How to make a corporate party unforgettably fun
To make the overall emotional picture of the party pleasant:
- Appoint someone responsible for the event. Better than a cheerful employee with an easy-going character. He must know the characteristics of the team.
- During the event, do not force anyone to do anything. Instead, create a favorable and trusting microclimate in which the desire to open up and express yourself arises naturally. Use unobtrusive humor, for example, “Whoever joins us will soon become rich (find a soulmate, etc.)”
- Maintain subordination When choosing competitions, remember that this is a corporate event, and not a meeting of close friends. It is better to omit stripping contests and the like.
- Prepare for the event in advance Many competitions require props, and you need to collect them in advance. Choose prizes for participating in competitions that are fun and neutral - scented candles, photo frames, sweets, stationery, etc. are suitable.
- Prepare your own New Year's corporate party script following our recommendations and your colleagues will be grateful to you.
- You can easily organize a corporate event thanks to our tips that you will find here.
Who will melt the ice?
Refreshing entertainment. It’s worth preparing a few ice cubes in advance for this. To make it more interesting for the participants, we freeze any small figures in cubes, which will become prizes. You can freeze, for example, small sweets, only by first wrapping them in several layers of packaging film so that they do not dissolve in water before they freeze)
The task of the participants, as you probably already guessed, is to melt the pieces of ice. But how to do this is up to you. You can dissolve them in your mouth, you can blow on them (in this case they will melt more slowly, but this will be safer for the participants’ throats). The winner is the one whose piece of ice melts before the others.
Fun party in nature
Employee transformation
If the budget and company policy allows
, to strengthen team spirit,
use role-playing game plots with dressing up
, face painting, etc.
All attributes must be of high quality, so invite a make-up artist and rent professional costumes. For one day, members of your team can become Vikings, cowboys, modern fantasy characters, a rescue team, etc.
If the result of the transformation looks professional, this alone will set an overall positive mood for the entire holiday.
Outdoor competitions
Fresh summer air and wide open spaces of nature allow you to actively relax while taking part in cool corporate competitions.
Walking letter “A”
You will need a wooden structure in the shape of the letter A and some ropes tied to it.
One employee climbs onto the horizontal connecting bar of the letter, the rest use alternating tension on the ropes to set the letter in motion. She must walk. Several teams play.
The winner is the one that worked more harmoniously and covered the distance faster.
Tumbleweed
Employees hold in their hands a long, narrow canvas, with jumpers made of dense material attached under it at equal distances (for relative balance). Small round holes are made on the canvas.
The players' task is to roll the tennis ball along the surface without losing it in any of the trap spaces.
Blind maze
A labyrinth is drawn on the ground. The player’s task is to cover the distance, blindfolded, without going beyond the outlined limits. Colleagues help, each of whom takes turns saying only one word.
Happy snake
Team members, preferably 5-10 people, stand behind each other and carefully squeeze a block between their stomach and the back of the player in front (you can use cling film spools).
The task is to go the distance without losing a single link, otherwise you will have to return to the start.
Football in pairs
An ordinary game of football, only the players are tied together in pairs with ropes 2-2.5 m long. The goalkeeper is tied to the goal with a rope. Since the players' maneuvers are limited, they have to work harmoniously and very quickly as a team.
Search for treasure
An adventure team game in which you will need to show dexterity, strength and ingenuity.
Hide the treasure in advance and give the players a card with the first task. As the team completes tasks, they will reach a treasure, which could be, for example, a bag of candy.
Garbage removal speed competition
If you organize a holiday entirely on your own, the final stage can be this useful competition. The winner will receive a themed gift: a set of household gloves, a towel with soap, etc.
Bankers
For this competition, take a glass jar, several bills of different denominations, coins, as well as pieces of paper, fabric, foil, and any small objects. You can use coin-shaped chocolates to confuse the participants. The size of the jar and the amount of money is at your discretion. Next, we put the money and all other details in the jar so that it is difficult to count the amount in the bank. We pass the finished jar around, and each of the guests tries to count the money and writes down their amount on a piece of paper. At the end, we open the jar, count the money and determine the winner, and the winner is the one who counted the amount as accurately as possible.
Party indoors
Although there is less space here than in nature, there are enough opportunities to show imagination in competitions.
If the corporate event takes place in
cafe or other
public establishment
that is not fully rented by you, ask the administrator in advance about the program for the evening.
The genre of music and the general atmosphere should match your plans.
Neutral competitions for a fun corporate event
Hear me
This is humor built on a banal, often encountered situation when a boss and a subordinate do not hear each other.
A manager and his subordinate are invited to participate in an entertainment competition. The first person is given a player and headphones, and audio news is turned on.
The second one starts asking questions: - Ivan Petrovich, when is the salary? -Can I leave early today? — I want a vacation in July. Let me go? and so on.
The boss tries to read the lips of what the subordinate wants from him and answer his request or question.
Then they change places, and the manager asks questions: - When will the report be ready? - Why are you late? and so on.
Fanta
Participants stand in a circle and pass the ball to each other to the music. When the music stops, the one with the ball draws a forfeit and performs a fun task.
Table competitions
Funny corporate competitions for employees can be held right at the table:
What to do, if
Contestants are asked to find an original way out of an unusual situation, for example, what to do if you lost collective money at cards; if you are stuck in an elevator with the president of the company; if your dog ate an urgent important report? if your boss caught you sleeping at work? and so on.
Savvy
All competitors receive a piece of paper on which a fragment of the painting is depicted. The task is to think about what the artist wanted to depict and complete the painting. When the presenter compares the original with the work of the group, there is no limit to the fun.
Instructions
Each contestant receives a card with an individual task, for example, “How to teach a caterpillar to dive,” “Rules for eating borscht,” etc. In 3 minutes you need to write the most detailed instructions.
The winner is the most inventive and fun instructor.
How it was
It is advisable that all employees take part in the competition. The task is to take turns recalling the events that occurred in the life of the team during a specified period, for example, a year. The one who runs out of stories is eliminated.
The winner is the one who was able to name the maximum number of events. He receives a prize and some funny title: “guardian”, “hard drive”, “enlightened”, etc.
Panic
They play in pairs. Participants receive small pieces of paper and a pen. Everyone writes down about 30 any nouns. All words are put into a bag and mixed.
The first participant’s task is to take the first segment he comes across from the bag and explain to his partner the word written on the segment. The word itself cannot be named. After one minute, the bag is passed on to the next pair, and so on.
The pair that can guess the most words wins.
Fun Questions Quiz
Funny trick questions will help entertain guests:
- Today there was a headless man in the room. How did this happen? (He stuck it out the window)
- Love always ends the same. How? (Soft sign)
- The swallow is flying, and the dog is sitting on its tail. When is this possible? (The dog sits on its tail)
- In which month does the talking bird talk the least? (In February)
- When a cat is bathed, what is he like? (Wet)
- In which year do we eat more? (In leap year)
- What do you cook but don't eat? (Lessons)
- What becomes bigger if you turn it over? (Number 6)
- Which hand do you usually stir your tea with? (The one with the spoon)
- The birthplace of the headdress is the Panama hat? (Ecuador)
- When is the October Revolution celebrated? (In November)
Outdoor games and competitions
If guests have stayed too long, it’s time to hold fun corporate games and competitions in which you need to move:
friend's shoulder
All participants wear blindfolds. Each person's number in the line is announced in his ear. The task is to line up correctly as quickly as possible without uttering a single sound.
The fate of the artist
The presenter invites several guests to the stage and states that candidates for the main roles in the new project are now being selected. But, since the selection is tough, you will have to run for the role.
Each participant is given a chair and a card with the name of their character. The task is to hear your name, get up, run around the rest of the players and sit down in your place.
The presenter begins to read a well-known fairy tale, for example, “The Mitten.” To maintain suspense, he improvises and names characters outside of the plot - no one should stay too long.
Creative competitions
News
A pair of players is given a magazine or newspaper. They choose any news. Then one reads, the other shows the “video” behind the host’s back. The team that was more realistic wins.
Fantasy
Two people are playing. The presenter names any adjective that characterizes a person’s character. The task of the participants is to show on themselves something that can be connected with this. for example, “wide” (nose), long (tongue), etc.
The words are repeated, and the contestants' options must change. The fun begins when you have to use your imagination.
Intonation
The presenter says a simple sentence. Each participant must pronounce it with a new emotional connotation (neutral, threatening, cheerful, ingratiating, etc.).
To make it more relevant, choose a phrase related to work activity, for example: “The boss invites you to talk.” The one who cannot come up with a new intonation is eliminated.
Make your opponent leave
Two contestants are seated opposite each other. With any cultural action, one of them must force the opponent to get up and leave. It is allowed to hug, pat on the shoulder, etc. Time to complete the task is 1-2 minutes.
If the player managed to free up the “victim’s” seat, he sits on it and the game continues. The person with the strongest nerves wins.
Photo report
At the beginning of the holiday, the host announces that the camera is in a visible and accessible place. Everyone present can take fun selfies throughout the evening.
At the end of the party, all photos are shown on a projector and the winner is determined by applause.
Dance competitions and games
Best Dancer
The host invites participants to compete in their dancing abilities. But, as it turns out later, you need to dance:
- like a briefcase
- like a boss's chair
- like iron, etc.
Fun game “Dances of the peoples of the world”
The presenter explains that different nations have their own ritual of corporate greeting: among the Slavs it is a three-time kiss; The French have hugs; among the Japanese - bow; among New Guineans - eyebrow movements; among Africans - clapping hands on thighs, etc.
The players stand in two circles - one inside the other, and begin to move in different directions to the music. When the music stops, the leader calls the people, and the participants must perform the appropriate greeting.
Stick - transformer
This competition is also based on the sudden stop of music. Only in this case, the players pass a stick around in a circle, and when the music stops, the one who has it in his hands goes to the center of the circle.
The presenter voices what the stick turns into: a microphone, a guitar, a violin, a barbell, etc. The music starts again and the player needs to perform a dance with the appropriate props.
Cool corporate event competitions for brave employees
Taster
Participants are blindfolded. The task is to taste the dish that the presenter is feeding him. The one who guesses the maximum number of dishes wins.
Compliment
Several relaxed girls take turns playing. The first participant is asked to leave the room for 2-3 minutes. During this time, the presenter collects various compliments addressed to her from those present.
Upon the girl’s return, the presenter reads out compliments, and her task is to guess who they came from. The participant who was able to give the most correct answers wins.
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Entertainment for young people
Sweetie
Players under the table pass candy. The driver must guess who has it now. The caught player becomes the driver.
Quiet-louder
The driver is selected. He turns away. The rest sit in a circle and make wishes for some person present with gestures.
Then everyone starts singing any song in chorus. The closer the driver is to the hidden person, the louder the singing, and vice versa. Then the guessed one becomes the driver, etc.
You're killed
Everyone sits in a circle and looks into each other's eyes. With a double wink, each participant must have time to “kill” the person they meet with their eyes. The “killed” are eliminated. The game continues until the winner is determined.
Classics
In front of each participant, hopscotches are drawn (only up to the number 5 is possible). All participants stand at the same distance from their “classics”. Near each participant is the same and required number of pebbles. At the command “start”, each participant must take turns throwing the appropriate number of pebbles into each square. That is, in a square with the number “1” there is one pebble, with the number “2” there are two, and so on. All pebbles are thrown from the same distance. When all the squares have the required number of pebbles, the participant must jump along his classic and collect all the stones on the way back. Whoever is first is well done!
Competitions for older employees
Colors
Several teams play, each of which is given a set of signal batons of different colors.
Then musical cuts are turned on, within which these colors are veiled. The teams' task is to react in time and raise the corresponding baton faster than others.
Forbidden letter
The presenter announces a letter that cannot be pronounced, after which he begins to address the employees with questions.
“Yes” and “No” cannot be said either; answers must be detailed. Those who used the letter or thought for a long time are eliminated. The most attentive and fastest competitor wins.
One left
For each participant you need to prepare the same set of cubes. Each cube will have numbers on it according to the number of cubes (for example, if there are 10 cubes, then each of them will have numbers from 1 to 10). All participants close their eyes, the presenter pours out a set of cubes from separate bags for each participant (the cubes are scattered). At the command “start”, the participants open their eyes and begin to assemble their pyramid of cubes, maintaining order. That is, the first cube should be with the number “1”, then with the number “2” and so on. You need to build a pyramid with only one left hand. Whoever completes it first will be the winner.
Presentation of gifts and awards
When the event comes to an end, you can arrange a comic reward.
Oscar
Nominations:
- best psychotherapist of the evening
- best traveler of the evening
- best taster
- privy councilor
- supermodel, etc.
Certificates and gratitude
Comic awards can relate not only to a specific corporate event, but also to the entire work activity:
- certificate for accurately completing the assigned task the second time
- gratitude for your patience and kind words to the printer when it takes a long time to load and chews on paper, etc.
Gift lottery
Each guest, regardless of whether he was an active participant in the competition program, will be happy to go home with a present.
If the corporate budget is small, organize a lottery with couplets and inexpensive gifts such as a lighter, a chocolate bar, etc.
Compliment from the boss
If your budget allows, beautifully arrange a small individual gift for each employee.
. Let it be expensive coffee and chocolate, a diary and pen, or another thing that will be useful at work.
Such useful gifts with spoken words of gratitude for good work and a wonderful mood today will be a good end to the evening.
For corporate events, choose fun and easy competitions that won’t offend anyone. Create an atmosphere of common celebration - let everyone rest this evening, and tomorrow with renewed vigor they will begin to do their work in an even more friendly team.
