Program category
Holiday & Christmas Team Building Activities
Holiday team building activities give a team a shared hour of fun before the year ends: building something together, giving back, or competing in a game show with holiday rounds.

Get a same-day quote
December dates book first.
A planner will match the right activities to your group and send a same-day quote.
Get my quotePrefer to talk? Call 800.849.8326
24 holiday team building activities for work

Gingerbread Architect
Teams of about 10 design and build themed structures out of gingerbread, candy and frosting, then present them for judging. It runs indoors in 1.5 to 2 hours for 30 to 1,000+.
See the activity →
Operation Toy Donation
Icebreakers lead into assembling toys and necessities for children served by a local nonprofit. It scales to 2,000+, the largest group of any activity on this page.
See the activity →
Virtual Escape Room: Saving Santa!
Santa has been kidnapped, and teams of 4 to 6 follow the clues online to free him. It takes 1 to 1.5 hours and has no cap on group size, so remote and hybrid teams can all join.
See the activity →
Jeoparody Live!
Our take on the TV quiz, with contestant podiums, sound effects, a projected answer board and a professional host. Ask for holiday categories. Teams of 4 to 6, 1 to 1.5 hours.
See the activity →
Bears and Blankets
Teams build comfort items for younger children through charitable organizations. A one-hour to 90-minute way to give back before the year ends, for 30 to 1,000+.
See the activity →
Chocolate Architect
Teams earn chocolate and candy through iPad challenges, then design and build a themed structure with it. A sweet alternative to gingerbread, indoors in 1.5 to 2 hours.
See the activity →
Best Corporate Feud
A hosted survey game show with face-off podiums and buzzers. All Play questions keep the whole room in the game, which suits a holiday party or an end-of-year meeting.
See the activity →
Virtual Escape Room: New Year’s Eve Adventure
Teams race to stop a plot against New Year's Eve celebrations in several cities. Online, 1 to 1.5 hours, no group size limit: a good fit for the last meeting of the year.
See the activity →
Bike Build Donation®
Teams earn parts in quick challenges, build new bicycles and donate them, with helmets and locks, to kids from a local charity. A holiday gift your group makes with its own hands.
See the activity →
Virtual Office Party
A hosted online party for remote teams of up to 500, with games in small breakout groups. It gives the holiday get-together some structure in 60 to 75 minutes.
See the activity →
Tapas and Sangria Making
Teams become wineries that create, make and market their own sangria and tapas. A hands-on food activity for a holiday party, indoors or out, in 1.5 to 2 hours.
See the activity →
Virtual Trivia Blast!
Fast online trivia with a live host and scoring, in a holiday edition. It fits into a 60 to 75 minute slot for 30 to 1,000+ people wherever they work.
See the activity →
Trivia Blast Live!
Trivia Blast Live! transforms traditional trivia into a fully produced, game-show-style team experience. Guided by a charismatic game show host and supported by real-time scoring, live leaderboards, multimedia visuals, and interactive answer pads, this fast-paced competition brings teams together from the first question to the final leaderboard.
See the activity →
Virtual Music and Movies Trivia Blast!
Movie buffs and music gurus unite with this medley of competition! Our Music and Movies Trivia Blast combines two great games into one. Put your competitive group’s knowledge to the test and challenge your team with music trivia spanning the years, and then after intermission, we switch gears to test your movie knowledge. Strike a chord and bring the drama to this fun-filled program!
See the activity →
Mini-Golf Build and Food Donation
Mini-Golf Build and Food Donation is a fun charity team building program where your group will design, construct and play a mini golf course using canned and boxed food items. Working in teams, each hole has a special theme and rules, unique to that hole. After the course has been built, an entertaining tournament ensues with scoring and fun competition. Once completed, the course will be deconstructed and the food donated to a predetermined food bank or similar organization.
See the activity →
Wagon Build Donation
Wagon Build Donation benefits underprivileged preschool-age children, providing them with a classic learning tool to boost their coordination, imagination and much more. Teams will build full-size, red wagons for donation to a local charity, loading each one with a stuffed animal and children’s book. This program will leave your team feeling energized and with a sense of accomplishment, knowing they put smiles on the faces of children in need.
See the activity →
Kids Rock!™
Kids Rock!™ is a fun CSR charity team building event where teams assemble rocking chairs, rocking horses, and stuffed animals for children while participating in fun icebreakers. Immediate, tangible results are created and employee morale is boosted through the building and donation of these memorable items for local community centers, hospitals or schools.
See the activity →
Charity Game Show
Your group will bond and have a blast with this program that both entertains and benefits a worthy cause. Teams will face off to answer questions on various topics including History, Pop Culture, Sports and more on a realistic game show set complete with podiums, buzz-in buttons and a large projected answer board. It concludes with a check donation to the charity of your choice.
See the activity →
Donation Nation Care Packs
Donation Nation Care Packs is a meaningful team building experience that brings your group together to assemble care packages for community organizations that support people in need.Through a series of fun and interactive challenges, your group earns the materials used to create thoughtful packages that benefit homeless shelters, food banks, hospices, veterans’ groups, animal shelters, and many other community-focused agencies.
See the activity →
Literacy for Little Ones
With Literacy for Little Ones, your team will assist in gifting the love of literacy to young readers! This wonderful charitable program brings your group together to assemble donation packages of books and supporting materials to help build the foundation of lifelong literacy for young children from infancy to age 5.
See the activity →
Operation Military Care
This event will give your group a deep sense of patriotism as it works together to prepare care packages for people currently serving in the military. Teams will first engage in various point-based activities including trivia, puzzles and other problem-solving scenarios. The care packages are then assembled and decorated for donation to service men and women and their families.
See the activity →
Virtual Name That Tune!
Whether you pick the 70s, 80s, 90s, 21st Century, or a little bit of everything, strike a chord with your competitive group and put their knowledge of their favorite tunes and artists to the test, with Virtual Name that Tune ! Using state-of-the-art apps and our interactive, professional hosts, your group will experience a full participant, full engagement game show where teams compete in rounds of music-related categories to earn as many points as possible. Your group will laugh – and maybe even sing – their way through this high-energy event!
See the activity →
Minute 2 Win It! for Charity
Minute 2 Win It! for Charity will bring out the best in team spirit and a sense of community responsibility from your participants as they compete in tabletop challenges to earn items to create care packages to donate to a local charity. Fast-paced fun, teamwork, and competition are at the heart of every one of these events we deliver. Perfect to include in any corporate or social gathering, or as a stand-alone program.
See the activity →
Virtual Guess that Price
Bring the energy and laughter of a classic game show to your next virtual event with Virtual Guess That Price! This highly interactive online experience blends trivia, scavenger hunts, and pricing challenges into a fast-paced team building event that will have everyone racing, guessing, and laughing together, no matter where they’re located.
See the activity →I was expecting it would go well but the outcome was outstanding. This is a tough group but you had them in the palm of your hand from the warm up games, the build off, to the children coming in to collect their bikes.

Judy
Hilton Hotels
The details
About Holiday & Christmas Team Building Activities
Our facilitators run them in person in all 50 states and Canada, or online for remote teams, and handle everything from setup to scoring.
Pick by what your group wants from the hour. Gingerbread Architect is the classic holiday build, Operation Toy Donation turns the party into a gift for children in need, and Saving Santa! brings remote teams together online.
Our holiday team building activities are perfect for teams of any size, from 30 to 1,000 or beyond. Workdays stay busy around the holidays, so we’ll help you choose just the right activity to fit your event’s timeframe, with a selection of Christmas-themed team building activities from 1 to 2.5 hours long.
Client reviews
What our clients say
In their own words, from the planners and teams who booked these programs.
Questions, answered
FAQs about Christmas & Holiday Team Building Activities
Group size, timing, venues and logistics. Anything else, a planner answers the same day.
What types of holiday team building activities are there?
Holiday team building activities come in many forms to suit different group sizes, budgets, and goals. Popular options at Best Corporate Events include festive hands-on activities like gingerbread building competitions, charitable giving events where teams assemble toy or care package donations, holiday-themed escape rooms, virtual party games, and seasonal trivia or game show formats. Pick by what the group wants from the hour: a friendly competition, a build that gives back, or a show everyone watches together.
Can holiday team building activities be done virtually for remote teams?
Yes. Many Christmas and holiday team building activities are available in a fully virtual format, making them perfect for remote or hybrid teams. Programs like Virtual Escape Room: Saving Santa! or Virtual Escape Room: New Year’s Eve Adventure or the Virtual Office Party are designed to bring remote teams together for a festive hour, wherever employees are located.
How large of a group can participate in Christmas team building activities?
Most of our holiday programs run for 30 to 1,000+ people. Operation Toy Donation scales to 2,000+, and the virtual escape rooms have no upper limit. Across all our programs we plan events for teams of any size, up to 6,000+, so tell us your headcount and we’ll match a program to it, from one department to the whole company.
Keep exploring
Find your next great event
Guides, ideas and programs that pair well with this one.
Guides
GuideCorporate Holiday Party IdeasCorporate holiday party ideas with a host: game shows, gingerbread builds, toy and blanket donations and virtual editions for remote staff. Nationwide.Explore
GuideVirtual Holiday Party IdeasVirtual holiday party ideas for remote teams: Saving Santa escape room, Virtual Office Party and hosted game shows on Zoom, Teams or your platform.Explore
Ready to build a stronger team?
Send your group size, date and city, and a planner replies with ideas and pricing the same business day.











