Make Your Middle School Culture Festival a Hit! A Collection of Ideas for Popular Exhibits, Games, and Stage Performances
Have you already decided what to do for your junior high school cultural festival?
There are plenty of ideas for exhibits and stage performances, as well as attractions and games that visitors can enjoy.
However, you might be having trouble deciding—perhaps you’re unsure which activities will really liven things up, or you want to create something truly memorable.
In this article, we’ll introduce a wide range of recommended activities for junior high school cultural festivals.
We’ve picked out classic and popular options, so use these suggestions as a reference to help you create a fun and exciting festival!
Middle School Cultural Festival Buzz: A Collection of Ideas for Popular Exhibits, Games, and Stage Performances (1–10)
Photo spot
https://www.instagram.com/p/CfEXhBvpzWx/A great attraction you can set up anywhere on campus is a photo spot.
Create a place that makes people want to take pictures in front of dazzling decorations or eye-catching objects.
It’s also a good idea to use themes of friendship and romance to help classmates and couples grow closer.
By encouraging people to post their vibrant photos on social media, you’ll make the school festival even more exciting.
Prepare colorful lighting and illustrations to create a popular photo spot! Why not try an attraction that every student in the school can enjoy?
roller coaster
At the school festival, attractions are drawing a lot of attention.
Among them, the roller coaster is especially popular: everyone races through a course they built together in a gondola-style car.
If you build it inside a classroom, the course will end up short, but it still delivers plenty of thrills and excitement! There are many guides online explaining how to make one, so use those as references and work on the project with help from your teachers.
If you can build your own roller coaster, it will surely become a lifelong memory.
airsoft
Survival games are war-style games where players carry airsoft guns and shoot at each other in forests or abandoned factories.
How about turning it into an indoor game perfect for a school festival? Turn a classroom into a maze using cardboard, and decorate it with items like plastic string or balloons.
It’s recommended to decorate with themes that evoke real airsoft fields, such as urban areas or forests.
Let participants make their way through the maze field with pounding hearts and excitement.
Even soft toy guns sold at 100-yen shops are more than enough to have fun.
Real Escape Game
Escape games that get people hooked—some even become hardcore enthusiasts.
A “Real Escape Game” takes that experience into the real world.
Players solve various puzzles to escape from a confined area and aim for the goal.
Doing it not only in a classroom but also using the gym would make it even more exciting.
Being unable to get out of a place you usually know well really heightens the thrill!
Quiz show
Who’s the most knowledgeable in school?! How about a heated head-to-head quiz show? It’s a stage event where two teams compete in a fast-buzzer format.
Questions are projected on a screen and read aloud by a host—think of it like the TV show “All Japan High School Quiz Championship.” You could pull questions from the internet, but why not enlist your teachers to help create them? It’s both educational and exciting—perfect two birds with one stone for a school festival attraction!
Haunted house
From the usual classroom, you hear huge screams like you’ve never heard before… How about trying a haunted house! As a school festival attraction, it’s a real classic.
Normally you have to go to an amusement park to find a haunted house, so having one at school is sure to be a hit.
Create a route through the classroom, darken it, and set up various tricks.
It might be easier to build if you choose a theme like “Japanese-style” or “Western mansion.” For the ghosts, I think it’s best to look for costumes among Halloween goods.
Rotating seesaw
How about an indoor attraction like the ones you’d find at an amusement park? The section where the riders sit spins while moving up and down like a seesaw.
The charm of this attraction is that children and guests can enjoy it together.
Its striking appearance will make it a real head-turner at school.
Try providing guest service like park cast members at a real amusement park or theme park—the attraction will stand out even more.
The process of building the attraction is sure to become a memorable experience, too.