Company recreation ideas everyone can enjoy!
In today’s world, our connections with others have grown weaker.
Then came the COVID-19 pandemic, and many people found themselves interacting with others even less.
The same is true within companies.
It’s said that when interactions decrease and internal communication drops, it can negatively affect performance.
If you want to boost communication and energize your workplace, in-house recreational activities are highly recommended.
In this article, we’ll introduce some recommended internal recreation ideas.
They’re perfect not only for addressing communication gaps among employees but also for connecting with new hires.
Let’s have fun together and make our company even better!
- Recommended indoor games and recreational activities for the workplace
- Team-based recreational activities for adults that are fun even with large groups
- Fun activities that liven up the office: recreation games
- Games that liven up social and networking gatherings
- A simple and fun co-op game that enhances teamwork
- [For Adults] Exciting Bus Recreation
- A fun, everyone-joins-in game that gets everyone excited!
- Fun games recommended for making friends with people you’ve just met
- Break the ice with intros and team battles! Party games to spice up your welcome event
- Recommended games for team building: How to create a team that can perform at its best
- Recommended games and activities for five people
- A roundup of recreational activities for having fun with colored balls
- Indoor games and recreational activities recommended for spring
Fun for everyone! Recommended in-house recreations (1–10)
houseboat
Meals and banquets are important occasions for deepening team interaction, aren’t they? Precisely because they’re valuable opportunities, trying something different like a yakatabune cruise might be fun.
Enjoying a meal while taking in the night view from the boat and engaging in conversation can really lift everyone’s spirits.
Many cruises follow set routes, and it’s enjoyable to see familiar parts of the city from a different perspective.
Since it’s a boat, there’s a distinctive floating sensation, so being mindful of those who are sensitive to that is an important point for keeping the event running smoothly.
Puzzle-solving game
Puzzle-solving games are popular, even appearing as attractions in major theme parks.
Because participants work together to solve the presented puzzles, they’re ideal for strengthening bonds.
By including challenges that can only be overcome through cooperation, both those who are good at puzzles and those who aren’t can have fun together.
It’s also great that there are many existing puzzle scenarios you can use for reference when creating an original one is difficult.
Using your everyday office as a puzzle-solving venue could be fun too, offering new discoveries.
sports day
Sports day was a major event from our school days where we worked together as a team toward victory.
Wouldn’t it be fun to recreate that sports day at the company, strengthening team bonds by taking on events together? Throwing yourselves into classic sports-day events might bring back memories and a warm sense of nostalgia.
By putting full effort into the planning stage—how to divide teams, what events to include—you can heighten that youthful atmosphere even more.
Since adults giving their all can sometimes go a bit overboard, please be mindful of injuries as you take on the challenge.
Fun for everyone! Recommended company/team-building activities (11–20)
Curry party
We often make curry at camps and for school extracurricular activities, don’t we? Even with so many varieties, you can basically make it as long as you have potatoes, onions, carrots, some meat, and curry roux, so its convenience is probably why it’s so popular.
So, how about a curry party with everyone at the company? If you split into a few teams by department and cook, Team 1 could make keema curry, Team 2 an Indian-style curry, and so on—dividing up different types would definitely make it lively.
If rain is in the forecast, I recommend a house studio with kitchen facilities.
Another plus is that very few people can’t eat curry!
Quiz tournament
I believe the more smiles people share, the closer they become.
That’s why I recommend a quiz contest for mixers or recreational events.
It’s funny how everyone ends up smiling whether they get the answer right or wrong.
You can buy a quiz book from a store, but it also sounds fun to have each group come up with their own questions.
Even the time spent making the quiz starts to feel like a recreational activity.
Team battles or individual matches both work, and offering small prizes will make it even more exciting.
For this day only, let’s drop the titles—no section chiefs or department heads—and keep it casual.
If you prepare a toy that makes a “ding-dong” sound for true/false judgments, it’ll really boost the mood!
Bubble Soccer
You see bubble soccer a lot on variety shows.
It’s something you want to try at least once, right? If you have a futsal court and those bubble suits for bubble soccer, it actually seems pretty easy to set up! In that case, your company recreation activity is decided—bubble soccer it is! Since your upper body movement is restricted in bubble soccer, even if you fall, the bubble absorbs the impact, so it’s safe.
Veteran employees and female employees can all have fun together! On a futsal court, teams of about 4-on-4 might be the most enjoyable.
Make your own rules and go all out!
paper tower
A classic activity for team-building recreation is the paper tower challenge.
Using 30 sheets of A4 paper, the team that builds the tallest tower wins.
There are also a few detailed rules, such as “no cutting or gluing” and “no materials other than paper.” The flow of the game is: first, a 5-minute strategy meeting; then 5 minutes to actually build the tower; and finally, measuring the tower’s height.
Because the game involves discussing and deciding on the tower-building strategy and each member’s role during the strategy meeting, followed by each member quickly carrying out their tasks—much like real work—it’s a perfect fit for team building among working professionals.
