Team Building Ideas For Your Next Office Party!
From birthdays, holidays, and retirement celebrations to team-building and morale-boosting organized fun events, office parties are a great way to get your team to let their hair down and have some fun. However, there’s more to having an office party than just letting everyone know there’s cake in the break room! Use these ideas to take your office party to the next level without having to explain yourself to human resources!
Escape Room Adventures
Escape rooms are sweeping the nation, and for good reason – they’re a blast! You and your team are locked in a room, and to escape, you have to solve puzzles and search for clues. This is not only fun, it’s an awesome team-building exercise that’s great for building morale and camaraderie.
Office Olympics
Made popular by The Office, office Olympics are a great way to break the tension of your office, get mildly (or extremely) ridiculous, and have a ton of fun! The idea is not to actually engage in feats of athleticism, such as running, jumping, or swimming. The office Olympics use office supplies, furniture, and creativity to create fun, highly competitive games. The best thing about office Olympics? They’re almost 100 percent inclusive! Anyone can participate in rubber band archery or tabletop soccer. Check out this awesome guide to creating your own office Olympics!
Spend the Day Giving Back
Okay, it’s not a party, per se, but shut down the office for a day, and you and your team spend the day giving back. Maybe it’s working at a local food pantry, helping out with Habitat for Humanity, or doing a city clean-up event. Either way, this not only is a great way to bond outside the office, but it shows your team that they work for a company with heart and humanity! Provide lunch for your team and company t-shirts to foster that team feel.
Scrabble (or Board Game) Tournament
This can work with most board games, but Scrabble has near-universal appeal and a pretty even playing field. Set up four Scrabble boards of teams of four and have the winner of each table move on to a next round (depending on how many employees you have determines how many rounds there are. Anyone making it to the final gets a prize with the final winner getting a grand prize like lunch or even a few hours of comp time!
Formal Gala Event
Give your team an opportunity to shine with a formal gala or ball. With your team decked out in tuxedos and gowns, go all out with an amazing meal, and hire an orchestra for dancing! Give it some pizazz by adding a Hollywood theme to the event. This total change of scene will bring out aspects of your team members’ personalities in surprising ways!
Consider Renting a Photo Booth
Capture the fun and let your employees get a little crazy in front of the camera with a photo booth or a green screen. With props that correspond to the theme of the office party and backdrops that can send them anywhere around the world, you’ll have some hilarious memories and keepsakes to remember the party.
For the best quality and most user-friendly photo event services, reach out to Mag-nificent! Our services include professional photographers who can capture awesome candid shots, we have photo booths and green screens that let your guests and employees take control, and we offer commemorative, customizable gifts such as magnets using photos taken from your event. Our unique photo experiences allow for instantaneous onsite printing and social media integration that will allow users to share the fun on all major social platforms. Talk about free marketing!
Contact Mag-nificent Photo Events today to see how we can help make your office party an event to remember!
