Why Virtual Team Events Counteract Lockdown Blues

Why Virtual Team Events Counteract Lockdown Blues


By ClassBento Team
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Now that many of us have had the past two years to work from home, it's understandable if we are craving the watercooler conversations and camaraderie of others. Your remote staff can make connections despite the distance with our virtual team building activities. Online team building games and events can boost wellbeing, strengthen bonds, and provide some light-hearted fun that's crucial to healthy workplace culture. 

Not sure how to introduce remote team building activities into everyone’s schedule? Read on to find the engaging online activities we have to offer, each one guaranteed to bring a smile to your colleagues' faces and new energy to their time at work and beyond. 

Escape into nature with a terrarium making class

Get your hands in the dirt and get closer to nature when you learn how to make a terrarium. You will love the process of creating a DIY closed terrarium with tiny plants, soil, and organic materials. Everyone gets a craft kit so all the supplies you need come to your home. Your teacher will walk you through each step and make sure everyone feels comfortable while creating their own little ecosystem.

You can keep track of your terrarium as you work from home and help it thrive with the proper amount of sunlight and moisture. Enjoy the natural serenity it brings to your space. If you've ever seen a pretty display at a cute plant store and wondered how to make a terrarium in a jar, this is the ideal way to learn and appreciate the relaxing power of plants.

Become more meditative and mindful

Hands writing 'I love you' with a calligraphy pen

In recent years, mindfulness - the practice of living within the present moment – has gained popularity thanks to its capacity to calm and center our minds. This is especially beneficial for remote teams during lockdown when it's easy for people to miss the companionship of working closely together. If you'd like to help your team members take part in this relaxing pastime and beat those lockdown blues, we have plenty of ways to do just that with our virtual team building activities. 

Why not try one of our online calligraphy classes? Learn brush lettering with calligraphy, brought to you by kind and creative teacher Jade, who will teach your co-workers the basics of calligraphy. This hour-long class is a wonderful way to unwind and simply inhabit the present moment, as your team learns how to perfect their letters. By the time it's over, not only will you feel more relaxed, but you will also learn a useful new skill. 

Or have your team try a meditative clay class to improve wellbeing and lower stress. Artillilery AG leads a ceramics class for mindfulness that will have you and your teammates sinking your hands into clay and melting away your worries. Experience a mind-body connection as you hand build pottery in a supportive studio setting. You'll walk away with a sense of calm and be able to pick up your clay piece once it's dry. 

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Pick up a brush and paint a masterpiece

Hands pouring different colored paints onto a canvas

For a fun-filled virtual experience your team will appreciate, why not book a paint and sip at home class? These online painting classes are a guaranteed good time, as they give you and your colleagues the chance to tap into your artistic sides while sipping glasses of your favorite wine or non-alcoholic drink. Those pesky work from home blues will quickly fade away as your vibrant painting session progresses, and you learn how to create a colorful masterpiece you can be proud of. 

As well as receiving the knowledge of an expert art teacher, you and your team will also be able to reconnect, laugh, joke, and unwind. Even if you've never held a brush, your teacher will put you at ease and make sure you are relaxed and comfortable as you follow along with this creative group activity. 

Shake up your routine with some virtual mixology sessions

Are you and your team feeling the need to share a laugh over drinks? Working remotely can be a challenge, so a virtual cocktail class can help you mix it up! Shake, stir, and sip as you learn with a professional mixologist as your guide.

Take a look at the variety of online cocktail classes for you to choose from. From crafting the classics to trying out a TikTok trending recipe, your team can engage with each other and learn easy cocktails to make at home.  

Even non-drinkers on your team can join in. Many of these workshops are adaptable, so anyone can savor a finely flavored mocktail. Many of our cocktail classes also come with carefully curated DIY cocktail-making kits, which can be shipped to your team members before the class date. Receiving a box of tasty ingredients and cocktail-making tools in the mail is sure to bring a smile to their faces and brighten up their lockdown. 

When it comes to bolstering the workplace wellbeing of your team when you are working remotely, there are so many fun-filled online team activities to try!


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