From creative and cooking classes to virtual escape rooms and trivia, CourseHorse has a wide variety of workshops and games available that your small group will enjoy. The stress of trying to organize and run an activity for your group is eliminated with CourseHorse's professional and engaging instructors who ensure a smooth and fun experience for everyone.
Some of the other benefits of booking with CourseHorse include not having to pay booking fees, having access to an event fulfillment team to answer your questions, and being able to change your group size after booking. Additionally, CourseHorse offers flexibility by accommodating various video conferencing platforms, such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex, and Google Meets. If materials are needed for the class, CourseHorse can send them to each participant in advance, eliminating the stress of having to gather your own supplies.
Benefits of Team Building Activities for Small Groups
Team-building activities for small groups are a great way to encourage collaboration and facilitate bonds between coworkers. CourseHorse's team-building activities offer your group the chance to work together in teams in friendly competitions or participate in fun workshops to learn a new skill together. Participating in a group activity will help your team get to know each other better, make your group feel less stressed, and facilitate communication and teamwork at your business or organization.
Top Team Building Activities for Small Groups
Virtual White Elephant Team Gift Experience
A popular group class offered by CourseHero is the Virtual White Elephant Team Gift Experience. In this exciting 75-minute activity perfect for small groups, individuals will have the chance to virtually unwrap diverse and quirky gifts. After a fast-paced holiday trivia contest to determine the order of gift unwrapping, participants will take turns either unwrapping a new gift or stealing from someone else. After the event, CourseHorse will mail each participant the gift they ended up with. An engaging game facilitator will make sure everything runs smoothly during the experience. Unwrapping gifts will feel like a fun game with the interactive elements and a scorecard provided for each participant.
Virtual Escape Room: Murder Mystery (45 minutes)
If your small group is looking for a virtual escape challenge that's not too long, CourseHorse offers the Virtual Escape Room: Murder Mystery (45 minutes). Your group will be split up into mini teams and have 45 minutes to solve puzzles and answer riddles that will get them closer to reaching the goal. The group facilitator will start by providing you with the following scenario: you are at your high school reunion and having a great time when one of your classmates goes missing and you are all mysteriously locked in the gym. Someone is leaving taunting clues that your team will have to solve to identify the murderer before they strike again. Your mini-team will gather evidence and solve puzzles in the form of character descriptions, virtual maps, audio and video clips, and mini-games. This activity offers plenty of opportunities to bond with your mini group as well as interact with the whole group throughout the challenge.
Virtual Game Show Bingo
CourseHorse's Virtual Game Show Bingo is a highly entertaining and interactive one-hour game. In this reimagined version of the classic game of bingo, participants will watch video clips, look at images, and answer riddles related to pop culture. If you know the answer, you'll get to "x" out a square on your bingo card (the host will provide a link that allows each participant to open a digital bingo card to play). Your engaging game host will provide prompts that test your pop culture knowledge as you identify quotes, famous slogans, punchlines to jokes, and song lyrics. There will also be prompts that require participants to complete an action in order to "x" out a square on their card, for example, bringing back something to your screen that has your company's logo on it. Your team will have lots of laughs while competing with their coworkers in this multimedia bingo game.
Virtual Escape Room: Escape from the 2000s
The Virtual Escape Room: Escape from the 2000s challenge will have your team feeling like they have been transported back to their glory days. In this nostalgic 75-minute game, your group will work in mini-teams to solve riddles, puzzles, and challenges to escape the 2000s. In this escape room scenario, while trying to boot up a nostalgic computer game, The Sims, on your laptop, you are suddenly sucked into your computer screen and transported back to the 2000s. The game host will provide your group with clues in the form of character descriptions, virtual maps, audio and video clips, and mini-games. Your mini-team will work in breakout rooms to solve each clue and unlock the next step that brings them closer to escaping the computer and the 2000s. Reminiscing on your younger years is sure to help your mini-team bond and work together as they play this highly entertaining escape room challenge.
Virtual Private Trivia
For a trivia game in which everyone can participate, CourseHorse offers Virtual Private Trivia. In this exciting one-hour trivia game, a plethora of topics will be explored such as music, movies, history, ice cream flavors, sports, pop culture, global cuisine, and even dog breeds. Your group will be divided into mini-teams that will collaborate in breakout rooms before submitting their answer. The facilitator will then round up the mini-teams to rejoin the entire group and see who got it right. Groups will have a blast competing to see who knows the most random facts in four entertaining rounds: a traditional round, a music round, an image round, and a surprise round. Half the time will be spent in mini-teams, while the other half will be spent interacting with the whole group.
Virtual Escape Room: The '90s
For an exciting game that will have you feeling sentimental, CourseHorse offers the Virtual Escape Room: The '90s. In this 75-minute escape challenge, your group will collaborate in mini teams to escape the room while fondly reminiscing on the glorious '90s. Your game host will provide your group with the following scenario: your team are campers enjoying themselves at a '90s throwback camp (Do Nickelodeon, Nirvana, Blockbuster, and dial-up modem ring a bell?) when they are mysteriously sucked into a portal that transports them back to the real '90s. Each "bunk" or mini-team will work together to solve puzzles and crack codes in hopes of escaping the '90s before the year comes to an end. Your group will have plenty of fun and opportunity for bonding as they work together to solve clues in the form of character descriptions, virtual maps, audio clips, and mini-games.
Virtual Escape Room: The Office Holiday Party
CourseHorse offers the Virtual Escape Room: The Office Holiday Party, a popular Christmas or holiday-themed activity for your small group. In this 75-minute challenge, teams will work together to escape the office party or risk missing out on their holiday break. This escape room challenge embraces the humor by poking fun at the customary office holiday party. In this hilarious scenario, just as you are about to leave the office party, the door is locked and your ID badge is deactivated. You have to do whatever it takes to escape, including solving puzzles and clues in the form of audio and video clips and playing mini-games to reveal more information to help you escape. Your enthusiastic game facilitator will walk you through the scenario and provide the details you need.
Virtual Scavenger Hunt
Is your small team looking for a fun competition that will get them out of their seats? CourseHorses's Virtual Scavenger Hunt will have your group working together to solve riddles, find items, make quick creative projects, and interact in unique and funny ways with their surroundings. In this one-hour interactive game, an engaging facilitator will split your group into smaller teams that will work together to complete a series of scavenger challenges around their homes. One of the unique challenges you'll compete in is the Riddle Races, where participants will be given clues about common objects and then go and find those items in their homes. The show-and-tell round with the large group will have everyone laughing as they share what their group found, created, and completed together. Only one team will win the scavenger hunt, but everyone will enjoy the entertainment and humor in this game.
Virtual Terrarium Workshop
A popular online group event, the Virtual Terrarium Workshop will get your group's creative juices flowing while making something fun and soothing to the eye. In this relaxing team-building experience, groups will learn how to apply the principles of feng shui – a Chinese practice of organization that creates balance and harmony – to create a tranquil terrarium that can be displayed on a table or hung on a wall. Individuals will bond with other group members as they create their terrariums by arranging succulents, moss, soil, and rocks in a glass bowl or terrarium. Your professional instructor will guide you as you arrange a peaceful garden and learn more about the art of feng shui. All materials will be sent to each participant including the glass terrarium, succulents, reindeer moss, crystals, decorative rocks, and succulent soil.
Virtual Brick Building Team Workshop
If your group wants a fun activity that evokes childhood memories, the Virtual Brick Building Team Workshop may be what you are looking for. In this 75-minute activity, participants will compete in groups and individually to see who can build the best Lego structure. In each round of the competition, individuals will work in teams to tell a story with their Lego creations and the whole group will vote for the winner. This popular workshop is the perfect way to promote teamwork in your business or organization while demonstrating that diversity and unique perspectives are key to forming useful ideas. Some example challenges include building a zoo scene, clones (where each participant on a team builds the exact same structure), building the largest tower, self-portraits, creating a form of transportation, and building something that represents your favorite hobby. Each participant will receive a bag of 200 Legos prior to the event.
Virtual Icebreaker: Get to Know Your Teammates
CourseHorse's Virtual Icebreaker: Get to Know Your Teammates is a fast-paced, interactive workshop that is perfect for small groups. In this one-hour team-building activity, your group will have fun learning new and interesting things about each other. An engaging host will guide your group as they split up into smaller teams of 2-3 people who will interview each other in breakout rooms. Participants will be provided with a list of questions they can ask to gather interesting information about their team members. Eventually, everyone will come back to the larger group to share the fun facts and stories they learned about each other. The goal of this activity is to help people who have either worked together for years or are new to the company get to know each other a little better and facilitate communication.
Virtual Escape Room: Halloween Haunted House
For an exciting Halloween escape room challenge, CourseHorse offers the Virtual Escape Room: Halloween Haunted House. In this virtual escape room experience, individuals will break into mini-groups and have 75 minutes to work together to escape a haunted mansion before being trapped there forever. In the scenario provided, you are attending a lavish dinner at an old mansion when the host poisons your food, forcing you to work quickly to find the antidote. Your group facilitator will provide engaging details of the story and the information you need to reach your goal. Your mini-group will work together to solve puzzles and clues in the form of virtual maps, audio and video clips, character descriptions, and fun games. While mainly working in small groups, you will have the chance to interact with the whole group throughout the experience.
Virtual Wine & Cheese Workshop
CourseHorse's Virtual Wine & Cheese Workshop is a great way to get your small group together for a fun online activity. In this 90-minute workshop, your group will learn the basics of wine and cheese pairing from a professional wine and cheese expert. Your group will learn impressive vocabulary and techniques to elevate their knowledge of how wine and cheese are created and will have time to ask questions. Each participant will be shipped two bottles of wine, French Sauvignon Blanc and Argentinian Malbec, and two kinds of cheese, French goat cheese and sharp cheddar.
Virtual Escape Room: Jumanji
In CourseHorse's Virtual Escape Room: Jumanji challenge, your group will have 75 minutes to work together to solve interactive puzzles and answer unique riddles. In the scenario given to you, you and your team are heading to the gift shop to buy a souvenir after a day at the zoo when you discover a dusty old game on sale called Jumanji. When you leave the zoo, the game bursts open and starts setting up on its own, prompting you to play. What could go wrong? Your group will have plenty of fun in this escape room challenge as they solve puzzles in the form of character descriptions, virtual maps, audio and video clips, and mini-games. The group facilitator will ensure that everything runs smoothly as they provide engaging prompts for your team to follow. Also, while the majority of the time will be spent in mini-groups, you will have opportunities to interact with the large group as well.
Virtual Scavenger Hunt: Holiday Scavenging
For a fun, holiday-themed game, your small group can book the one-hour Virtual Scavenger Hunt: Holiday Scavenging. In this exciting top-selling group activity, you'll break into mini groups to compete in three rounds of holiday challenges that could include silly things like putting antlers on your pet, quoting your favorite holiday movie, and creating a snowflake garden. To ensure a smooth process and fun time for everyone, your high-energy group facilitator will start by going over the rules of the game and providing prompts. Your mini-groups will then use the breakout rooms to collaborate, eventually coming back to the large group to share what was found or created. You'll need plenty of teamwork in this challenge and will have opportunities to interact with both your mini-group and the large group.
Virtual Game Night: Battle Royale
If your team is looking for a fun game night, you can book CourseHorse's Virtual Game Night: Battle Royale. In this one-hour activity, which is great for small groups, your team will compete in three rounds of games that include: racing to list the most items (List It), answering trivia and testing your memory (Think Fast), and making the most connections (Link It). Most of the game will be spent in mini-teams that will work together to become the champions, but there will be opportunities to interact with the whole group as well.
Virtual Candy Making: Truffles & Brittle
For those with a sweet tooth, CourseHorse's Virtual Candy Making: Truffles & Brittle cooking class will provide groups with the opportunity to bond while making delectable treats. In this one-hour beginner-friendly class, participants will learn how to make two types of candies: dark chocolate truffles with or without hazelnuts and brittle with peanuts or mix-ins of your choice. A professional chef and instructor will guide your group step-by-step through the candy-making process in this fun and interactive class. Each participant will receive a candy-making kit in advance that includes peanuts, dark chocolate, hazelnuts, cocoa powder, and a gift card for heavy cream or additional mix-ins. Participants will need to provide some of their own kitchen supplies and baking ingredients including sugar, salt, baking soda, a saucepan, a cookie sheet, parchment paper, a rubber spatula, a cookie scoop or teaspoon, and a bowl and whisk.
Virtual Pizza from Scratch
Who doesn't love pizza? It's the perfect dish to please everyone's taste buds. In CourseHorse's Virtual Pizza from Scratch class, your group will learn from a professional chef how to make delicious homemade pizza. This 90-minute class will give your small group the opportunity to learn more about each other as they participate in an interactive workshop. Your group will learn how to make and roll pizza dough, add toppings of their choice, and bake the pizza perfectly. By the end, each participant will have a delicious homemade pizza they can virtually eat together. Ingredients will be provided by CourseHorse in advance, including instant yeast, olive oil, crushed tomatoes, flour, and a gift card to buy toppings and cheese of their choice. CourseHorse can also accommodate gluten-free requests and will send a gluten-free package to those participants.
Virtual Watercolor Workshop
In CourseHorse's Virtual Watercolor Workshop, participants will learn the foundational skills for creating a beautiful watercolor painting. In this relaxing 90-minute class, your group will learn the "wet-on-wet" technique for creating an abstract watercolor painting. An engaging instructor will guide participants as they express themselves through their paintings and paint their own interpretation of the image they are recreating. CourseHorse offers a library of images to select from or you can send in your own photograph of what you would like your group to paint. Materials will be shipped to each participant, including 18+ watercolor paints, premium grade paper, and watercolor paint brushes in various sizes.
Virtual Getting to Know Your Teammates (30 minutes)
For a fast-paced and interactive virtual icebreaker, CourseHorse offers the 30-minute workshop Virtual Getting to Know Your Teammates. An engaging facilitator will guide your small group as they learn interesting facts about one another in a combination of lightning rounds and sharing with the entire group. Your group will have plenty of interaction as they spend half the time in mini-teams and the other half with the large group. There are four different 30-minute events in CourseHorse's Getting to Know Your Teammates series including an introduction round, sharing your passions, viewing differences as strengths, and collaborating together.
Gingerbread House Holiday Party
Another top-selling class, the Gingerbread House Holiday Party will get your group in the holiday spirit while embracing their inner child. In this 90-minute class well-suited for small groups, individuals will construct a gingerbread house while the event host plays classic holiday music. Once finished, everyone will have the chance to show and talk about their creation. CourseHorse will send each participant the gingerbread house supplies in advance including gingerbread cookies, icing, assorted candies, candy canes, and sprinkles.
Virtual New York Style Pretzels
In CourseHorse's Virtual New York Style Pretzels workshop, small groups can bond while they make their own delicious homemade pretzels. In this 90-minute class, your group will learn how to mix, roll and shape their own pretzel dough, perfectly bake their pretzels, and add salt or cinnamon for toppings. The result will be a delectable snack perfect for family, friends, and coworker get-togethers. A professional chef and instructor will guide your group in this hands-on workshop and all ingredients will be provided including yeast, flour, cornmeal, sea salt, and baking soda. Participants will need to supply additional items such as butter, sugar, a mixing bowl, a large pot, a baking sheet, and a whisk or food processor.