FUN ST. PATRICK’S DAY TEAM BUILDING IDEAS

HOW TO CELEBRATE ST.PATRICK’S DAY AT WORK

This article will include 20+ team building ideas to celebrate St.Patrick’s Day at work, including arts and crafts, happy hour, trivia and icebreakers!

Taking the time out of your busy week to celebrate fun occasions and holidays will help your team build memories, bond, and get to know each other better. So this St. Patrick’s Day, March 17th, use this exciting holiday to bring your teams closer together. Check out our St. Patricks’s Day team building ideas and find the right session for your team! 

1. St. Patrick’s Day Happy Hour

Nothing says St. Patrick’s Day like happy hour, so treat your team to a fun drink experience where they can learn and have fun together. Since St. Patricks’s Day lands on Friday in 2023, why not wrap up early and celebrate together? 

• Beer Tasting: Guinness may be the best-selling beer in Ireland, but locals enjoy all types of beer, including lagers and craft beer. Invite your team to learn about the world of beer during a beer tasting class, and learn all about brewing and pouring while having fun through polls and trivia. 

• Cocktail Making: Your team can learn how to shake, stir and pour delicious cocktails from the comfort of their home with a virtual mixology class. Choose a few yummy cocktails like Irish Whiskey Ginger or Irish Mule, and send your team a cocktail kit and ingredients to recreate them at home.

• Whiskey Tasting: Support an Irish-owned company, and give your team a unique experience with a virtual whiskey-tasting experience! They will receive a deluxe tasting box including well-established Irish whiskey brands and ‘new wave’ flavors. 

2. St. Patrick’s Day Arts And Crafts

Art classes are fun hands-on activities that can help us destress and practice mindfulness, so invite your team to unwind through a fun craft class!

• Painting Class: Let your inner creative loose as you paint away a masterpiece inspired by the Irish countryside or a famous Irish painter. Send your team an all-inclusive paint kit, and have a virtual paint instructor guide them through this painting class. 

• Terrarium Making: Building a terrarium is a relaxing experience; your team can design, assemble and decorate the perfect home for a succulent and learn how to care for it. For a fun St.Patrick’s Day twist, they can decorate their planters as a pot of gold or a Leprechaun hat or include a luck-themed decorative rock. 

• Origami: Invite an origami expert to teach your team how to fold origami shamrocks and other spring creations like flowers or butterflies for an easy and low-cost alternative. 

3. St. Patrick’s Day Food Experiences

Food brings people together and can be a great way for your employees to build upon a skill set that will serve them and your loved ones outside of team building.

• Cookie Decorating: For a great family-friendly option, send your team some cookie decorating kits to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day! An instructor will show your team how to recreate fun holiday designs like a rainbow and pot of gold, a shamrock, or even the Irish flag. 

• Baking Class: Invite your team to have a classic afternoon tea, recreate some Irish classics like soda bread, scones, or an apple tart and play a fun game of trivia or icebreakers while they bake! 

• Cooking Class: Led by a local Irish chef, send your team on a culinary adventure to experience an online Irish cooking class, and learn how to make luxurious recipes like Irish beef stew or Decadent Baileys Irish cheesecake in an interactive class. 

4. St. Patrick’s Day icebreaker games

If you are hosting a meeting or huddle or need conversation starters to kick off your team-building session or corporate event, use one of our fun St. Patrick’s Day icebreaker games.

free ST. PATRICK’S DAY VIRTUAL GAMES

• Music Bingo: Find out how much your team knows about classic Irish songs and Irish musicians in a fun and energizing game of music bingo! Check out a St. Patrick’s Day music bingo card and St. Patrick’s Spotify playlist. 

• St. Patrick’s Day Bingo: This St. Patrick’s Day bingo game will help your team get to know each other while having fun with this virtual game! Check out a St. Patrick’s Day bingo card.

• St. Patrick’s Day Scavenger Hunt: Challenge your team through a virtual Scavenger Hunt where they will be asked to find household items related to this fun holiday. Check out a St.Patrick’s Day scavenger hunt card.

St. Patrick’s Day Trivia questions

1. Where was the real St.Patrick presumably born?

1. Ireland

2. England

3. Scotland

2. Where do leprechauns or solitary fairies come from?

1. Celtic folklore

2. Greek mythology

3. Irish children’s stories
   

3. Which US city has dyed its river green since 1926 in honor of St. Patrick’s Day?

1. Phoenix

2. Chicago

3. Houston

4. What Catholic holiday does St.Patrick’s Day happen during?

1. Lent

2. Easter

3. Advent

5. Which of the following is a classic Irish recipe?

1. Bacon and cabbage

2. Scotch eggs

3. Steak and kidney pie

6. What is the capital of Ireland?

1. Galway

2. Cork

3. Dublin

7. What colors is the Irish flag?

1. Red, green, and white

2. Orange, green, and white

3. Green, white, and blue

8. A full Irish breakfast consists of eggs, tomatoes, pudding, sausage, bacon, hashbrowns, toast, and _____.

1. Mushrooms

2. Avocado

3. Spinach

9. Where does the biggest St.Patrick’s Day parade take place?

1. Dublin, Ireland

2. London, England

3. New York City, USA

10. How many people in the USA claim full or partial Irish heritage?

1. 5%

2. 7%

3. 9%

St. Patrick’s Day Icebreaker questions

1. Do you have a good luck charm?

2. Have you ever been to Ireland? What city would you like to visit first?

3. Would you rather eat beef and Guinness stew or bacon and cabbage?

4. Would you rather drink a pint of Guinness or a shot of Jameson?

5. Would you rather see New York’s St.Patrick’s Day parade or Dublin’s St.Patrick’s Day parade?

ST. PATRICK’S DAY THIS OR THAT QUESTIONS

1. Guinness or Irish Coffee?

2. Corned Beef or Shepherd’s Pie?

3. Irish Soda Bread or Irish Scones?

4. Beef Stew or Full Irish Breakfast?

5. Boxty (potato pancakes) or Colcannon (potatoes and cabbage)?

We hope our St.Patrick’s Day team-building ideas and St. Patrick’s Day icebreaker games have inspired you and helped you find the right activity to celebrate with your employees. 

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