[Non-food] Cultural festival attractions: from classroom exhibits to stage events

Giant mosaic

Using about 500,000 one-centimeter-square colored paper pieces, high school students joined forces to create a giant mosaic in Takamatsu City.

Let’s take on a mural! Here are some ideas for a giant mosaic.

When holding a school cultural festival, many schools set a theme or a main illustration, right? This time, how about expressing your theme or illustration as a giant mosaic using about 500,000 one-centimeter-square pieces of colored paper? All you need are colored paper, glue or double-sided tape, and so on.

Cutting and pasting the paper may seem tedious, but the finished work will make a strong impact and leave a dynamic impression.

short film

[High School Student Film Award] Short Film “List”

From realistic stories to cinematic worlds! Here are some ideas for short film projects.

Many of you may be thinking about preserving your precious student days in photos and videos.

For those people, creating short films is highly recommended.

Try writing your own script and challenging yourselves with camera setups and video editing.

It may be your first attempt, but I believe a work you create yourselves will stay in your hearts forever.

Plus, it’s exciting to witness the audience’s reactions in real time as they watch your film projected on a big screen.

Mosaic art

[For wedding performances and gifts!] How to make mosaic art

Mosaic art is a technique where you arrange image materials like tiles to create a large piece.

From a distance it looks like a single artwork, and when you get closer you realize it’s made from many images—that surprise is part of the fun.

The more materials you have and the wider the range of colors, the larger and more beautiful the piece you can aim for, so be mindful about thorough preparation.

As the number of images increases, placement becomes more challenging, so using dedicated software is recommended for designing large works.

To produce a high-quality final piece, it’s important for the team to work together and gather a large collection of images.

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Umbrella Sky

Kanagawa Prefectural Sagamihara Yaei High School Music Department Installation “Umbrella Sky”

This is about linking colorful vinyl umbrellas together with string to create a beautiful decoration.

The key to making it look vibrant is to prepare several strands, each made by connecting many umbrellas—so be sure to have plenty on hand.

Choosing which colors to connect is also important; arranging them to form a rainbow-like gradient is an easy-to-understand approach.

Another point is that, although the idea is simple, there are many details to refine: how dense to make each strand, how many to create, and where to display them.

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Diorama Exhibition

[School Festival] Exhibition of Diorama of Roadside Station “Kume no Sato” and Alto in Civic Idemitsu Color Scheme (Okayama Sanyo High School Dress-Up Car Course)

A diorama exhibition that realistically recreates towns and buildings.

Dioramas are made from a variety of materials such as styrofoam, clay, and plastic.

Some are even entirely made of paper, known as paper dioramas.

Try building and displaying a diorama of local landmarks, like a castle or roadside station near your school.

The finely detailed diorama pieces on display will likely captivate viewers so much that they’ll lose track of time.

It’s also recommended to run trains through the diorama, light up buildings, or place plastic model cars.

Coming up with the setting and backstory for the diorama town sounds fun too.

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