5 Best Activities for Virtual Team Builders

If you want to create better connections within your workplace, try virtual team activities. This will help promote workplace wellbeing and positive work culture! t

It’s been quite a while since many workers had to shift to WFH due to the United States lockdown. However, despite the convenience of working from home, it can also create feelings of isolation and loneliness among remote workers.

Organizing regular virtual team events can go a long way toward keeping remote teams mentally and emotionally fit. It’s also an excellent opportunity to strengthen ties between co-workers, welcome new hires, or celebrate company milestones.

Whether you need corporate Zoom party ideas or a weekend indoor activity with your co-workers, you'll find tons of options. Choose from a wide variety of online team-building activities, from crafty to artsy, boozy, culinary, and more!

These online classes are beginner-friendly, so don’t worry if you don’t have any experience with the activity. They’re led by local experts who know how to make everyone feel confident, whether it’s your first time rolling sushi or making a ceramic mug from scratch.

Most of our remote team-building activities also come with DIY craft kits to make the planning stress-free. These boxes are home-delivered and packed with everything you’ll need for the class. If your company is spread throughout the country, these online classes make it easy to stay connected and include your entire team. 

Don't know where to start looking for the ideal team builder? These five virtual activities are real winners!

Learn how to paint for your virtual team activities

Relax with your co-workers and show off (or discover) your artistic side in online painting classes! There’s a huge variety of themes for you to enjoy, from painting like Van Gogh or recreating coastal scenes on canvas. Just finished an important project at work? Slow down with a meditative watercolor class, and let serenity bring you closer as a group.

For colleagues who miss getting drinks together, there are also paint and sip online experiences to try. Share a night of laughter and color as everyone takes a sip from their favorite boozy beverages, from wines to beers and sweet cocktails. To celebrate everyone’s masterpiece, you can also create a virtual gallery featuring the team’s artworks!

Another great thing about online painting classes is that you don’t have to worry about the materials. Your DIY kit will be delivered to your place just before the session, including the paint, brushes, and canvas, so that you can simply bring out the materials you need before joining the class on Zoom.

Whip up a virtual office feast with online cooking classes

Sharing delicious food with colleagues is one of the most fun parts of being at work. What if you could eat together — or even explore new cuisines — without leaving the comfort of home?

Whether you and your office friends love Thai food and Chinese dishes, or you’re always up for a foodie adventure, you’re going to love online cooking classes. Think hand-crafted dumplings, making gnocchi from scratch, authentic curries, and flavorful BBQs sure to satisfy any craving. Not only will you get to enjoy tasty dishes from different parts of the world, but you’ll also learn how to make them yourselves under the guidance of some of the best chefs in town.

Of course, don’t forget about the most important ingredient: connecting with your co-workers through food! Swap food tales and fails while rolling sushi or trade travel stories while you measure out spices at this hands-on virtual experience.

The best part about a group online cooking class, though, is that you can enjoy a meal with the rest of your colleagues at the end of it. There’s nothing like bonding over a hearty lunch or dinner to foster camaraderie for remote teams!

Explore the world of ceramics with online pottery classes

It’s artsy, it’s crafty, and it’s definitely relaxing. Pottery making is a great way to pass the time, and the movements involved in shaping clay make for a very meditative exercise as well.

Like cooking, it’s excellent as an individual task, but at the same time, it also leaves room for plenty of interaction with the other people in the class. Don’t worry if you’ve never sat on a potter’s wheel before— experienced potters will be there to guide you every step of the way, from learning how to throw clay to decorating your finished product.

And if your ceramic mug or bowl doesn’t turn out the way you intended, that’s fine too. Chalk it up to experience and a fun new memory with your work buddies!

Ignite creativity with online craft classes

There are a variety of other crafts activities that work great as remote team builders as well! From calligraphy to journaling, plant-care workshops, sewing, crocheting, and embroidery, there’s no shortage of ways to bring out the artist in everyone.

In many of these online craft classes, you'll finish with a beautiful handmade creation. These creations can help refresh your work area and serve as an inspirational reminder! You can add your DIY terrarium to your desk to add some life to your workspace or show off your macrame wall hanging as your Zoom background. You might even discover a new hobby after one of these team-building activities, to explore on your own time! Crafting can be a great way to destress solo and with friends. 

Toast to your team with virtual cocktail making classes

Finally, bring back Friday happy hour with virtual cocktail making classes! This online booze fest is perfect for Zoom icebreakers, lockdown Christmas celebrations, and all kinds of virtual team builders in between.

Dive into the art and science of making your favorite drinks! Learn what makes a margarita so refreshing or what liquors go into a Long Island iced tea. Discover how to create the perfect martinis, whiskey sours, and Pina Coladas. Before you know it, you’ll be slinging delicious drinks in style!

Of course, where booze goes, a good (virtual) time naturally follows. Catch up with your workmates while measuring vodka for an espresso martini, or share your funniest drunk stories. Got someone in the team who doesn’t drink? Tell the mixologist in charge of your class, and they’ll be happy to create mocktail versions of each cocktail!

You can also find virtual classes that mix cocktails with trivia, food, and other exciting stuff, so make sure to explore our range of online cocktail making classes!

Remote teams may be separated by distance, but these virtual team building activities make it easy to create new memories through shared experiences.