Instagram-worthy ideas for a high school cultural festival: photo spots everyone will love
These days, it’s become normal to find Instagrammable photo spots and foods at school culture festivals.
So this time, we’re sharing ideas for creating Instagrammable moments at a high school culture festival! Along with classics like chalkboard art and balloon art, we’ve collected stylish and easy ideas that will make visitors think, “I have to take a picture!” Still wondering what to do this year? Feel free to use these as inspiration.
Let’s create Instagrammable features full of originality that will make everyone smile!
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Ideas for Instagrammable moments at a high school cultural festival: crowd-pleasing photo spots (21–30)
Driftwood Arch
A driftwood arch is also recommended for a refined look.
This idea involves combining pieces of driftwood to create a large arch.
By intentionally using driftwood instead of lumber from a home improvement store, you can convey a rugged, majestic feel.
It also brings out a seaside atmosphere.
The placement of the arch is important as well.
For example, try setting it up in a spot that makes people want to take photos—where you can see the school building beyond the arch, or where the sunset is visible.
Toothpick Art
@momochan717 Toothpick art created over the course of a yearThe base is made of Styrofoam, and the toothpicks are painted with black and white paint, then colored and left to dry—taking time and effort.The days I lamented how toothpicks snapped so easily—the memory of me helping and staying up late into the night.To decorate in commercial facilities
♬ I Wanna Be Loved By You – Marilyn Monroe
A masterpiece that takes a whole year to create! Here are some ideas for toothpick art.
Toothpicks are those thin, pointed wooden sticks used to spear or pick up food, right? This time, let’s use toothpicks to create an art piece.
In the video, toothpicks are inserted into large Styrofoam bases painted black or white to reveal a beautiful portrait of Marilyn Monroe.
It’s striking and an amazing work of art.
It’s sure to look fantastic in photos!
Strawberry cake
It’s sure to boost everyone’s mood with its adorable look! Here’s an idea for a cake-themed photo spot.
This one involves painting a large cake on a wall.
First, brainstorm what kind of cake design you want.
You could add a chocolate plaque and write the school name or the date on it.
Placing a bench of just the right height in front of the cake will let people take photos that look like they’re sitting on it.
In that case, try painting the bench so it appears to be part of the cake.
Insta frame
That familiar screen for anyone who uses Instagram.
How about actually creating the frame, buttons, comments, and hashtags that appear when you open a photo on Insta? It’s a playful idea that brings the Instagram app into the real world.
As long as you have a printer and materials you can find at a 100-yen shop, you can make it.
You can try it casually without worrying about mistakes.
It might be nice to prepare a few versions—one for couples, one for friends, etc.—so you can swap them out.
Fruit Aid
It would be great to create a photogenic item unlike anything we’ve had at the school festival before, right? That’s why I’d like to introduce fruit ade.
“Ade” is a drink made by adding sugar to carbonated water.
Fruit ade is ade with raspberries, kiwi, lemon, and other fruits added.
Fruit ade is currently popular among young people in Korea, and more shops in Japan are starting to offer it as well.
With its cool appearance and refreshing aftertaste, it’s perfect for a summer school festival! If you want to add an extra touch, decorating with herbs is also recommended!
Window art
At school festivals, I think hallway decorations are common.
How about trying some window art? If there’s eye-catching art on the window glass, visitors can easily snap photos right there.
And if it’s on windows visible from the main gate, drawing something that stands out might attract people to come over.
If you use chalkboard Posca markers, you can write on glass and wipe it off with water.
You could draw characters everyone knows, or write messages to everyone, too!
photo props
If you want an easy, low-budget way to get Instagram-worthy shots, these photo props are highly recommended! They’re also popular at weddings.
You can make them with just construction paper, wooden skewers or chopsticks, and a pen.
What you create is up to you, but classics include glasses, speech bubbles where you can write messages, and hearts.
Just holding them instantly makes your photos pop for Instagram, so people love them.
And for those who want to take pictures and share them but feel shy about showing their face, having stylish photo props that can cover the face is even better!