A roundup of recreational activities to liven up cultural and school festivals
When it comes to school festivals, there are all kinds of attractions like food stalls and stage performances! How about incorporating activities that everyone can enjoy together—what you might call recreational events? In this article, we’ll introduce plenty of recommended recreation ideas for your school festival! We’ve picked activities that visitors of all ages can enjoy, such as lottery-style raffles and workshop-style hands-on experiences.
Try running a recreation event that other classes aren’t doing and make your school festival even more exciting!
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Recreation Roundup to Liven Up Cultural and School Festivals (61–70)
Magic you can do without practice

Simple methods that even beginners can rely on! Here are ideas for magic tricks you can do without practice.
These ideas are perfect if you’re feeling nervous about trying magic for the first time or want to start with something easy.
It’s pretty cool to perform a card trick, right? This time, let’s try a magic trick with playing cards that even beginners can learn.
All you need is one deck of cards.
Watch the explanation carefully and give it a try.
Arrange the school song
@yomii_tiktok During class, I turned the school anthem into EDM and played it without permission, and then the principal... lol#Yomii Prank TranslationDuring class
♪ Original song – Yomii – Yomii
Arrange the school anthem by blending tradition with surprise.
By boldly giving the normally solemn anthem a modern twist—EDM, rock, jazz, and more—you can deliver both astonishment and laughter to the audience.
Start the intro in the usual way, then suddenly switch up the rhythm and melody midway for maximum impact.
Add visual surprises like choreography or costume changes to boost excitement.
It’s also effective to list only “School Anthem” on posters and programs, surprising unsuspecting attendees.
While honoring tradition, this challenge of bringing in a fresh breeze will create a truly special memory.
Surprise flash mob

It’s the perfect production to bring a sense of unity and surprise to the school festival.
At first, everyone behaves normally, and when the music suddenly starts, classmates break into dance, leaving the audience thrilled and excited.
Choosing popular songs everyone knows or tracks that match the event’s theme will boost the energy.
By practicing simple choreography in advance and making it easy for anyone to join, you increase the chances of success.
If you sync the timing and involve the entire school, it can become a major event.
It’s a plan that lets you join forces with friends and feel a real sense of togetherness.
Opening Movie Thief
https://www.tiktok.com/@o4yzu_/video/7410732777542372625How about creating an opening video inspired by the pre-show etiquette film “NO MORE Movie Thief”? When you think of “NO MORE Movie Thief,” the famous characters are the Camera Man and the Police Light Man who catches him, right? It’s also known for having no dialogue, with scenes expressed through pantomime and the cautions conveyed by narration.
Why not use this parody-style video to introduce the things you want people to be mindful of at the school festival and its theme? It even has dance-like elements, so it’s fun for the performers too!
Blue and Summer
@daiki1240 [School Festival] Class Video “Blue and Summer 3-2 ver.” Watch the full version from the comments ✨Blue and SummeryouthClass videoCultural Festival @Mrs. GREEN APPLE
♬ Original track – Ryu – 07ryu_
This is a video project produced as a class video, themed around Mrs.
GREEN APPLE’s hugely popular song “Ao to Natsu.” It depicts students earnestly dedicating themselves to their club activities, resulting in a piece that truly captures the essence of youth.
Even if it’s not about clubs, it would be great to film the preparation time for cultural festivals or school festivals.
Both the time spent making the video and the finished work itself become dazzling memories.
Be sure to preserve those unforgettable moments with your classmates as a work of art.
A planetarium made by a high school student
@sapporoshinyo We tried making a planetarium: third-year students in the inquiry course spent a year building it ⭐️Shinyou High SchoolPlanetariumExploration Course
♬ Planetarium (MP3 catalog number) – Ai Otsuka
You might think a planetarium would be hard to make without a dome or professional equipment, right? But with the right ideas, even high school students can create one! In this example, they’ve built a solid dome.
Is that black construction paper lining the inside? These days, affordable home planetariums are available, so if you’re making a smaller dome, you can actually set one up quite easily just by getting one of those.
A quiet, traditional planetarium is great, but you could also mix in lively visuals and use it as a photo spot, too.
Real Life Game

Speaking of The Game of Life, it’s a classic that almost everyone plays at least once.
The board has spaces lined up like a road, and you spin the roulette and move forward by the number you get.
Each space describes a life-related event, so you follow the instructions on the space you land on while aiming for the goal.
Let’s try making a large-scale version of that Game of Life for a classroom or similar space.
Since this is a “real-life” version, participants will actually move from space to space.
You can write whatever you like on the spaces, so think up some fun, life-themed episodes.
Prepare prizes based on the amount of money each participant has left at the end.



