Create the best parties in your workplace with the help of these 10 fun activities for work parties. Parties at work can be a great opportunity to develop workplace relationships and strengthen bonds. It also gives the opportunity for employees to meet, get to know and even mingle with one another. It is sometimes difficult to involve everyone in work parties as people tend to have differences in taste and preferences. The key to having a successful work party is to get everyone involved and make sure that everyone is having a good time. These activities hope to create a great environment that would hopefully translate to a better working experience for everyone.
Work parties are activities that can really build and develop everyone in the workplace. There are many ways to go about this and there are a lot of other activities that can build up people as well. If you’re looking for specific team building activities then we also have this list of The 6 Best Company Team Building Activities to Build Workplace Camaraderie. A successful party can lead to a lot of great stories, a motivated workforce, dependable co-workers, and many other great things.
These activities may vary for everyone and may just be dependent on one’s preferences. You can even put your own twist to it. Just remember to try and involve everyone when doing these activities. Let’s go ahead and learn more about the 10 fun activities for work parties.
10. Laughing Game
This simple activity will need everyone to form a circle. Each person in the group will then have to say either “Ha Ha”, “Ho Ho”, or “Hee Hee” depending on what sequence you choose. You can mix it up and point to different players to mix up the sequence a bit. Anyone who makes a mistake or laughs is eliminated.
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9. Famous Movies
This game requires you to prepare in advance and make quotes that you can put on small sheets of paper and fold in a bowl. Participants will then get a line and pronounce it or even enact it. The person who can guess the movie from which the quote is spoken from gets a point. To make it more challenging, you can even ask the name of the character or actor that played the role.
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8. Name the Song
We go this time to game related to music. This requires you to have a few songs ready and a music player that the party probably has. You will then play the first few seconds of each song then stop it and have the people guess. Those who can get the song name gets the point and you can even opt to have the participants sing the next line of the song.
7. Guess Who
This game is great if you want everyone at the party to participate. Have people write stories or facts on a sheet of paper. The more interesting or unique it is, the better. Then during the event you can have someone pull out a piece of paper and recite the story. Then have people try to guess who that person is.
6. Desk Display
Definitely for workplaces that have desks (which most workplaces do). You can get any unique object from everyone’s desk and display them at the party. People can then try to guess who those items belong to. It’s an interesting activity and may also be just a good way to start up conversations.
More fun activities are found in the continuation of this list of 10 fun activities for work parties.
5. Hamburger
Now you can use any food you prefer though this works best with a hamburger. You write down ingredients of a hamburger on post-it notes individually, and then post it at the back of people during the party. Then announce that the group who completes the right order of the hamburger wins a prize. People will then compete and try to find burger pieces to complete their line.
4. Complete the Couple
This activity once again works with a post-it note and you have to write down famous couples on a post-it note each. You then place it on other people’s backs and people are not allowed to know who they are. They have to then ask other people yes/no questions to figure out who they are. They then have to find their other half in the crowd.
3. Two Truths and a Lie
This activity works great in almost any scenario. Each person takes time to divulge to the crowd three facts about themselves, one of which is a lie. People will then have to vote on which statement is not true. Those who get the least amount of votes on their lie wins. For a more competitive environment, you can form smaller groups and have the winners compete against each other.
2. Photo Hunt
This game requires each team to have a digital camera or mobile camera. You will then give a list of what they need to take a photo of. You can set limitations to make the game a bit more challenging. Those who are able to complete the list of photos first will win.
1. Balloon Break
A great use for some excess balloons at a party, have the office form two groups and each member must have a partner. They then form a line and those in front will need to pop a balloon in between their chests without touching each other. The line then moves forward and the first line to complete popping all their balloons wins.
This has been the list of 10 fun activities for work parties. Try your hand at a few of these activities and bring a fun mood to your own workplace events.
