The holiday season is filled with in-person festivities that can make remote teams feel left out. Have you planned an end-of-year party for your virtual team yet? Weve’s virtual holiday team building games and activities are perfect for teams who can’t gather in person but still want to celebrate together. Battle the “bah humbug” that can come along with parties on unengaging video platforms and turn your holiday party into one that “yule” remember for years to come.
But what do you do at a virtual holiday party? Weve has games, activities, and features to engage your team so your team can celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year, Kwanzaa, Festivus, or anything in between. If you can’t get together with your family or friends this year, a virtual party is also a fun way to gather and celebrate even if you can’t be together. Almost all of our game ideas work well for families and friends, too.
People using Weve for the first time often ask us, what are some ideas for a virtual party? Our platform has 11 different activity types but between our games, activities, and features, we have even more ideas for your holiday party.
It’s easy to (game) show your team a great time. We have dual themes—one winter-themed game show and one that’s holiday-centered. Our ready-to-play experiences will “spruce” up any event. Or use some of these ideas as inspiration to design your own custom experience and make this holiday party your best yet. (It’s going to be “snow” much fun.) We have ideas for everyone—no matter what you celebrate and no matter if you’ve been naughty or nice this year.
Use these ideas to get into the holiday spirit.
Make your party feel more like a party than a meeting. Don’t just send another (boring)meeting invite, send a themed invitation with some funny punny holiday text like "Your presents is requested." Your Event Producer will have your link ready a few weeks before the event so you’ll have plenty of time to include it in your invite and get ready for a great event.
Because the event is online, it is extra important to set the mood and make your virtual holiday party feel festive. Ask everyone to dress up in their favorite holiday outfits from New Year’s Eve sequins to light-up menorah shirts and silly hats. To add some more holiday spirit, you can ask everyone to show off their holiday decorations in the background. (Really, we want to see how they decked their halls, literally.)
In Weve’s Lobby you can broadcast a pre-recorded or live-streamed message from anyone….even Santa if you can track him down. Play a holiday greeting from your CEO or a celebrity. Steam a slideshow of images and highlights from the last year. Create a video of everyone on your team sharing a holiday greeting in their native language or a collection of everyone sharing their favorite moments. Everyone can watch what you create at the same time using our Watch Party feature.
We will have holiday music queued up to play as everyone joins and we will keep it going throughout your event. Each of our experiences has a large playlist of preloaded music that our professional hosts use as they take on the role of event DJ. (Though if you want Adam Sandler’s “The Hanukkah Song '' played on repeat, we can make that happen, too.)
Add your logo and company colors to your party so everyone immediately knows they are in the right place. We know your branding is important to you and we make it easy to make your holiday party match your brand.
Want to add some ambiance and entertainment? Use our lobby’s live-stream feature to showcase DJs, musicians, magicians, and more. We can even broadcast guests from the North Pole. (Though we are not sure of Rudolph’s availability or wifi speed.)