HALLOWEEN VIRTUAL HAPPY HOUR IDEAS
HOW TO HOST AN AWESOME HALLOWEEN HAPPY HOUR
This article will feature a step-by-step guide to hosting an awesome Halloween happy hour event or party that will boost team morale and help create awesome memories.
Fall and Halloween season is well underway, so it is the perfect time to treat your virtual corporate team to a fun and memorable experience. While Halloween might remind us of spooky costumes haunted houses and endless bags of candy, we can harness this festive spirit to host a fun and engaging virtual happy hour that’s sure to delight your team.
In this guide, we will take you through a step-by-step guide to creating a unique and entertaining virtual happy hour experience. Whether you are looking for Halloween team-building ideas or delicious drink ideas, we have got you covered. So, let’s find out how you can make sure your team has a spooktacular time this holiday!
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1. Sort out The Logistics
The first part of hosting a great event is choosing a date and time that works for the majority of your team, considering time zones and any potential deadlines/projects that may be looming. For themed/holiday occasions, it is best to offer your team some options regarding what activity they’d like to do ie. happy hour, arts and crafts, games, etc., and if possible, choose a multi-experience event where different participants can enjoy their chosen activity. You should extend the invitation to everyone, although Halloween may not be everyone’s cup of tea, so attendance is totally optional.
Include Key Details: When creating e-vites, make sure to include essential information such as the date, time, and meeting link for the virtual Halloween event.
Embrace Festive Spirit: Encourage your team to embrace the festive spirit by dressing up or decorating their virtual space with a fun background. This enhances the Halloween atmosphere.
Create a Spooky Playlist: Build a Halloween-themed playlist featuring instrumental versions of songs like Thriller, Monster Mash, Highway To Hell, Bad Guy, Dark Horse, and the Ghostbusters theme song to add to the event's ambiance and provide a conversation topic for participants.
2. Plan Your Happy Hour
The first step to a great happy hour is a fun drinks experience, and KraftyLab’s virtual mixology is the perfect way to celebrate together. You can invite a professional mixologist to host this session, and send your teams some fantastic kits with the equipment and ingredients necessary to make three delicious, impressive, and spooky cocktails!
Some great drink options include a classic Bloody Mary, a raspberry liqueur Vampire’s Kiss, a Black Widow Martini, or even a Caramel Apple Sangria.
To ensure this experience is inclusive, choose cocktail options that can still be enjoyed as mocktails, so everyone can enjoy!
Pro Tip: To elevate this experience, throw in a fun edible gift like a Halloween candy assortment box, a snack pack, or even a cheese/charcuterie gift for your team to enjoy alongside their cocktails.
3. Play Some Games
Games are a great addition to your Halloween happy hour, so treat your team to an awesome virtual game experience that will challenge them and inspire them.
KraftyLab’s Team Discovery Challenge is a scavenger hunt meets show-and-tell experience, and can help energize participants by having them up on their feet on the hunt as they race against the clock and one another. Our Team Discovery Challenge is a great way for teams to get to know each other better and can help grow working relationships.
If your team has a competitive streak, invite them to a fun trivia session with our Quiz Showdown event! This interactive digital game can be customized for Fall/Halloween and will challenge your team on their knowledge of Fall facts and Halloween traditions, movies, etc., and will help boost morale through some friendly competition. For the cherry on top, we can even help organize some prizes for the game winners.
4. Arts And Crafts
To add a fun and creative touch to your happy hour, send your team an all-inclusive craft kit so they can create something awesome while celebrating the season together.
Choose a delicious Halloween cookie decorating class, where teams will learn how to outline and flood cookies and create designs like skulls, ghosts, or even Frankenstein, learn how to fold adorable Halloween Origami designs, or even tap into your inner artists with our Fall/Halloween painting experience. These sessions are very accessible, and require no prior experience, as instructors will provide a step-by-step guide so everyone can successfully complete their project.
5. Halloween Icebreakers
To help the conversation flow, and help teams come out of their shell, use some fun icebreakers like get-to-know-you-questions, this or that, would you rather, and trivia questions for your Halloween happy hour experience.
Halloween Get To Know You Questions
What’s your favorite Halloween tradition?
What’s your go-to Halloween candy?
Have you ever DIY’d a Halloween costume?
What’s your favorite Halloween movie?
Have you ever been a part of a group or couple costume?
Halloween This Or That Questions
Chocolate candy or fruity candy?
Classic horror movies or modern movies?
Scary decorations or cute and colorful Halloween decor?
Caramel apples or candied apples?
Hayride or corn maze?
Halloween Would You Rather Questions
Would you rather dress up as a classic monster eg. Vampire, Clown, Devil, or a movie character/pop culture reference?
Would you rather attend a pumpkin-carving workshop or a fun Halloween party?
Would you rather watch Beetlejuice or Ghostbusters?
Would you rather eat sugar-free candy or candy left over from last year?
Would you rather decorate Halloween cookies or make spooky cocktails?
Halloween Trivia Questions
1. What ancient Celtic festival is Halloween said to originate from?
Beltaine
Samhain
Lughnasadh
2. Who wrote the classic horror novel Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
Marie Curie
Edith Clarke
3, What root vegetable was traditionally used to carve Jack-O-Lanterns?
Turnip
Jimaca
Sweet Potato
4. Transylvania is commonly associated with Dracula. Where is this region located?
Scotland
Bulgaria
Romania
5. Which actress made her film debut in Halloween (1978)?
Jamie Lee Curtis
Michelle Pfeiffer
Jodie Foster
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