Try a Terrarium Class in Chicago for Your Next Team Activity

With burnout and remote working on the rise, it can be difficult to feel connected with your coworkers, even if you’re working in the same city. Try one of these terrarium classes in Chicago to re-energize your team. Team building activities are a great way to show your colleagues they are valued by allowing them to catch up and unwind in a relaxing environment outside the conference room.

These terrarium classes are fun, easy, and provide the perfect setting for you and your colleagues to get to know each other. Wondering why terrarium building classes make some of the best workshops in Chicago? Read more to find out how these plant classes can benefit team morale.

A group of four students sit around a table with their handmade terrariums and their teacher stands at the front of the terrarium building class.

Find creative inspiration in a DIY class

If you’re hoping to keep your team inspired and motivated, creative stimulation is only in your favor. First, you’ll travel to a jungle-like studio in the middle of the city or your instructor can meet in your office with all the plants and supplies necessary. Regardless, you’ll feel at ease surrounded by leafy plants. This relaxing environment will help you feel more comfortable opening your mind to a new subject.

Next, your passionate instructor will introduce you to the world of terrariums and share the history and plant facts to ignite curiosity. Then the creating begins as you learn how to build and design your tiny oasis. After this class, the new perspective, hands-on practice, and creative challenge will excite your mind.

A student in a terrarium building class pours a bag of soil onto of a layer of sand into a terrarium container.

Skip out on awkward icebreakers with an engaging activity

It can be a challenge to find team building activities that aren’t lame. Surely we’ve all sat through listless team wellness presentations or stumbled through cringe-worthy games. What’s great about terrarium building workshops is that you can participate in a relaxing, easy, and fun workshop, where the shared experience alone will connect your party. Your friendly instructor will take the lead. Then you and your coworkers can casually create allowing the conversation to flow naturally without any forced icebreaker games.

You’ll also have something to look back on after the workshop ends. You and your colleagues can share updates on how your plants are growing or laugh at the recollection of a funny inside joke. The more quality experiences your team shares the more trust, communication, and support will grow organically.

A student in a terrarium workshop adds a plant to their glass terrarium container.

Bring some natural beauty to your workplace

Once your office is filled with pockets of green, you’ll never want to go back to stark fluorescents and bare walls again! Plants are known to help boost your mood and even filter trace toxins out of the air. Not only will your office full of miniature gardens look beautiful but it will also keep you feeling refreshed and drive away any stuffiness.

Terrariums are made up of low-maintenance plants housed in a convenient container. This makes for easy care and a mess-free environment, perfect for an office. Without needing a handy green thumb, there’s no reason not to turn your office into a tranquil plant-filled paradise. Soon you’ll be making handmade macrame hangers and DIY plant shelves to make room for your growing garden of marvelous creations.

Two students in a terrarium workshop smile as they hold their finished terrarium they made together.

Terrarium workshops are perfect for beginners

Your team likely includes people from diverse backgrounds with varying interests, which might make it challenging to find an activity that pleases everyone. Terrarium building classes make for great team building options because they delight even the harshest critics. These classes are catered to beginners so you don’t need to show up knowing anything about plants, landscape design, or crafting. Your instructor will take you through each step allowing you to learn something new without stepping too far out of your comfort zone.

You can also customize your terrarium with a landscape to fit your unique personality. This adds a fun twist to your project because you and your coworkers can all show off your designs at the end of class and learn a little about each other through your creations. You might be surprised at who took a more minimalist approach or who went bold with their sand art designs!

Easy to book team building activities

The last reason we love terrarium building classes is that they are effortless to book. As we mentioned earlier, you and your team can gather at a Chicago plant studio or your teacher can travel to your location, making it convenient to squeeze into your work day. Terrarium classes usually run from 1-2 hours, giving you a restorative break even during a busy work day.

If you have remote workers on your team, we offer virtual terrarium building workshops, to accommodate all types of workplaces. Your instructor will ship all the necessary materials in a DIY box delivered straight to your door so you can join in on the fun no matter where your work-from-home desk resides. Yes, that even includes the plants! Terrariums include low-maintenance plants making them easy to ship! We want to make it as easy as possible for you to connect with your team, so book a terrarium workshop for your next team building activity in Chicago.