'Tis the season for team building! 🔔
When employees feel connected to their colleagues, they're more motivated, engaged, and productive at work. Since the holidays are a time for fun and festivities, it's the perfect chance to help employees build trust and connection in an exciting and creative way.
Still, it can be challenging for businesses to know where to start with team building, especially during the holidays. Not everyone wants to wear an ugly sweater or take part in a Secret Santa event. You need something creative and versatile. The activity should also allow people to use their natural skills while developing new ones. The answer? Games!
- Games build communication skills and trust among teammates
- Games help your company create a culture of fun and creativity
- Games allow you to learn new things about your co-workers
Playing games at your virtual holiday parties gives your team members the chance to have a little fun and see each other in a new light while enjoying the spirit of the season.
Spread the holiday spirit with these virtual holiday party games:
1. Holiday Escape Quest 🔑
No matter what department your employees are part of, being able to work together toward a common goal is vital. If you're looking to help your team build their problem-solving and communication skills while having a bit of adventure and a lot of laughs, a holiday-themed virtual escape room might be just what you need.
This activity works like an escape room, except it's all about your team being stuck on a holiday island alone during a New Year's Eve vacation. Each quest involves a series of puzzles your team must solve correctly to collect the clues that will lead to freedom. Your team has 60 minutes to find their way back to civilization before the ball drops. Many groups can play in separate virtual breakout rooms at one time for a little bit of friendly competition, and the host will reveal the winner in the end.
How to get started 👉 Book Holiday Escape Quest and see how well your team works together under pressure!
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2. Holiday Bingo 🎅
Bingo is a classic that never goes out of style, and it's incredibly easy to adapt for a virtual holiday party. You can find free bingo card generators online, and with some holiday-themed words like "snowman," "reindeer," and "mistletoe," you'll have a festive game that’s quick to set up and fun to play.
Simply share the cards via email or an online bingo generator, and let your team mark off items as they appear during the event. You can even offer small digital rewards, like e-gift cards, for winners!
How to get started 👉 Let an entertaining Drag Queen do the hosting for you. Book a round of Confetti’s Holiday Drag Queen Bingo and we’ll do all the planning!
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3. Winter Pictionary ✏️
Is your team tired of staring at spreadsheets all day? Putting their drawing skills to use might be just the way to inject some creativity into their holiday season.
In Winter Pictionary, two people use a digital whiteboard to draw images that depict a variety of winter-themed words. Their teammates try to guess what those drawings represent. While one team is in the thick of their guessing game, the other team gets to see the phrase they're attempting to guess. This is sure to give everyone a laugh.
One of the best things about Winter Pictionary is that it's easy to play and requires very little setup. All your team needs to do is log on to Zoom and take part, which makes it perfect for remote teams who want to build camaraderie with a dose of lighthearted fun.
How to get started 👉 Book Winter Pictionary and put your team's creative skills to use with some virtual office holiday party fun.
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4. Holiday Coworker Clash 👥
Surely no one on your team wants to see their coworkers clashing, right? Wrong! Everyone will be up for this epic battle as you all engage in a high-energy round of Holiday Coworker Clash.
In this game, your team will try to come up with the most common answers for a holiday-themed survey question. Some questions will be easy enough for your coworkers' kids to answer, and some of them will bewilder even the most brilliant minds among you. Still, one thing is for sure: all will make you laugh!
With Holiday Coworker Clash, you can manually assign teams or mix things up by allowing someone else to do it for you. Either way, you'll have a high-energy and humorous activity that brings the team together and lets you peek into the minds of your coworkers.
How to get started 👉 Book Holiday Coworker Clash to add a little fun and competition to your virtual holiday party.
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5. Name That Holiday Tune 🎶
Bring out your team's competitive spirit with a round of "Name That Tune," holiday edition. Play short snippets of popular holiday songs, and see which team can name the song (and maybe even the artist!) the fastest.
You don’t need any fancy tech for this one—just a playlist of holiday songs and a virtual platform where everyone can play. Use your favorite music streaming service to create a playlist of holiday hits. Play a few seconds of each song during your virtual meeting, and have your team guess the titles.
This game is perfect for sparking some nostalgia and getting everyone into the holiday spirit.
6. Winter Mini Games 🎲❄️
Winter Mini Games is the best choice for coworkers who love a good brain teaser. With simple rules and a set of puzzles designed to fit everyone's style, your team is sure to be in for a challenge. In each game, you may be deciphering a gibberish holiday phrase or identifying traditional winter foods from a fraction of a photo. Either way, Confetti designed these games to be fun and fast-paced.
Everything about these games is winter-themed, making it the perfect addition to your virtual holiday celebrations. One of the best parts about hosting a Winter Mini Games competition is that each person gets a chance to show what they know. This makes it a great opportunity to learn something about your coworkers while engaged in some friendly holiday competition.
How to get started 👉 Play Winter Mini Games for your next virtual holiday party fun. Rack up points to donate meals to families and kids through Feeding America.
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7. Holiday Jeoparty ❓
Holiday Jeoparty is a unique holiday-themed game where the contestants finally get to ask all the questions. It's winter trivia but with a twist.
For this game, everyone gets to be in the same virtual room. The host presents an answer, and participants use their digital buzzer to weigh in with a question. With a variety of topics ranging from simple to complex, Holiday Jeoparty gives every team member the opportunity to showcase those little-known facts that have been living in their heads for the last decade.
Don't get comfortable if your team has the upper hand after a few rounds of this classic game show. The end of the game features a final question in which teams can wager as many points as they want in one last attempt to secure victory. It's anyone's game in the end, which can make for some interesting plot twists during a virtual party.
How to get started 👉 Plan a game of Holiday Jeoparty and help your team put all that trivia knowledge to good use.
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8. Winter Taboo 🗣
Winter Taboo is a game where the team with the largest vocabulary wins. It's the job of the wordsmiths on your team to guess the word at the top of your virtual card without using any of the "taboo" phrases listed below it. When a team is successful, they receive a point. The other team can see your gameplay cards, which gives them something to laugh about as they watch your team try every trick in the book to guess the word.
Each game room will have two teams of up to five people, but you can run many game rooms at the same time. As long as your team is having fun, exercising their brains, and learning the value of communication and teamwork, you can't go wrong adding Winter Taboo to your list of favorite fun and creative challenges for an online holiday party.
How to get started 👉 Find your inner wordsmith at Winter Taboo!
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9. Holiday Trivia 🧠
Holiday Trivia is a game that allows you to bring the entire corporate staff together — its game model has the capacity to accommodate hundreds of people at once. The premise of Holiday Trivia is simple. Your team will discuss answers to each question through a digital app and then have the team captain record the final answer. The team with the most points at the end secures the victory.
Some questions will provide an excellent way for team members to showcase their knowledge of random facts. Others will present a massive learning opportunity. Either way, the sassiest and funniest answers can win extra points, and your team wins the chance to cheer each other on. It's the perfect virtual Christmas party idea.
How to get started 👉 Showcase what you know about winter facts, holiday movies, and more during Holiday Trivia!
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10. Holiday Mash-Up 🎁
Holiday Mash-Up isn't a game in and of itself. Instead, it's a combination of a few popular virtual holiday office party games. If you have ever wanted to sample some classic games, this is the opportunity you have been waiting for.
This mash-up makes hosting a virtual holiday party a breeze. Holiday Water Cooler lets coworkers share and remember funny or weird facts about their coworkers right before they attempt to beat them at a game of Holiday Trivia. A quick round of Winter Mini Games on Confetti's platform comes last, giving your team 60 to 90 minutes total of engaging holiday fun.
How to get started 👉 Book Holiday Mash-Up and experience some of Confetti's most popular holiday games.
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11. Holiday Scavenger Hunt 🔍
Add a little energy to your virtual party with a holiday-themed scavenger hunt. Create a list of holiday-related items that employees might have at home—like a holiday mug, a dreidel, a Christmas tree ornament, something red or green, or a favorite holiday treat. Participants have a limited time to find each item and show it on screen. The first person to find all the items wins!
This game encourages everyone to move around, take a break from their desk, and share something personal from their holiday traditions.
How to get started 👉 The Confetti Games team created these virtual scavenger hunt prompts to give you some ideas!
12. Holiday Seen It? 🍿
If your team loves holiday movies, Holiday Seen It? is the perfect game for your virtual party! This interactive holiday movie trivia game will test your team's knowledge of seasonal films, actors, and memorable moments. Hosted by an engaging quiz master, Holiday Seen It? takes your team through five rounds of fun and challenging questions, including categories like:
- Name That Movie: Guess the holiday movie based on a short clip or description.
- Who’s That Actor?: Identify actors in popular holiday classics.
- Remember That Character?: Recall famous holiday movie characters.
How to get started 👉 Skip the movie night and make it a holiday game instead with Holiday Seen It?
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13. Holiday Codeword 🤔
In Holiday Codeword, teams will compete to guess a series of holiday-themed words using strategic, one-word clues. An entertaining host will guide your team through multiple rounds, creating an exciting and interactive experience. The sooner your team guesses the codeword, the more time they win for future rounds—so choose your clues wisely! After several rounds of fast-paced guessing, teams will face off in a final showdown, battling it out to become the ultimate word-guessing champions.
Not only does Holiday Codeword boost team morale, but it also sharpens communication skills and brings out the competitive spirit in a fun, lighthearted way.
How to get started 👉 Challenge your team's wit and foster collaboration with a game of Holiday Codeword!
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Play virtual holiday party games with Confetti!
If you are boring your employees with the same office holiday party every year, it's time to switch it up! Skip the virtual Secret Santa and use these virtual holiday party ideas instead. The winter holidays are the perfect time to try something new and take a few bold steps moving into the next year. With Confetti's virtual holiday games, Your staff will sharpen their skills, strengthen their relationships, and have tons of fun in the process.
If you're ready for the ultimate virtual holiday event, book with Confetti and spread holiday cheer today!
