How to Select Teambuilding Party Games

By eHow Parties & Entertaining Editor

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By incorporating problem-solving exercises into a fun party environment, your next company meeting can yield laughter and a stronger working team. Take some time to consider what goals you want to accomplish and what skills you would like to improve in your office team when select teambuilding party games for your next corporate event.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Buckets
Eggs
Balloons
Bungee cord
Paint
Rope
Posterboard
Egg wrapping materials such as cardboard, styrofoam and bubblewrap

Select Teambuilding Party Games

Step1

Divide your office personnel into teams of three or more. Depending on the number of games you plan on playing, you can have the teams trade members or stay in their original groups throughout the course of the party.

Step2

Get your personnel thinking about efficiency and cooperation when you play "Toxic Waste." In this game, each team must transport a bucket of "toxic waste" (which can be colored water or goo) to a "neutralizing" bucket. They must develop a system of transport with ropes or bungee cords without handling the toxic bucket with their hands.

Step3

Encourage creative thinking by having your teams come up with different ways to protect a raw egg when it is dropped from a height of 5 feet or more. You can provide each team with a different kind of cushioning material such as bubble wrap or other supplies such as tape. They must now negotiate with other teams to get the supplies they will need to provide a safe cushioned landing for their egg.

Step4

Bring out the expressive artist in your staff by producing a company art project. Teams or individuals can work on individual posterboards which express different aspects of your company's goal. At the end of the party, compile the posterboards together to create a mosaic of the company's mission statement.

Step5

Select a balloon relay game to get your team moving. Different variations can include popping balloons without using your hands and can incorporate aspects of cooperation and sportsmanship to create a more unified workforce.

Tips & Warnings

The success of any teambuilding game depends on the person who acts as the facilitator or host. If you don't want to take this role on yourself, you can hire an individual trained in the art of creating a challenging teambuilding experience.