Recommended crafts for cultural festival exhibits. Ideas that are also perfect for venue decorations.

Giant magic hand made of cardboard

[Cardboard DIY] Making a Giant Grabber Arm Using Cardboard [Cardboard Craft]

A toy grabber arm—usually about 1 meter long, right? This project is about making one by hand out of cardboard, and not just any grabber, but a giant one! There are many steps, but once you have the materials and cut the cardboard to shape, it’s just a matter of steadily gluing the parts together with a hot glue gun or wood glue.

The moving parts are made by threading cable ties through holes.

You can get everything at a 100-yen shop.

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giant paper airplane

A giant paper airplane takes to the sky! (Fukuyama University Festival)

Hasn’t everyone, at least once in their life, wanted to fly a gigantic paper airplane? Since we have the chance, let’s make the most of the school festival—an ideal opportunity to fulfill that big ambition.

If you’re not careful, it can end up disappointingly underwhelming, so why not pay attention to the frame and even build a launching device to help it fly?

Handmade musical instruments

I tried making a trombone! Part 2

How about a groundbreaking activity: making your own instrument? When you think of handmade instruments, you might picture drums or maracas.

But here we’re taking on something a bit more challenging—we’re making a trombone by hand! By cleverly combining PVC pipes and joints, we’ve even managed to create the slide section.

The fact that it actually produces a trombone-like sound is just fantastic (lol).

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Fun Electricity/Electronics Workshop 2015: Perpetual Spinning Top Prototype 3

A top that spins forever—the Eternal Top.

There are commercial versions, but you can actually make one yourself! It’s a niche reference, but for those who get it, the idea of a top spinning endlessly in a dream, like in the movie Inception, really hits home.

Entrance decoration

Cultural Festival Entrance Decorations Installation

When it comes to school festivals and cultural festivals, you usually make some kind of entrance decoration to put on display, right? Some people might have even brought bold, original ideas to life on a grand scale.

Elaborate entrance decorations really catch the eye.

If you have the capacity, by all means team up and give it a try.

railway diorama

Kanto Gakuin Junior and Senior High School Railway Club Diorama

Building dioramas is a low-key task, but it’s fun, isn’t it? With this one, you can enjoy the sight of a train running along tracks laid to weave between model buildings and houses.

It’s a highly recommended project for a presentation by a railway enthusiasts’ club as well.

If time allows, I hope you’ll put in the effort and craft it with care.

I’m trapped!?

You can take photos even with a large group! Here’s an idea for a “We’re trapped?!” shot.

When photographing trick art, sometimes only one person can appear due to how the setup works.

This time, let’s create a trick art piece that four people can shoot together.

In the posted photo, the subjects are photographed inside a capsule labeled “For Humans, Mini Machine,” making it look as if they’ve been trapped.

In the foreground, there’s also someone who has discovered the people trapped inside, which adds a unique and entertaining storyline.