Office holiday party games for a room of colleagues
An office party game has a narrow job. It has to start with no set-up, be fair to the person who joined last week, and involve nothing anyone will regret on Monday. It also has to be short: there is food, and there will be speeches.
These all fit.
On the big screen
1.Picture quiz
Plug a laptop into the TV and open a picture quiz. Everyone scans the QR code and answers from their phone. There are Christmas, winter holidays, Thanksgiving, Halloween and holidays-around-the-world packs, and a round of 8 pictures takes a few minutes.
2.Guess the baby photo
Collect baby photos from people who are happy to share one, and make them into a quiz with four names each. Make a pack and it goes on the TV like any other.
3.Name that tune
Play the first five seconds of a festive song and the first to shout the title wins. Needs a speaker and a playlist.
At the tables
4.White elephant gift swap
Everyone brings a wrapped gift under a set price. In turn, each person opens a new one or steals one already opened. The stealing is the game.
5.Table quiz
Each table is a team with one phone. Put the questions on the screen and let the tables fight it out.
6.Holiday charades
Films, songs and traditions to act out, drawn from a hat. Works best after dessert.
Keeping it right for work
Nothing about drinking, dating or anyone’s body. It is still work.
Ask before you use someone’s photo, even a baby one.
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