacup spins in place, and the entire base also rotates, making for a deluxe setup.
While safety considerations are essential, building something this elaborate on your own would likely bring a great sense of accomplishment.
Cardboard maze
The idea is to build walls out of cardboard inside the classroom and turn it into a maze.
Even if the classroom seems small for such an activity, by carefully constructing narrow passageways, you can create a maze that’s longer than you’d expect.
It’s fun because you can try different variations, like packing passages throughout the room so everyone can enjoy a long maze, or setting traps to surprise them.
Since the core is simply navigating a winding path without getting lost, adding puzzle-solving elements and similar twists could make it even more exciting.
Giant Jenga
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Jenga is a game where you stack blocks and then pull them out one by one without upsetting the balance.
The thrill of wondering, “Will it fall or won’t it?” is what makes it so fun.
How about hosting a giant Jenga as a booth for your school festival? Make the blocks out of cardboard and decorate them colorfully with tape.
Then stack them up and have visitors take turns removing one block at a time to compete! If the game goes on without a winner, the Jenga tower will get tall, so be sure to have a step stool ready.
Classroom attractions and hands-on events (unusual exhibits for school festivals) (11–20)
Toy Story Mania!
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Let’s try recreating that attraction from the dreamland! Here’s an idea for Toy Story Mania! How about building Toy Story Mania!, an attraction in the dreamland that excites everyone from kids to adults, for your school festival? You can push a cart carrying guests along the course by hand and program the game system while using software.
Work together with your classmates to create the best memories!
Real Life Game
Here’s a real-life Game of Life that’s sure to hype up your school festival.
Discuss together what kinds of spaces you want and create the board.
It’s best to include everyday situations.
Spin the roulette and move forward the number of spaces shown.
Along the way, experience big events and try to increase your money.
The game ends when everyone reaches the goal.
Since it’s a real-life version, you and your friends actually stand on the spaces and move along.
By setting simple rules, it should get even more exciting!
Treasure Hunt
How about a treasure hunt event held across the whole school or by classroom? The organizers’ staff can hide the treasures in advance and announce the hunt in the school festival pamphlet.
Participants can take the treasures home as they are, or you could hide tickets that can be exchanged for prizes instead.
Giant Whac-A-Mole
@souljatwiggz I happened to be able to go to a certain high school’s cultural festival, so I tried the unusual whack-a-mole game. I scored 30 points.
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When you think of Whac-A-Mole, you usually imagine something the size of a tabletop game or the kind you find at an arcade.
But if we made it bigger, wouldn’t it be even more fun? That’s why I’d like to introduce a giant Whac-A-Mole where everyone in the class gets to be the moles.
Instead of something you can play standing in one spot, let’s build it on a scale that requires players to walk a few steps to play! It sounds like an attraction that both the players and the people acting as the moles can enjoy together.