A catalog of recommended festival booths for school culture festivals, with ideas that will shine on social media.
Have you already decided what your class or club will do for your school’s cultural festival or school festival booth?
Even if you’re serving food, there are countless menu options, and if it’s not food, it can be hard to decide what to offer.
In this article, we’ll introduce a wide range of ideas: not only classic food and drink booths, but also interactive booths like games.
We’ve compiled everything from staple booths at cultural festivals to slightly unusual ideas, so be sure to use this as a reference!
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Snacks & Sweets (41–50)
Dagashi Cafe
In recent years, retro items have become popular, haven’t they? How about opening a dagashi cafe? A dagashi cafe is, literally, a cafe where you can enjoy dagashi—traditional Japanese penny candies and snacks.
Since each item is inexpensive, one of the appeals is that you can offer a wide variety.
Try stocking everything from classic dagashi everyone knows to lesser-known, rare finds.
To let customers enjoy the nostalgic atmosphere of an old-fashioned candy shop, it could also be fun to provide games like lotteries and raffles.
Bagel sandwich
A bagel sandwich that’s sturdier, less likely to fall apart, and more satisfying than a regular sandwich.
By stuffing it with colorful fillings or wrapping it in cute paper, it could make for an Instagram-worthy meal.
It seems great both as a meal and as a dessert.
Unusual Foods (41–50)
Recommended when you don't want to overlap with other classes.
Most of the food-and-drink stalls introduced so far have been fairly classic ideas, but some of you might be worried, thinking, “If we do that, we might overlap with other classes…” So here, we’ll introduce some unique menu items that won’t clash with other classes! We’ve gathered everything from trending, buzzworthy sweets to items you don’t often see at school festival stalls, so please use these as inspiration.
Unusual Foods (1–10)
Dippin’ Dots
How about planning “poppin’ ice,” also known as beaded ice cream, for your school festival? It’s an ice cream that originated in the U.S., and its colorful look is super cute.
Melt a few kinds of sorbet, mix them with Greek yogurt, and pour each mixture into separate plastic bottles.
Make a hole in each cap, then let small drops fall onto parchment paper and chill them.
Once the ice has set, serve it on a plate and you’re done! Since you just mix and chill, it seems like anyone can make it.
Pad Thai
“Pad Thai” refers to Thai-style fried noodles.
It’s a dish of rice noodles stir-fried with ingredients like eggs, tofu, fish sauce, and dried shrimp, commonly served at Thai street stalls and eateries.
You simply prep the ingredients, stir-fry them, and season with things like red chili and palm sugar, so even beginners can make it surprisingly easily.
If you feature it at a school festival, the enticing look and aroma will likely draw many people in.
Pad Thai also has vegetarian variations, so it could be fun to create your own original version using ingredients that are easy to find and store.
Gapao rice
Gapao rice, a classic Thai dish, is a perfect menu item for a school festival food stall.
Finely chop carrots, onions, and bell peppers, stir-fry them with ground meat, season, then serve over rice with a fried egg on top.
That’s all it takes to make Gapao rice that’s popular with everyone from kids to adults! The most time-consuming part is finely chopping the vegetables, but if you use handy tools like a food chopper, you can do it in no time.
Even those who aren’t confident with a knife can relax.
Frozen fruit bar
Many schools hold cultural or school festivals in the summer, right? Here’s an idea for frozen fruit bars that will cool you down when you’re feeling overheated.
What is a fruit bar? It’s a treat where fruit is topped on ice cream.
You can make them from scratch, simply place fruit on store-bought ice cream, or source them from a specialty shop.
They look gorgeous, so taking commemorative photos before eating will be a hit.
As a variation, you can also top “non-melting” ice cream with fruit.
Khurungji
Kkurunji is a Korean snack made by flattening and toasting a croissant.
It’s known for its crunchy texture and sweet, delicious flavor.
A great point is that you can easily make kkurunji using store-bought croissants.
Just press a croissant flat, then cook it in a buttered frying pan while sprinkling it with sugar.
You can enjoy the finished kkurunji as is, or offer toppings like chocolate sauce or whipped cream.
