Funny ideas to spice up elementary school graduation yearbooks! A collection of concepts for the class page

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Are you wondering what kind of content to write on your class page for the graduation anthology or yearbook? It’d be great to have funny ideas that will make you laugh when you look back in the future and get everyone in the class excited, right? So here, we’ll introduce unique and memorable ideas that you’ll want to include in your elementary school graduation anthology or yearbook! We’ve picked a wide range—from classic projects to slightly unusual ideas—so feel free to use them as inspiration.

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Funny ideas to jazz up your elementary school graduation yearbook! Class page inspiration (41–50)

Anything Survey

It would be a good idea to survey everyone in the class and publish the results.

The tricky part is deciding what kind of questions to ask.

Basically, anything goes, but if you choose topics unique to elementary school, it will probably feel more nostalgic later on.

Try coming up with questions like: “What’s your favorite subject?”, “What’s your favorite school lunch?”, or “How do you spend recess?” You could also make it more exciting by deliberately choosing questions that might split opinions—for example, “Which do you prefer, dogs or cats?”

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Fun ideas that will liven up elementary school graduation anthologies! A collection of class page ideas (51–60)

Profile

Including individual profiles in the graduation yearbook is also recommended.

You can write anything you like in the profile: your favorite sports, manga, or songs, or memories of close friends and school life.

That way, when you look back later, you’ll be able to remember what kind of elementary school student you were and who your classmates were.

As an added touch, it’s also nice to include a portrait or photo with each profile.

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Class news summary

If you’re compiling memories from school life, presenting them in a news format can be fun.

Add headlines like “Class X-Year Y Takes First in Relay,” then follow with the details.

Of course, it’s fine to include not only dazzling highlights but also stories of mishaps.

As everyone looks back on memories together, try posting them as news items.

Alternatively, you can set up entries for every class member and have each person present news about themselves.

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Collage

How about gathering and displaying your memorable photos? You could simply line up the photos as they are, but you might also cut out just the people and make a collage, or arrange them in chronological order like a timeline.

Start by having everyone bring their favorite photos.

By the way, if you make a collage, you can also get creative by illustrating the background or adding speech bubbles with lines.

It will likely give a livelier impression than just sticking on photos.

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Class Memory Sugoroku

One idea is to turn the entire page into a sugoroku-style board game.

Start from the “Start” square and fill each space with different memories.

Then add instructions according to the events, such as “Move forward X spaces” or “Move back X spaces.” If it’s a happy memory, make it a space that moves you forward; if it’s a disappointing or funny event, make it a space that moves you back.

I’d like you to craft it thoroughly, coordinating it with the design outside the squares as well.

It’s also a good idea to choose a theme, such as “game style.”

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Portraits of the entire class

Drawing caricatures of classmates is also a classic idea.

It’s great to have the skilled artists draw everyone’s faces, and it’s also fine for each person to draw a close friend’s caricature—or their own.

A well-done caricature will make people say “wow” when they look back at it later, and a unique one is sure to get some laughs.

That said, many people will want to draw the best caricatures they can, so in that case, try referring to books or videos that introduce helpful tips.

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The ultimate choice between two options

For some reason, either-or polls always get people fired up.

You might be surprised to see someone pick “that side,” and it can be fun to ask “why?” and hear their reasons.

For light topics, hobbies like “dogs or cats” or “Disney or Universal Studios Japan,” and taste-related ones like “Takenoko no Sato or Kinoko no Yama” are recommended.

If you want to go a bit deeper, you could try an ultimate either-or, like “If you were to marry someone, Professor X or Professor Y?”

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