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In this article you will find:
- 15 Fun Virtual Activities for Your Team in 2025
- Frequently asked questions about virtual activities
15 Fun Virtual Activities for Your Team in 2025
Here's a list of fun activities for your remote team to do:
1. Virtual Volunteering
Requirements/Additional Resources:
- Video Platform
- Virtual volunteering opportunities
Description of Activity:
Virtual volunteering experiences give us another option to continue to do good for our communities while social distancing.
2. Virtual Lunch Club
Requirements/Additional Resources:
- Video Platform
- Great for teams or getting to meet new colleagues, virtually
Description of Activity:
No need to find a place to sit in this club! Grab some food and a comfy place to sit, eat and enjoy getting to know some new co-workers.
3. Virtual Happy Hour
Requirements/Additional Resources:
- Video Platform
- Themes: pet happy hours (‘Yappy Hour’), company pride(wear company colors or swag),make your drinks, and name it
Description of Activity:
Kick off the weekend with this virtual happy hour and get introduced to some new folks within your organization. Mix and mingle all in the comfort of your own home!
4. Workshops (technical or wellness - i.e. nutritionist ergonomics, mindfulness)
Requirements/Additional Resources:
- Video Platform
- Expert in topic
- Lunch gift cards if you're doing it as a lunch and learn (optional)
Description of Activity:
Want to pick up some hard skills from those around you? In a small group host a workshop. Have one department volunteer a few leaders to walk through a presentation about the basic skills of their choosing to folks from all different teams throughout the organization. For example, team leads from Marketing can host a workshop on SEO or invite a nutrition coach!
5. Netflix Party
Requirements/Additional Resources:
Description of Activity:
Get a big team together, choose a show, and stream as a team. Make sure everyone has the Netflix party link before the event so everyone sees the same thing at the same time.
6. Painting or Drawing Class
Requirements/Additional Resources:
- Video Platform
- Art supplies
Description of Activity:
Get together in a large or small team, choose an image to draw or paint and enjoy a team art class.
7. Special Guest Booking or Experience
Requirements/Additional Resources:
- Book a virtual event with Teamland
- Video Platform
Description of Activity:
Get a group together and make an event around a certain special guest or experience of your choosing. Or, gift an employee experience to teams or an employee!
8. Scavenger Hunt
Requirements/Additional Resources:
- Slack/Teams channel
- List of items to take a photo with (i.e. tree outside, recycling bin, household items)
Description of Activity:
Put together a list of items and give everyone a set time to go out and find the items to take a photo with. Post photos on Slack/Teams and the winner gets a prize! This is a fun activity, away from the screen.
9. Do a Buzzfeed Quiz Together
Requirements/Additional Resources:
- Video Platform
- Buzzfeed quizzes
- Slack/teams channel
Description of Activity:
Take 10 minutes to take a fun quiz together! Share what sushi or house plant you are from these quick quizzes. You can share results on a Slack/Teams channel or on a call.
10. Company Cribs
Requirements/Additional Resources:
- Video Platform (optional)
- Slack/teams channel (optional)
Description of Activity:
Get everyone to give a quick 30-second tour of their home or workspace! This can be done ‘live’ via a video call or get everyone to pre-record and post on Slack/Teams.
11. Kahoot
Requirements/Additional Resources:
- Video Platform
- Kahoot
Description of Activity:
Customize trivia quizzes and question-and-answer games to keep employees engaged and on their toes. Or make a game out of the whole thing! Using the Kahoot software, employees can race on answering customized questions.
12. Reading Show
Requirements/Additional Resources:
- Video Platform
- Short story, poem, or excerpt from someone's favorite book
Description of Activity:
Bring a team together and have someone read a short story, poem, or excerpt from their favorite book! A soothing librarian voice is not required.
13. Can You Hear Me?
Requirements/Additional Resources:
- Video Platform
Description of Activity:
Get a team together and choose one person to start. That one person will put themselves on mute and begin to say a word or phrase. The other members of the team will have to guess what their mute team member is trying to say.
14. Spreadsheet Pixel Art
Requirements/Additional Resources:
- Video Platform
- Google sheets
Description of Activity:
As a team, work together to choose a picture and recreate that picture using the colors and fill cell option on a Google sheet.
15. Wine Tasting and Q&A
Requirements/Additional Resources:
- Video Platform
- Wine expert/local vineyard
Description of Activity:
If you have a vendor in mind think about hosting a virtual wine tasting and Q&A with a winemaker. This way, you can support local businesses while connecting everyone in a tangible, shared experience. Teamland hosts wine-tasting events as well! Visit and get a quote!
People also ask these questions about virtual activities for teams:
Here are the answers to the most common questions about virtual activities for teams:
1. Why do virtual team building activities work?
A virtual team building activity will work when it facilitates emotional connections among participants. Activities that enable participants to learn new things about one another promote the kind of bonding that makes physical space disappear. Make your virtual team building activities work by using strategic ideas.
2. How do I get started with a virtual team building activity in 2025?
To set up a virtual team building activity, you need a team, reliable technology, creativity, and an understanding of how to make virtual events successful. You'll also need some good ideas. Check out our other blogs for more team building ideas!
3. What is virtual team building?
Virtual team building is using technology, emotional intelligence, and management skills to keep teams connected when they can't physically be together. Virtual team building comes in many forms, but effective programs make employees forget they're not sitting in the same office.
