Office Party Ideas: Games and Activities for Team Building

Looking for office party ideas, office birthday ideas or activities for team building? Then we know you have a fun office environment! All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, right?!

Here are some unique office party ideas you may enjoy:

Hold a Funny Office Awards Ceremony
Play Co-Worker Trivia
Have a Work-Themed Karaoke Party
Office Birthday Party Ideas

Office Party Ideas: Play Co-Worker Trivia

office-party-ideas A few days before your office party, ask each person one to two questions (mix up the questions among the group so everyone gets asked something different) then make a trivia game to play at your office party.

The trivia questions could be things like "Who’s first job was ...?". It’s a good way for everyone to get to know each other better while having a little fun. Some ideas for questions are:

What was your first job?

What’s the furthest place travelled?

What’s your favourite song?

On a day off work, you’re most likely to be found where or doing what?

When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

What’s your dream vacation?

What was your favourite TV show as a child?

Do you have an odd talent?

If you could take one office supply with you to a deserted island, what would you choose?

If you could choose one superhero power, what would you choose?

If you were an animal, what would you be?

If you could choose any zoo animal as a pet, what would you choose?

For those people who aren’t available to answer questions ahead of time, you could look up answers to questions like how many years have they been with the company.

Office Party Ideas: Awards Ceremony

A fun way to celebrate with your co-workers is to have an awards party where you hand out silly award certificates to each team member.

Cheersallyear.com also has a free downloadable office party award certificate you can use.

Click here to download it.

Sample wording could be:

This Certificate of Excellence
Is Awarded To
______________
For
______________

Here are some awards you could create for your group:

Best in Participation (as a joke, give this to someone with a good sense of humor who didn’t show up to the party)
Best Teamwork Within Department (could give this to someone who is the only member of his/her department)
Best Baker - By the way, we haven’t seen any lately, what’s up with that?!
Most Creative Reasons for Leaving The Office Early
Most Cheerful First Thing In The Morning
The Most Job Titles While With (company name here)
Most Resembling .... (List someone famous here)
Most Likely to Score Highest in an Office Pop Quiz
Best Dressed
Most Lively at Parties
Best in Tuning Others Out
Being The Office Mother Hen
Most Creative Use of Office Space
Best Cubicle Neighbour
Best Laugh
Best Use of Fancy Words
Being The Fastest Walker (what’s the rush?)
Most Likely To Be Pranked
Would Make The Best Office Mascot
Best Smelling Lunches
Best Office Party Organizer
Best Sense Of Humor
Most Creative Use of Words In the English Language
Best In Fashion
Most Mysterious
Nicest Office Chair
Being The Office Cheerleader
Being The Office Clown (the funny kind, not the scary kind that would chase us down a dark alley)
Being The Most Unforgettable
Best Memory
Most Creative Filing Method
Best Desktop Screensaver
Best Hair
Biggest Transformation
Best Copier Fix-it Skills
Most Likely To Lose His Pen
Using The Most Post-It Notes
Best Spokesperson
Most Likely To End Up In The News
Best Handwriting

Printable Games for Office Parties

Did you know you can download and print a game to play today. Here’s a selection of games that fit well with office parties. Each game has an information button to find out more about the game details.

Birthday Charades $3.99 Suitable for Adult & Office Parties	Funny Conversation Starters $5.99 Suitable for Adult & Office Parties	Collect ’n’ Connect Ice Breaker Game $3.99 Suitable for Adult & Office Parties
Left-Right Birthday Re-gift Game $1.99 Suitable for Adult & Office Parties	White Elephant Party Kit & Printable Gift Exchange Game $5.99 Suitable for Adult & Office Parties	Left Right Poem for After Christmas Gift Exchange $1.99 Suitable for Adult & Office Parties
Naughty Nice Left-Right Christmas Gift Exchange Game $1.99 Suitable for Adult & Office Parties '	Jingle Mingle Icebreaker (Customizable Page) $5.99 Suitable for Adult & Office Parties	Deal ’n’ Steal Christmas Trivia Game $5.99 Suitable for Adult & Office Parties
Printable Christmas Bingo with Pictures $5.99 Appropriate for Kids Parties or as an ESL Game	Christmas Charades $2.99 Suitable for All Ages

If you need office party ideas for a Christmas party, be sure to check out our Christmas Office Party Ideas and Christmas office party games pages.

Work Themed Karaoke

Try some karaoke with a twist, people can only sing songs related to work. Some examples of some work-related songs are:

9 to 5 – Dolly Parton
A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles
Bang The Drum All Day – Todd Rundgren
Get A Job – The Silhouettes
Heigh Ho – The Seven Dwarfs
It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere – Alan Jackson
Shiftwork – Kenny Chesney
Summertime Blues – Alan Jackson
Working For a Livin’ – Huey Lewis & The News
Workin’ In A Coal Mine – Lee Dorsey

Office Party Ideas: Birthday Party

Looking for some new and different office party ideas to celebrate office birthdays, retirements or promotions? Here are a few new ideas for celebrating these special occasions.

Share Little-Known Facts about the Guest of Honor

Read some silly little-known facts about him/her during their celebration. A few days before the birthday celebration, ask him/her a few questions to put together your little-known facts to read out loud while everyone enjoys their cake. Some questions you could ask include:

What was your first job?
What’s the furthest place you'’ve travelled?
What’s your favourite song?
On a day off work, you’re most likely to be found where or doing what?
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
What’s your dream vacation?
What was your favourite TV show as a child?
Do you have an odd talent?
If you could take one office supply with you to a deserted island, what would you choose?
If you could choose one superhero power, what would you choose?
If you were an animal, what would you be?
If you could choose any zoo animal as a pet, what would you choose?

Be creative, but not too personal.

Office Birthday: Share a Fun Limerick

Do you have a creative member in your team that could write a fun limerick about the special person of the day? This would be something humorous to read out loud during the meeting.

As an example:

Congrats Jack, it’s your big day
Too bad we can’t offer more pay
Today don’t work late
You need to celebrate
So party in your own special way!

Office Birthday Party: Create a Personalized Card

Try making your own card personalized with his/her name down the front & use each letter of his/her name to say something about them. For example:

J oker
A lways smiling
C razy for Coffee
K ind

When an office birthday or other celebration arrives, do you pass around a card for everyone to sign for the special guy/gal? Most people write the same message “Happy Birthday” or “Congratulations”. Why not try something different by asking each person to write something they like or appreciate about the special guy/gal? It’s a great way to fill a card with compliments and makes a great keepsake!

Happy Planning!

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Cheryl Kirkness Cheryl is a married mother of one sweet little boy. She’s a certified Project Management Professional with a passion for event planning.