Fun New Year’s Team Building Activities
New Year’s activities and icebreakers for Work
In this article, you will find 10+ awesome new year’s team building activities, games and icebreakers to celebrate with your group.
Whether your team is hosting a large holiday party, or you just want to bring the team together for a casual end-of-year celebration, you should embrace the sense of optimism and positivity that comes with the new year and use it as an opportunity to help your teams connect and bond! This season is about celebrating, and by creating a January Kick-Off campaign for your team, you can do just that.
We have gathered a list of awesome ideas to help you and your teams reconnect and get excited about the year ahead, including team building sessions and workshops, some free new year’s icebreaker questions, new year’s this or that questions, and even some fun new year’s trivia! So, let’s see what activity or game your team can enjoy to kick off 20234!
1. Bucket List Coach Experience
If you want a unique and exciting way to kick off the new year, look no further than a Bucket List experience! Our Bucket List Coach Nini offers an immersive team workshop designed to help your teams pursue their dreams and passions on a personal and professional level. Your teams will learn about the importance of goal setting, how to set SMART goals and be inspired and empowered to live a more enriched life. The best part? By the end of this session, your team will have outlined the first step to achieving their first goal, whether big or small!
Bucket List Coach Experience by KraftyLab.
2. Fun Virtual Games
Invite a professional MC to help you kick off the new year with a fun virtual game session! Be inspired by all your favorite holiday party games, and help your teams connect through a lighthearted and interactive session.
To inspire a little friendly competition, invite your team to play the ultimate Quiz Showdown or Music Bingo session led by a professional host or DJ! These games can be customized to your team and your event, such as a New Year’s, seasonal, decade or year theme to amp up the excitement.
To round off the holiday season, Blurt combines all the classic party games like Search It Out, Act It Out and Draw It Out! Led by a hilarious stand-up comedian, this game will have your team playing and laughing in no time.
KraftyLab’s virtual game: Blurt.
3. Craft Session
Invite your team to a hands-on, creative session to kick off the year on the right note! Let your team choose from a DIY terrarium-making session, a crafty soap or candle-making workshop, or a painting class. These fun team building sessions allow your team to tap into their creativity and feel rewarded for creating something awesome! To elevate this experience, choose a themed event like winter/holiday soap or candle-making scents, including pine forest, pumpkin eggnog, and apple cinnamon.
4. Virtual Entertainment
Invite some magical live entertainment to dazzle your teams if you want a real treat to elevate your new year’s corporate events! KraftyLab partners with world-renowned illusionist Kevin Blake and magician Chris Dugdale who are known for delivering show-stopping interactive acts that include eye-popping sleight-of-hand tricks, bamboozling mentalism, unbelievable coincidences, and much more!
Kevin Blake: Virtual Impossible Virtual Magic Show.
5. Happy Hour
To celebrate your team getting through the holiday season and being ready to take on 2024, why not invite them to the ultimate happy hour? Your team can learn and enjoy a wine-tasting experience with a small hand-crafted wine kit delivered straight to their door, discover the fascinating world of honey wine or mead during a mead tasting, or learn how to craft delicious mocktails and cocktails from the comfort of their home with an awesome mixology workshop.
To elevate this experience, incorporate a free new year’s game from our new year’s icebreakers collection.
KraftyLab’s virtual cocktail making class.
6. Wellness Event
The new year is an opportunity to re-energize and refocus, and virtual wellness events can help your team do just that! So, if you are looking for a relaxing experience this new year, you can give your employees practical ways to engage in mindfulness, like a virtual meditation or yoga class. These classes can support your team's wellness journeys and allow them to decompress after a long work week!
KraftyLab’s wellness events: virtual yoga.
7. Cooking Classes
Many of us use the new year as inspiration to expand our horizons, such as by learning a new skill or improving our health! If your team is up for it, a healthy eating class led by a nutrionist can give your team practical skills to eat and feel better during the busy work week and learn useful meal and snack ideas for better fueling your body!
If sustainability is important to your team, a zero-waste cooking class led by a zero-waste chef and cookbook author can show your teams how to reduce waste in the kitchen, save money, and get creative, all while making a delicious and comforting winter meal, soup!
KraftyLab’s healthy eating class.
Kick off any fun new year’s team building session or event with a fun new year’s icebreaker! Check out ten new year’s icebreaker questions to start.
Do you have any New Year traditions?
Do you always set out New Year’s resolutions?
Would you rather go out for New Year’s or stay in?
Did you stick to any of your 2023 resolutions?
Do you usually watch the ball drop on NYE?
What is the best appetizer at a New Year’s party?
Do you have any professional New Year resolutions?
Would you rather celebrate NYE in New York or Ibiza?
What is the best firework display you have seen during NYE?
Would you rather go to a fancy dress or a cocktail party to celebrate NYE?
For more, check out our Holiday Icebreaker Questions blog post!
9. New Year’s This Or That Questions
This Or That questions are an easy game that can help kick off any virtual meeting or huddle and help your team get to know each other better! Check out ten new year’s this or that questions to start:
House party or cocktail party?
Dress up or casual and comfy?
Fireworks or sparklers?
Cocktails or wine?
Champagne or sparkling cider?
New Year’s Eve Movies: When Harry Met Sally or About Time?
Photobooth: classy or funny props?
A polar bear plunge or a NYE marathon?
January challenges: yay or nay?
NYE Bingo or NYE Never Have I Ever?
For more, check out our Holiday This Or That questions blog post!
What’s next?
We hope this list has inspired you to bring your teams together this holiday season, and greet the new year with an awesome New Year’s team building session. To find out more, and to book your next question, get in touch with our system and we can begin planning the ultimate event for you. You can contact our event specialists by booking a call, sending an inquiry or calling us directly on 551-430-5384. We can’t wait to help you plan the ultimate experience for your team!
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