Best Virtual Team Building Activities For Remote Teams

VIRTUAL TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES FOR REMOTE TEAMS

FUN GAMES AND ACTIVITIES FOR TEAM BUILDING SESSIONS

this article will feature our best tips to hosting a great team building session and a selection of great ideas to have fun with your team!

Team building is essential to building company culture and helping your teams feel safe, comfortable, and like they can be themselves. We love team building activities, obviously, but why should you? It’s easy; the more your team knows each other and can have fun, the more likely they will trust and work well together. The more time your team spends together outside of work activities, the more they feel part of the team and work community, boosting morale and employee engagement. 

Three quick things to consider before choosing a great virtual team building activity: 

1. The reasoning: What are you looking to achieve with this team building event? Are you looking to introduce a new team member, hype up your team before a project, or celebrate a team achievement? Identifying the reason will help determine the best type of session i.e. a high-energy game versus a relaxing craft-making class. 

2. Talking to your team: You want this team event to be on your team’s radar to ensure it does not clash with any upcoming deadlines, projects, or holidays! A team building session should be something to look forward to, not something else to worry about. 

3. Options, options, options! The best way to get your team excited for your team building session is to give them input! After choosing a date that suits them most, narrow down your options and allow them to select what THEY want to attend. This can be done for large teams through a multi-experience approach where the group comes together for a joint session and then sends them off to enjoy an activity that suits their interest! 

Now, what you came here for! Check out our best virtual team building activity ideas: 

1. Craft Sessions

Crafting together is a great way to help teams bond while encouraging them to step outside their comfort zone and take on a hands-on activity. Plus, the result tends to be pretty epic and rewarding!

Terrarium Making: Gardening can be intimidating, but succulents require little effort to thrive! Invite your team to build and decorate their terrarium in this fun team building experience, and they will have an awesome decoration for their home office. Kits include a fresh succulent from a family-run farm in New Jersey and decorative rocks and stencils for your team to spruce up their terrarium holders. 

Soap Making: Using KraftyLab’s melt-and-pour kits, soap making has never been easier. Your team will receive an all-inclusive kit with shea-butter-based soap and essential oils, and they will melt, mix and pour their soap into fun molds. Once finished, they will be left with moisturizing and awesome-smelling soap bars to enjoy!

Candle Making: Your team can learn how to make homemade candles in this crafty class! Using premium soy wax and essential oils, the result is a premium relaxing product they can burn to their heart's content or gift to a loved one! 

KraftyLab’s candle making experience.

2. Food & Drink Experiences

Food and Drink experiences are a hit for corporate events and team building sessions, and they so what kind what new and exciting experience your team can enjoy!

Chocolate Making: Everyone loves a little sweet treat, right? Your team can learn how to make super simple yet decadent chocolate creations like chocolate truffles with premium Valrhona chocolate and delicious toppings like sea salt caramel and raspberry. 

For a more crafty experience, invite your team to learn how to make some impressive hot chocolate bombs filled with all their favorite toppings like hot cocoa, marshmallows, and sprinkles! Hot chocolate bombs can be customized for all your favorite holidays, like Christmas and Valentine’s Day. 

Taco Making: Live from Mexico City, your team can experience authentic Mexican cuisine experience! A professional chef will host this taco-making class and show your teams how to make Mexican street tacos, including a homemade tortilla, salsa, and taco filling.

Bubble Tea: Learn all about the global phenomenon that is boba! An expert instructor will guide your team through this immersive experience and teach about bubble tea history and its development. Then, your colleagues will brew, assemble and enjoy two vastly different and delicious variations of bubble tea! 

Coffee Tasting: Many of us drink coffee daily, but how much do we know about this delicious beverage? A coffee expert will guide your team through this global coffee-tasting experience and teach them all about pouring, comparing, and contrasting regional coffees. Your team will receive a premium coffee kit with a pour-over, kettle, and three pouches of sustainable, ethical, and fair-trade coffee from the YIELD coffee company. 

KraftyLab’s coffee making kit and coffee tasting experience.

3. Virtual Happy Hour

Happy hours are a great way to help teams unwind, celebrate and have fun. It is important to gauge your teams’ interests when hosting a happy hour and finding ways to elevate it, like virtual games or icebreakers. 

Beer Tasting: This beer-tasting experience combines education, entertainment, and fun! Your team will be invited to a virtual tour of a Denver brewery and learn all about beer making, pouring, and tasting. This experience includes a premium craft beer kit and is elevated with live audience polling and beer (and general) trivia for your teams to have fun and connect. 

Wine Tasting: Help your teams feel like they are in Napa Valley through this incredible wine-tasting experience. Your team will receive a deluxe kit featuring a red, white, and rosé of the season. A wine consultant will guide your team through this tasting and teach them the 4 S’s of wine, wine facts, trivia, and more. Your team may choose a wine and pairing class, where they will learn how to curate pairings for the ultimate tasting or make DIY wine cocktails!

Mead Tasting: For a unique happy hour experience, invite your team to a mead or honey wine-tasting experience! Build a custom 4-pack of mead ranging from a classic craft mead to fruity cranberry or different hops for a variety in flavor. An instructor will guide your colleagues through the tasting and provide awesome mead history and fun trivia along the way. Mead tasting is in partnership with Groennfell & Havoc, one of the largest meaderies in the US, which is a proud B Certified Corporation and provider of Kosher and gluten-free certified mead, so more of your teams can enjoy this experience. 

Mixology: A mixology experience can be a great way to help teams connect through a fun learning experience! At this cocktail party, a professional mixologist will teach your teams how to make some delicious cocktails (or mocktails) and learn some great tips and tricks for making drinks. This experience can serve your teams as they entertain and impress their friends and loved ones beyond this session.

KraftyLab’s virtual mixology experience.

4. online team building games

Virtual team building games are the perfect opportunity for a group to come together and have fun. For international teams, virtual games can be a great team building alternative to a class or experience that won’t be as costly or difficult to fulfill for your company. 

Blurt: Blurt is a high-energy and exciting game session where colleagues come together and bond through a mini-game series. Professional stand-up comedian Sterling Thrill will host rounds of fun mini-games like Search It Out, Hum It Out, Act It Out, Draw It Out, and more. Blurt is the perfect way to help teams have fun and bond!

Music Bingo: Music Bingo will help you find and discover your team's most well-versed music fans! Led by a professional DJ, this experience includes custom virtual music bingo cards for each round and bragging rights with each round winner. You can choose from classic bingo sessions or customize them to suit your teams or event! 

Team Trivia: Team Trivia will test your team’s knowledge of a wide range of pop culture topics like movies, geography, history, and more! For a special touch, customize this event to fit your event, like a holiday-themed trivia game. Your teams will work together to lead their team to victory and possibly win a few great prizes! 

Scavenger Hunt: A scavenger hunt will unveil who knows their home best and who can promptly locate household and everyday items. This is a great team building exercise as groups must strategize to find as many of the items listed as quickly as possible. 

Lauren Ansley’s is our Scavenger Hunt host!

5. virtual Art Classes

How often are creative for creativity's sake? Not for work, not for a campaign or marketing,  but simply for fun? Probably not nearly enough! Art classes can be a great way to encourage your team to channel their inner child and possibly benefit from art therapy benefits. 

Japanese Marbling: Japanese marbling is inspired by ancient art, Suminagashi. Your team will learn how to use this ‘floating’ ink technique with interesting objects like a comb and tweezers, create their masterpiece, and practice mindfulness through this relaxing art form. 

Painting Classes: Send your team an all-inclusive painting kit and let your instructor guide them as they recreate a fun and impressive piece of art. Choose from a great selection, including nature painting, pop art, abstract art, dot art, and neurography painting. This class requires no experience; all they have to do is follow their instructor and have fun! 

KraftyLab’s neurographic painting class.

6. Virtual Entertainment 

Live entertainment is a great way to unite teams, as memorable experiences can offer a sense of community and bonding. Your team will laugh, have fun, and connect over your chosen act. Virtual entertainment experiences are perfect for big occasions like team celebrations, corporate milestones, and team events. 

Magician: World-renowned magician Chris Dugdale offers a virtual experience unlike no other, a full magic and mind control act wherever your teams are. Chris’ act can be bespoken to your company and be a truly impressive experience for clients and senior management. 

Illusionist: As seen on America’s Got Talent, Kevin Blake will bring your team through a secret passageway in a grandfather clock and into a beautiful underground speakeasy to experience interactive mind-reading and hilarious coincidences that will blow your mind. 

KraftyLab’s illusionist act, Virtually Impossible by Kevin Blake.

7. virtual Wellness sessions

There is much you can do to help your teams prioritize their well-being and practice mindfulness, so why not incorporate a wellness theme into your team building activities? 

Wellness Speaker: Give your employees the tools and resources to prioritize their mental health through a wellness speaker event and encourage them to put them to practice, and support them through their wellness journey. Ellen Vora, MD, offers a range of topics from personal self-improvements, such as Sleep Strategies or How to Avoid Burnout, to professional development topics on Returning to Work and Coping with the Pandemic.  

Bucket List Experience: Inspire your teams to think outside the box with our Bucket List Experience, where they will learn how to live life to the fullest, personally and professionally. Bucket List Coach Nini will guide your team through her 12 Step Process to identifying and setting goals to live a more bold and fulfilling life. Your team will leave this session feeling inspired and empowered. 

Yoga & Meditation: Yoga and meditation sessions will give your teams practical ways and tools to practice mindfulness. Yoga and meditation allow your teams to connect their body and minds and unwind from their busy schedules. You can create a wellness program and include regular yoga and/or meditation sessions for teams to look forward to! 

KraftyLab’s yoga instrutor Shaunie Bello.

8. Holiday Team Building Events 

Planning a holiday team building event can initially seem daunting, but it is not that different from any other team building event! Check out some great customizable options that can suit most corporate holidays! 

Cookie Decorating: Cookie decorating is a great family-friendly event for any holiday office party. Your team will receive sugar cookies, icing, and an icing dye kit, and an instructor will show you basic techniques like outlining and flooding. Then, your colleagues can go ahead and recreate their favorite holiday designs. 

Card Decorating: A card decorating class will teach your teams some great tips and tricks to recreate a store-worthy holiday card. Using calligraphy techniques, simple-to-recreate designs, and a little creativity and effort, they will make their own handmade card, ready to be given to a loved one. 

If you want fun and free ways to elevate your holiday event, add some Holiday This Or That Icebreaker Questions, Christmas Trivia, Free Christmas Games, and Christmas Movie Trivia to any office party.

KraftyLab’s card decorating class.

9. Icebreakers and Trivia

Speaking of trivia, we use icebreakers and trivia all the time, and for a good reason. When colleagues are focused on their tasks and goals, it can be hard to make time for conversations that are not work-related. To ease teams during team-building events, a quick icebreaker question, a get-to-know-you question, or a trivia game can help! Check out a few sample questions: 

Get To Know You Questions

1. What was your first job? 

2. What TV world would you want to be a part of? 

3. What was your first big splurge? 

3. What was your favorite artist or band when you were in middle school? 

4. What is an achievement you are proud of? 

5. What is the best advice you have received? 

Icebreaker Questions

This Or That

1. Spotify or Apple Music?

2. Starbucks or Dunkin?

3. Soft or hard-shelled tacos?

If You Could…

1. If you could only listen to one album for the rest of your life, which one would you choose?

2. If you could become automatically fluent in another language, which one would it be?

3. If you could meet any celebrity, dead or alive, who would you choose?

Fun Trivia Questions [Bolded answer is the correct answer].

1. Artist and designer Rihanna released fashion and beauty lines under which name?

Riri

Fenty

Robyn 

2. What is the least populated US state?

Vermont

South Dakota 

Wyoming

3. Which Spanish tennis player has the most French Open titles (14)?

Rafael Nadal

Pau Gasol

Iker Casillas

4. In WandaVision, what stage name do Wanda and Vision use for the talent show? 

Illusion and Glamor

Illusion and Beauty

Vision and Glory 

5. Who was the first emperor of the Roman empire?

Caesar Augustus

Tiberius

Marcus Aurelius

THE MAIN TAKE-AWAY

We hope this list has inspired you to spend time with your teams and connect over a fun team building activity, game, act, or even a simple icebreaker! You would be surprised how much taking the time out of your day to host a fun session can help boost morale and engagement, which is good for your team as individuals, a group, and an organization as a whole. We have created a guide to corporate event planning and office holiday parties and catered team building ideas posts for intern team building and onboarding new employees. Whether you are planning your next team building session, corporate event, virtual offsite, or holiday event, our collection of virtual team building activities can help your teams feel more connected and engaged. 

About KraftyLab

KraftyLab is a leading team building events company providing corporate team building activities across the US & Canada. Our focus is on providing fun and engaging activities wherever your team may be! 

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