Whether your goal is to energize, bond, or simply have fun, there are plenty of engaging options. The trick? Match the activity to your team’s vibe, interests, and the experience you want to create. Here’s how to pick the best virtual team-building activity—and a few tried-and-true examples to get you started.
1. Know Your Team’s Preferences
Your team may be a lively, high-energy bunch, or perhaps they lean toward thoughtful, creative activities. Consider what resonates with them. Are they foodies? Problem solvers? Trivia buffs? Knowing this will help narrow down the options. For example, trivia nights can satisfy competitive spirits, while a collaborative escape room might appeal to those who love challenges.
2. Factor in Time and Energy
Team-building events shouldn’t feel like a chore. A quick 30-minute trivia game can be the perfect break during the workday, while activities like virtual cooking classes or tasting sessions may work better as a post-work treat. Be mindful of people’s schedules, energy levels, and time zones to avoid fatigue or poor participation.
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3. Mix Fun with Purpose
The best team-building activities hit the sweet spot between fun and meaningful interaction. If your team needs to work on problem-solving, an escape room game might be just the thing. Virtual arts and crafts workshops can be a great choice for fostering creativity and teamwork.
4. Encourage Inclusivity
Not every activity works for everyone—dietary restrictions can make a cooking class tricky, while some might feel left out during a competitive quiz. Make sure your chosen activity has broad appeal or offers flexibility so everyone feels comfortable participating.
5. Gather Feedback and Rotate Activities
Not every event will hit the mark with everyone, so gather feedback after each session. This will help fine-tune future activities. Also, rotating between different types—like trivia one month and a craft session the next—keeps things fresh and exciting.
Final Thoughts
Virtual team-building doesn’t have to be complicated or dull. With a bit of planning and an open mind, you can bring people together in ways that genuinely foster connections and fun. So, whether it’s a wine tasting or a race to escape a virtual room, the goal remains the same: build bonds, boost morale, and have a blast along the way!
Virtual Holiday Team Building Events
If your remote team wants to celebrate the holidays, virtual holiday events bring your group together for a fun and festive celebration. Explore a variety of options like gingerbread house decorating, gift exchanges, and holiday-themed games for a memorable event.
Virtual White Elephant Team Gift Experience
Get in the holiday spirit with a classic white elephant gift exchange! Unwrap gifts virtually, participate in a holiday trivia contest, and steal gifts from your teammates in a festive event led by our high-energy and engaging hosts. You'll build camaraderie and bond with your group, then leave with a virtual gift that will be mailed to you afterward.
Virtual Escape Room: The Office Holiday Party
Get ready for an immersive team building experience with you and your colleagues racing against the clock to escape the dreaded office party and start your well-deserved holiday break. Solve clues, puzzles, and mini-games in mini-teams while interacting with the whole group, all facilitated by an entertaining host for a fun and unique virtual event.
Virtual Escape Room: Murder Mystery
Embark on an exhilarating murder mystery adventure with your team as you step into the shoes of trainees at CHPD. Solve puzzles, crack codes, and unravel the clues to catch a cunning murderer before they strike again, all while building camaraderie and teamwork.
Virtual Secret Santa Gift Exchange
Join our exciting Virtual Secret Santa Gift Exchange, the perfect way to spread holiday cheer and foster camaraderie within your team or group! Participants will be randomly assigned a gift recipient and given opportunities to personalize their presents. You'll exchange gifts, share reactions, and learn new things about each other along the way. Ideal for corporate team building or private gatherings, this interactive experience ensures fun and connection, no matter where you are. With professional facilitation, our event promises seamless organization and memorable moments. Don't miss out on this delightful opportunity to bond and celebrate together!
Virtual Gingerbread Mini Games
Get ready to unleash your creativity and competitive spirit in our Gingerbread Mini Games Event! Perfect for teams, families, and friends, this virtual group event combines the fun of building gingerbread structures with a series of exciting challenges. Gather your group and compete to create the most impressive and imaginative gingerbread masterpieces.
Virtual Mini Game Showdown: Holiday Edition
Get ready for an exhilarating hour of non-stop action and friendly competition with our Holiday Edition Mini Game Showdown. Choose from a selection of electrifying games that will bring out the best in your team as our expert hosts guide you through each round. It's the ultimate team building experience where skill, strategy, and pure fun collide.
Most Popular Virtual Team Building Activities
Embark on a team-building adventure with our most popular activities, including scavenger hunts, exciting escape rooms, thought-provoking trivia challenges, mixology sessions, and more. Strengthen your team bonds while having a blast.
Step into one of our many virtual escape rooms and work together with your team to solve puzzles, uncover clues, and race against the clock. With plenty of themes to choose from, It’s an immersive, interactive experience that challenges your problem-solving skills while fostering teamwork and fun—all from the comfort of your own home!
Learn and apply simple pottery hand-building techniques to create a planter or candleholder. We use air-dry clay, so participants do not need a kiln.
This workshop is perfect for a group that likes to be hands-on and is a great way to learn fascinating skills in an interactive, social, and creative environment. Absolute beginners are welcome!
Virtual Escape Room: Escape from the '90s
Immerse yourself in the '90s nostalgia as you and your mini-team work together to escape the room in this ultimate throwback escape game. Solve riddles, crack codes, and uncover clues from a pre-Google era while bonding with your teammates and reliving the good old Nickelodeon days.
Make 3 different drinks while learning about the fundamental elements that make cocktails great! You'll first learn a bit of mixology history, bar tools (and substitutions), and key skills. Then you'll move on to how to master three craft cocktails:Â
- The Day Dream: Choice of spirit, seasonal syrup, lime juice, Lemon garnish
- 5:00 Somewhere: Choice of spirit, seasonal syrup, lime juice, Elderflower liqueur, lemon garnish, dehydrated flowers
- Pretty Rad: Choice of spirit, seasonal syrup, lime juice, hibiscus ginger beer, lemon garnish, edible glitter, cocktail umbrella, glow stick
Build a beautiful terrarium with your group and learn about feng shui! The terrarium can be displayed on a shelf or table, or even made into a creative hanging display.
Our Virtual Terrarium Workshop is a fun and peaceful way for your team to connect and add some greenery to their spaces. We'll supply everything each team member needs to create a peaceful glass-encased terrarium that can be easily displayed by hanging or placing it on a shelf, table, or near their workspace!
Join us for a captivating wine and cheese-tasting experience to elevate your team's knowledge and conversation skills. With expert guidance, explore two wines and two cheeses while learning about their unique creation methods and impressing your friends with new vocabulary and pairing ideas.
Get ready to flex those fun facts and face off in a friendly competition that will engage the most trivial corners of your colleagues' minds! With diverse trivia topics like movies, pop culture, and even ice-cream flavors, your team will flex their fun facts, laugh, and bond while engaging in a bit of friendly competition.
Arts and Crafts Workshops
From painting nights to DIY crafts, arts and crafts sessions bring out creativity and provide a relaxing way to connect. Everyone can show off their finished products at the end.
Learn the art of handmade melt-and-pour soap making in this interactive workshop. Discover techniques, ingredients, and the satisfaction of creating your own personalized soaps for a fun team-building experience.
Join our interactive workshop to learn how to create a mosaic tray. A kit will be shipped right to your door, and our expert instructor will guide you through designing and grouting. The result will be a beautiful and functional tray perfect for team-building activities and unleashing your creativity.
Relax and create together with our classic Paint & Sip event! Everyone will receive a bottle of wine and an acrylic painting kit, learn the techniques to paint a beautiful image of your choosing, and then toast to a fun and relaxing event! It's easy, fun, and totally stress-free. This activity is designed for beginners and has something for all skill levels.
Learn how to use a wood-burning tool and use different nibs to create a variety of wood-burned effects in your designs. Our instructor will show you how to prepare the wood, transfer the design, work with the different nibs to create the artwork, add lettering to enhance the piece, and use watercolor and colored pencils to finish your masterpiece.
Virtual Marbled Resin Cutting Board
This kit combines one of our favorite looks (marbled) with one of our favorite mediums (epoxy resin) to produce one stunning finished product! Each kit comes with a beautiful wood board, epoxy resin, paint, tape, and all the accessories you will need to make your own marbled resin board! We include 12 different colors of paint for you to pick out your favorite color combination.
Embark on a meditative journey through our Suminagashi-inspired workshop, delving into the ancient art of marbling. Immerse your team in a virtual exploration of Japanese culture, fostering relaxation and creativity as you collaboratively craft marbled rice paper and coasters. Strengthen bonds and ignite creativity with this unique team-building experience!
Immerse your team in a nature-inspired team-building experience with our Moss Wall Art workshop! Craft your maintenance-free moss masterpiece featuring vibrant greenery and seasonal themes. Elevate your surroundings while learning moss preservation and care tips in this interactive session.
In this private workshop, your group will create a painting together on canvas. Though you'll all be working on the same painting, each work of art will be uniquely yours. The goal of this class is to have fun, unwind, get creative, and try something new together.Â
Virtual Cooking and Baking ClassesÂ
Learn to whip up delicious meals with the guidance of a professional chef. Virtual cooking and baking classes are hands-on, social, and end with a tasty reward!
Virtual Hot Sauce from Scratch
Learn how to make your own signature hot sauce and unleash your inner hot sauce fanatic at our private, interactive workshop led by a professional chef. Discover the secrets of choosing peppers, balancing flavors, and bottling your sauce while enjoying a fun team building activity.
If your group is looking for a family-friendly way to beat the heat, what could be cooler than homemade ice cream? In this beginner-friendly introduction to ice cream making, our chef will guide you through a traditional sweet cream ice cream (with cookie crumbles from soft-serve queen Christina Tosi's own Milk Bar) as well as our take on the New York Times' Ginger Ice Cream. We'll also talk about ice cream-making techniques and play some hilarious ice cream trivia where the winner gets ice cream!Â
Virtual Mochi Ice Cream Making
Learn the art of making fresh, homemade mochi from the comfort of your home with a private, interactive workshop led by a professional chef. Join us for a fun team building activity where you'll create delicious mochi and enjoy the benefits of a unique culinary experience.
Join our live online pizza-making workshop, where you will learn how to create delicious homemade pizza from scratch with the guidance of a professional chef. Roll dough, add your favorite toppings, and bake your way to a team building experience that is both fun and tasty.
Learn the art of sushi making from the comfort of your own home! Our interactive virtual class will teach you everything you need to know, and we'll even send you a sushi kit to get started. Enhance your collaboration and culinary skills with this fun and delicious team building experience.
Make delicious potato gnocchi from scratch! Instead of the store-bought, dense grocery-store version of the Italian classic, learn how to make a much fluffier, light version of gnocchi with your own hands.
Your group will mix and knead a classic pasta dough, hand-shape pappardelle pasta, and create a marinara and pesto sauce from scratch. At the end, your group will enjoy delicious handmade pasta.Â
Virtual Bread Making: Focaccia Art
Put your imagination and art skills to the test to create a fantastic edible piece of art, using focaccia dough as your canvas, served up with a side of Marinara. Whether you design a flower garden out of herbs and asparagus, feather a bird with carrots, olives, and tomatoes, or challenge your teammates to create the best version of your company logo, your creativity will shine through in this fun and delicious project.
Virtual Escape Rooms
Gather the team to solve puzzles and escape within a time limit. Virtual escape rooms are perfect for sharpening problem-solving skills while encouraging collaboration.
Virtual Escape Room: Pirate Treasure Hunt
Embark on a thrilling pirate-themed virtual adventure where you and your team will compete against the notorious Captain William Kidd to find buried treasure. Work together to solve clues, puzzles, and mini-games in this exciting team building experience that promises rough seas and the opportunity to claim Captain Kidd's treasure for yourselves.
Virtual Escape Room: Expedition to the North Pole
Experience an exhilarating virtual escape room where mini teams must work together to escape the treacherous North Pole. Solve puzzles, uncover clues, and navigate challenging obstacles to reach your destination, all while building teamwork and camaraderie.
Virtual Escape Room: The Arctic Circle
Work with a small team of explorers to stay cool (but don't freeze) as you solve a crime by completing puzzles and riddles. In this escape game experience, you and your team will be the proud purchasers of a Groupon trip to the majestic North Pole! When the private plane hits some unavoidable turbulence, your shaken team will need to navigate an unforgiving tundra as you attempt to make your way to your destination.
Trivia Nights
Break everyone into teams and test knowledge on fun themes like pop culture or geography.Â
Virtual trivia games are always crowd-pleasers and easy to organize.
Four rounds of different style trivia over sixty minutes that center around the '70s, '80s, '90s, and '00s! A lot of stuff has happened throughout the years, and we want to make sure you've been paying attention! From the emergence of grunge and EDM, to low rise jeans and the Atkins Diet, there's plenty of nostalgia in this event!
Join us for an exhilarating end-of-year trivia event in which your team will test how well they remember all of the memorable events of the past year. Hosted by a professional trivia emcee, this event will surely be a hit with your team as they engage in some light competitive fun.
Test your knowledge through a wide range of topics celebrating the many facets of the world of music. The challenges will vary from the most-played international music to the lesser-known, niche genres. This trivia happens over a Zoom Video and usually takes about sixty minutes. A wide range of companies have trusted us with their team events (including Peloton, LinkedIn, Ernst & Young, Conde Nast, and Teachable, as well as a variety of law firms and nonprofits) so we try to keep the questions diverse in terms of topics and era so that everyone feels like they can participate in answering.
Join us for a high-energy, action-packed trivia game focused on cinema and Hollywood! Test your knowledge and critical thinking skills while fostering team building and enjoying a fun-filled experience with our entertaining host.
From fast food chains to local delicacies, we'll stretch your brain, as well as your stomach!
This trivia happens over Zoom and usually takes about sixty minutes. Compete with your colleagues in a fun-filled hour of virtual trivia, where you'll bond, laugh, and vie for the title of best-at-company trivia nerds.
Participate in a fun-filled trivia event based on the beloved TV series Friends. Challenge your team's knowledge, bond over laughter, and enjoy a smooth and engaging experience with our entertaining host.
Test your team's nerdy knowledge and bond over a lively game of virtual team trivia. Join us for a fun-filled hour of laughter, competition, and camaraderie as you vie for the crown of best-at-company trivia nerds.
Online Games and CompetitionsÂ
Feud Frenzy or a quick game of Pictionary? Casual and interactive online games encourage laughter and friendly competition.
Virtual Brick Building Team Challenge
Unleash your team's creativity and collaboration skills in our exciting Lego building challenge! With individual and team challenges, you'll work together to create unique structures and compete for the title of best build, all while embracing diversity of thought and outside-the-box thinking.
Experience the excitement of a digital twist on the classic game show that will have your team strategizing their way to victory! Engage in fast-paced rounds, compete against other teams, and enjoy a fun and unique experience that will enhance team building and creativity.
Engage in a whirlwind of challenges that will bring out the best in your group. Join us for an hour of non-stop action with trivia, escape rooms, and more. Experience the ultimate team building event that will leave your team energized and ready to conquer any challenge!
Break out into mini-groups and embark on a unique scavenger hunt experience that combines team building, creative projects, and hilarious interactions with your surroundings. Whether your team is in the office or at home, this hour-long event will get everyone fully engaged and entertained, leaving you with a winning team and a Zoom room filled with laughter and camaraderie.
Food and Drink Tastings
Food and drink tastings are fun and make for a great bonding experience, especially for smaller teams. Kits for whiskey, wine, or chocolate-tasting are sent to team members before the class so you can all experience them together.Â
Virtual American Whiskey Tasting
Discover the diverse flavors of America's native spirit in this immersive virtual whiskey-tasting workshop. Led by a whiskey expert, you'll learn how to enhance your whiskey experience while enjoying premium American whiskeys and bourbons, making it the perfect team building activity.
Explore the complex flavors that showcase Belgian craft brewing in our virtual beer-tasting experience. The Belgian brewing tradition creates some of the world's more unique beers. In this virtual event, you'll learn about Belgium's rich brewing history by tasting a variety of exceptional beers. You will come away with an appreciation for the effort that goes into brewing them.Â
Virtual Premium Bourbon Tasting
Taste and learn about bourbon in this one-of-a-kind team experience. Try a selection of premium bourbons and discover and discuss the tasting notes of each with the guidance of our resident spirits expert. For bourbon enthusiasts and newcomers alike, this event is educational and fun for all!
Indulge in a delicious team building experience with our interactive chocolate-tasting workshop. Discover the rich history of chocolate while enjoying three specialty bars from around the world, all delivered right to your door.
Virtual Tasting: Olive Oil & Balsamic Vinegar
Introduce a nourishing touch to your meals by exploring the world of Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegar. Enriched with antioxidants and nutrients, these culinary essentials elevate your dishes to new heights. Delve into the diverse flavors of these ingredients, discover must-try pairing recipes, and uncover fun facts about this globally beloved duo. Join us in exploring the vibrant world of two of the most popular and harmoniously complementary ingredients!
Join our private virtual wine-tasting workshop led by a professional wine expert, where you'll learn wine basics, tasting techniques, and practical wine appreciation tips. With top-shelf bottles of French Sauvignon Blanc, Willamette Valley Pinot Noir, and Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon shipped to each participant, it's the perfect team building activity for wine enthusiasts and novices.
Delve into the world of Rosé wines in this interactive and informative event led by a professional wine instructor. Learn the basics, answer burning questions, and enjoy three bottles of Rosé shipped right to your door for a fun and educational team-building experience.
Virtual Mixology (BYO Materials)
Become the master of your home bar with a private cocktail-making class for your friends, family, or colleagues! You will learn fascinating details about a variety of spirits, all about bar tools (and substitutions), and the fundamental skills for making great cocktails. Then we will move on to make and master three classic cocktails of your choice.Â
Dessert Classes
Your team will enjoy learning to make some sweet treats, including caramel apples, truffles, and mochi ice cream. Virtual dessert making classes are beginner-friendly and led by professional chefs to help the team build culinary skills while improving team bonding.
Make beautiful caramel-covered apples from start to finish in this sweet-as-can-be workshop.
Caramel apples are a classic treat, and they are easy to make and fun to decorate. Our expert chef will walk your group through the process of making caramel, freezing and dipping the apples, and then adding special toppings to make them extra sweet.
Rival the food carts and treat yourself to new memories of churros, at home… because there's nothing like freshly fried pastry sticks coated in cinnamon sugar with decadent chocolate dipping sauce! This DIY Churro Kit comes with just about everything you need to easily make about 40 homemade churros (2 batches of 20). The included piping set creates the classic churro shape with ridges.
Virtual Mochi Ice Cream Making
Learn the art of making fresh, homemade mochi from the comfort of your home with a private, interactive workshop led by a professional chef. Join us for a fun team building activity where you'll create delicious mochi and enjoy the benefits of a unique culinary experience.
Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp & Lemonade
Join our interactive workshop led by a professional chef to learn how to make a delicious strawberry-rhubarb crisp. With all ingredients shipped to each participant, including a shopping guide for perishables and produce, this team building event is the perfect opportunity to bond over a mouthwatering dessert.
Virtual Premium Chocolate Truffle Making
Indulge in a decadent experience with our Virtual Premium Chocolate Truffle Making event, where you'll craft delicious homemade truffles from the comfort of your home! With a kit delivered to your door and expert guidance from a professional chef, you'll learn to create flawless ganache, hand-roll truffles, and customize them with gourmet toppings. Perfect for teams, this one-hour workshop will transform you into a proud chocolatier!
Virtual Taro Bubble Tea Making
Indulge in the art of Taro Bubble Tea making with our DIY kit! Join our private workshop led by a professional chef, where all the ingredients will be shipped directly to you for a fun and delicious team building experience.
Join us for a private, interactive workshop led by a professional chef where you'll learn how to make delicious mochi doughnuts with various flavorful glazes and creative toppings. This team building event includes a kit with all the necessary ingredients and supplies to enjoy a fun and tasty experience from the comfort of your home.
Learn the art of creating delectable homemade jelly doughnuts with our interactive workshop led by a professional chef. Our jelly doughnut-making kit provides all the necessary tools and ingredients for a fun team building experience, resulting in the most indulgent fruit-filled doughnuts you've ever tasted.
Wellness Sessions
Virtual wellness team-building activities offer unique hybrid activities to reduce stress, improve posture, and enhance group communication, fostering a calmer, more connected team.
Virtual Group Stretching & Alignment
Improve your flexibility, prevent injury, and enhance your range of motion with our Stretching & Alignment class. Join us for a team building experience that will leave you feeling lengthened, strengthened, and ready to take on any challenge.
Virtual Guided Group Meditation
This 30-minute workshop includes meditation practice, discussion, and invitations to manifest the principles of yoga through community outreach. Experience individual empowerment, build compassionate networks, and develop spiritual activism to create a lasting impact in your community.
Virtual Mindful Meditation for the (Home) Office
Discover how to shatter preconceived ideas about meditation and unlock the power of mindfulness in your team. Harness everyday operations as tools to reduce stress, increase productivity, and build a robust and resilient team.
Unleash your team's potential and realize your dreams with our interactive vision board workshop! Led by a professional artist, this guided event will inspire and engage your group as they create their vision boards to manifest their goals and bring them to life.
Virtual Weekly Decompression for High Stress Teams
Unwind and find balance with this weekly event designed to help high-stress teams decompress. This virtual event is designed to help you and your colleagues reconnect and embrace more joy and ease in your day. Join us for guided relaxation exercises, visualization, and meditation, and awaken feeling refreshed and ready to take on anything.
Virtual Weekly Wind Down—Facilitated Meeting
Join our Weekly Wind Down event series, where a professional facilitator will guide your team through sharing their highlights, frustrations, and learnings, leading to better coworking relationships, a greater understanding of team health, and more effective meetings. This is not just another meeting people hate but a structured and enjoyable team building experience that will quickly become your team's favorite weekly meeting.
Unwind and destress with our private workshop designed to bring peace and creativity into your life. Join us for a team building coloring experience guided by a professional instructor, where you'll receive all the materials needed to relax and let your creative spirit shine.
Join this stress-busting, team building event designed to give your team a much-needed moment of respite. Learn easy desk stretches, guided meditation, and adorable puppy and kitten trivia to relax and recharge.