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Indoor Team Building Activities: 22 Ideas for Work

Games and challenges for a conference room, an office floor or a hotel ballroom. Each idea lists the group size, the time it takes and what you need. Most you can run yourselves.

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What are good indoor team building activities for work?

Short games with no setup work best inside a meeting. Two Truths and a Lie, back-to-back drawing and the Marshmallow Challenge each fit a 10 to 30 minute slot in any conference room. With an hour or more, an office escape room, a trivia tournament or an egg drop gives teams a problem to solve together.

The 22 ideas below start with the quickest. Fifteen you can run yourselves with supplies from the office or a store and one volunteer to keep time. Seven are programs our facilitators host for 30 to 1,000+ people, for the days you want someone else to bring the materials and keep score.

Ideas on this page
22
Run them yourselves
15
Hosted by our team
7
Time needed
10 minutes to 2.5 hours

Quick indoor team building games (10 to 30 minutes)

  1. 1. Two Truths and a Lie

    Each person says three things about themselves and the group guesses which one is false. Group: 5 to 30, or tables of 8 in a bigger room. Time: 10 to 20 minutes. You need: nothing. Nobody has to leave their seat, so it opens a meeting well.

  2. 2. The Marshmallow Challenge

    Teams get 18 minutes to build the tallest freestanding tower they can with a marshmallow on top. Group: teams of 4. Time: 30 minutes with the debrief. You need per team: 20 sticks of dry spaghetti, a yard of tape, a yard of string and one marshmallow.

  3. 3. Back-to-Back Drawing

    Pairs sit back to back. One describes a simple picture without naming it and the other draws it, then they swap and compare. Group: any even number. Time: 15 minutes. You need: paper, pens and a few printed shapes. It shows how differently two people hear one instruction.

  4. 4. Lost at Sea

    Each person ranks 15 items to keep after a shipwreck, then the table agrees on one list and both rankings are scored against the answer key. Group: tables of 4 to 6. Time: 30 minutes. You need: the printed item list and the answer key.

  5. 5. Blind Brick Build

    One person studies a small finished model out of sight of the team and describes it. The others rebuild it from the description alone. Group: teams of 3 to 5. Time: 20 minutes. You need: two identical small brick kits per team.

  6. 6. Common Ground

    Each table has five minutes to list things every member shares, skipping the obvious ones like working here. The longest list reads out. Group: tables of 4 to 8. Time: 10 minutes. You need: a pen and a sheet of paper per table.

Longer indoor challenges and game shows (45 minutes to 2 hours)

  1. 7. Office escape room

    A volunteer hides a chain of puzzles around a conference room: a padlocked box, a code in a spreadsheet, a clue taped under a chair. Teams race the clock to open the last lock. Group: teams of 4 to 6 in turns. Time: 45 to 60 minutes per team. You need: a lock box, two or three combination locks and an afternoon of prep.

  2. 8. Egg drop challenge

    Teams build a package from office supplies that keeps a raw egg whole when it falls from a stair landing. Group: teams of 3 to 5. Time: 45 minutes. You need: a dozen eggs, straws, tape and paper, plus a floor that is easy to clean.

  3. 9. Indoor photo scavenger hunt

    Hand each team a list of 20 photos to take inside the building, such as the whole team in the smallest room or a colleague from another floor sharing their best advice. Score them on a shared slide. Group: teams of 4 to 8. Time: 45 to 60 minutes. You need: one phone per team.

  4. 10. Office trivia tournament

    Write five rounds of ten questions, one round about the company and four general, and play at tables with a scorekeeper. Group: tables of 6 to 10. Time: 60 minutes. You need: a host, a screen and answer sheets.

  5. 11. Survey game show with a live host

    A professional host runs a survey-style game show with face-off podiums, buzzers, custom game boards and live scoring. Teams of 6 to 10 take turns at the podiums while seated teams play along. Group: 30 to 1,000+. Room: about 25 sq. ft. per person, a screen and audio.

    See the activity1 to 1.5 hours

  6. 12. Detective puzzle case

    Each team gets a locked case of puzzles, coded messages and riddles. The teams have to trade clues with each other to solve the final case as one group. Group: 30 to 1,000+ in teams of 4 to 8. Room: about 25 sq. ft. per person.

    See the activity1.5 to 2 hours

  7. 13. Catapult build and launch

    After a 10-minute hands-off planning period, teams of 6 to 8 get 30 minutes to build a full-size catapult, then launch for distance and for accuracy. Group: 30 to 1,000+. Room: about 30 sq. ft. per person, so a ballroom or a large meeting room.

    See the activity1.5 to 2 hours

  8. 14. One-minute table games

    For each 60-second challenge, teams of 6 to 8 get a demo, a practice round and a timed round, using pencils, plastic cups and decks of cards. A host keeps score and hands out gold medals at the end. Group: 30 to 1,000+.

    See the activity1.5 to 2 hours

Creative indoor team building ideas

  1. 15. Improv warm-ups

    Play "Yes, and": pairs build a story one sentence at a time, and each line has to accept the last one and add to it. Follow with one-word stories around a circle. Group: 6 to 20 per circle. Time: 20 to 30 minutes. You need: open floor and a volunteer to run it.

  2. 16. Bake-off or chili cook-off

    Volunteers cook at home and bring a dish; everyone else tastes and votes on paper ballots. Group: any size, with 6 to 12 entries. Time: a long lunch. You need: labels and ballots, plates, and a room with outlets for slow cookers.

  3. 17. Paint a team mural

    Sketch one large design, number the colors and let people paint a section each during breaks until it is finished, then hang it in the office. Group: any size. Time: a few 15-minute sessions over a week. You need: canvas panels, acrylic paint and brushes.

  4. 18. Charades or Pictionary bracket

    Write prompts from your own industry and office life, run table-against-table rounds in a bracket and play the final at the front of the room. Group: tables of 4 to 8. Time: 30 to 45 minutes. You need: prompt cards, a timer and an easel pad.

Indoor ideas with food or a donation at the end

  1. 19. Care kit assembly line

    Ask a local shelter what it needs, buy the supplies in bulk and set up stations that pack hygiene kits or snack bags. Deliver them together or invite the charity to collect them. Group: 10 to 100. Time: about an hour. You need: the supplies and one table per station.

  2. 20. Chocolate landmark build

    Teams of 10 earn points in group challenges, spend them on a chocolate construction kit and build a landmark such as the Eiffel Tower out of candy. Group: 30 to 1,000+. Room: about 20 sq. ft. per person.

    See the activity1.5 to 2 hours

  3. 21. Food truck competition

    Teams of 10 pick a cuisine, name and brand a truck, build a cardboard truck front and cook a dish from set ingredients with no recipe. Everyone tastes from truck to truck before the judging. Group: 30 to 1,000+.

    See the activity2 to 2.5 hours

  4. 22. Build guitars for a school

    Teams of 10 earn guitar parts in games, then assemble electric guitars with an amplifier, tuner and case for a school or nonprofit music program. Group: 30 to 1,000+. Room: about 25 sq. ft. per person.

    See the activity2 to 2.5 hours

Before you run one yourself

Best Corporate Feud

  • Match the idea to the slot. A 10-minute game fits inside a meeting; a build challenge needs its own block on the agenda.

  • Pick a room where tables can move. Most of these games need teams of 4 to 8 around one table.

  • Name one person to run it who is sitting out. They keep time, read the rules and settle scoring arguments.

  • Mix departments at each table, then take five minutes at the end to ask what worked and what the team would change.

Indoor programs our facilitators host

For the days you would rather hand over the room. Each runs indoors for groups of 30 to 1,000+, with a professional host who brings the materials and keeps score.

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What clients say

The most fun at our Chocolate Architect program was building the bridge and being creative about materials. The iPad photo challenges and the actual building of the structure were a great team builder. Your lead was a good moderator and our group as a whole enjoyed 100% of the activities.
Lam Research

Odette

Lam Research

The Chocolate Architect program you delivered was wildly successful and we were so happy with the outcome. We cherish our partnership with BEST and value you as a vendor we can trust to deliver. Your facilitation of this event energized the group after a long day of meetings, not an easy task! Thanks again! Melissa – Solomon & Associates
Solomon & Associates

Melissa

Solomon & Associates

Our Chocolate Architect program with the iPads was a perfect program for our group. Your company was very responsive to all our needs and the program was well organized. Our group enjoyed the activities and said the whole program was fun and your lead was a great facilitator.
US FDA

Daphne

US FDA

Frequently asked questions

What are quick indoor team building activities for a meeting?

Two Truths and a Lie, Common Ground and back-to-back drawing each take 10 to 20 minutes and need nothing beyond paper and pens. The Marshmallow Challenge takes about 30 minutes with the debrief.

What indoor team building activities work for large groups?

Formats where every table is one team scale best: a trivia tournament, a game show or a build challenge. Our hosted indoor programs run for 30 to 1,000+ in a ballroom, with teams of 6 to 10.

Can we run indoor team building without a facilitator?

Yes. Fifteen of the ideas on this page need only supplies from the office or a store and one volunteer to keep time. A facilitator earns their fee once the group fills a large room and one volunteer can no longer keep every table playing and scored.

How much space do indoor team building activities need?

The do-it-yourself games need a table per team. Our hosted programs need about 20 to 35 square feet per person depending on the program, plus a screen and audio for game shows.

Which indoor activities give something back?

A care kit assembly line for a local shelter is easy to run yourselves. Hosted options include Build-a-Guitar®, where teams build guitars for school music programs, and Mini-Golf Build and Food Donation, where the course is made of food that goes to a food bank.

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