Top 5 Favorite Virtual Christmas Team Building Activities for the Holidays
If you are looking for a fun way to get your team or company together for the Christmas holidays, look no further. We've done all of the hard work for you, compiling the best options on the internet for groups of all sizes to have an amazing time together. Here at Bar None Games, we live and breath the remote world world, so we know how important it is to have a fun and celebratory virtual Christmas party event to celebrate the holidays!
1. Compete in a virtual Christmas trivia event
For competitive groups, trivia parties are the perfect way to test the crowd's knowledge, encourage collaboration and teamwork, and create a multitude of opportunities for laughter all around. Our Christmas trivia party event will split your group up into smaller teams to work together to compete for the title of your company's Christmas trivia champion. Our events are facilitated in a way that you can have your team together in-person, all dialing in remotely from home, or a mixture, for the ultimate flexibility. Our special virtual Christmas event has a variety of winter holiday music that will be played during the event - adding to the holiday spirit!
2. Get creative with a virtual Christmas card crafting
You have a few options for how you can do this! Send everyone card supplies, including decorations such as fancy paper, glitter, markers, and more. Get everyone together on Zoom and have everyone release their creative energies by making fun and beautiful holiday cards. Then, randomly assign each person one of their co-workers for them to write a Christmas card to. For a feel-good spin on things, you can also work with an organization such as Send a Smile Today where they ask for volunteers to send homemade cards to cancer patients to let them know they're being thought about. You can also have everyone take photos of their favorite Christmas card that they made and submit them to a Slack channel. Using Slack's emoji reactions, have everyone vote on their favorite homemade card!
3. For a change of pace, compete in a series of virtual Christmas mini games
If you're looking for the ultimate unique activity, our Christmas mini games feature three varied events that will keep oyur team on their toes. It's team-based and live hosted, so you'll feel like you're on a game show competing for the Christmas prize. Whether it's the online scavenger hunt, the creative word puzzler, or the inspired Survey Says round, there's sure to be a game for everyone where each person will get their chance to shine.
4. Participate in a themed Christmas murder mystery event
Murder mysteries may not seem very seasonally-appropriate for the most festive time of the year, but there's never a bad time to create some suspense and have everyone get into character. Even if it Kills Me is a Bar None Games favorite. They are professional writers and actors who put on a virtual murder mystery show where you and your team are at the center. Their O Holy Fright themed event will be a frightful and spooky spin to your typical virtual Christmas event.
5. Make gingerbread houses together
For anyone with a sweet tooth, gingerbread houses are the best Christmas holiday tradition. For a virtual spin on this traditional Christmas activity, ship gingerbread house making kits to each employee's house. There's a variety of options to choose from - do you want one with a reindeer in front of the house? What about a gingerbread football stadium? or a Christmas-themed tree house? Let your employees choose what kit they'd like, and set a date for everyone to get on Zoom together with a glass of eggnog in hand (or festive cocktail, wine, beer...) and get decorating. Have everyone take photos of their completed gingerbread house, post it into a Slack channel, and involve the entire company in voting on who has the best gingerbread house!
