9 Halloween Team Building Activities To Spice Up Your Company Party

Halloween isn’t just for candy anymore…
it’s for team building!

Ready to celebrate Halloween and bond with your employees and coworkers? These Halloween team building activities will spice up your company party this fall! Whether it is a virtual haunted house, carving pumpkins, or pumpkin racing, you want maximum team involvement that will BOO-st their Halloween Spirit! Once you’ve decided on the details, send out a text or email invitation to get a headcount. Here are 9 Halloween team building games and activities your team will love:

9 Fun Halloween Team Building Activities


1. Virtual Pumpkin Carving

Virtual pumpkin carving

Carve out some time with your team with virtual pumpkin carving, an alternative for an in-person pumpkin carving Halloween team building activity, your team can now receive their own carving kit delivered to their door. Get ready for laughs with your host, a Master Pumpkin Sculptor, and have an eventful Halloween office party online carving pumpkins. This is also a great way to celebrate National Pumpkin Day on October 26th.

 


2. Pumpkin RacesPumpkin race

Make your own pumpkin racer and feel the thrill for what promises to be the most fun and unusual Halloween team building idea your team has ever experienced! Let your imagination run wild with design and decoration. Who will be the Grand Champion?

 


3. Creepy Treats

Did you say pumpkin cookies? It’s a thing.
This Halloween team building activity is as simple as providing plenty of creepy treats, spooky cocktails, or candy platters. You have all the themed recipes you could ever need on Pinterest. You can even make it a Halloween food contest! Check out more employee Halloween gift ideas.

 


4. Halloween Decor

Nothing says Halloween like some festive decor.
Don’t forget to decorate your office with pumpkins galore!

Top decor you can’t forget:

• Pumpkins
• Ghosts
• Bats
• Spider webs
• Gravestones

Pro tip: The more glow, the better!
(Possibilities are endless with flameless candles!)

 


5. Haunted Houses

Is your team brave enough to try a virtual Haunted House Escape Room? This Halloween team building activity is one of our favorites. Compete against each other while solving cryptic clues and completing hilarious photo challenges to be the first to escape the virtual haunted house.

virtual haunted house escape room


6. Smash Pumpkins

Okay, we know this isn’t a normal Halloween team building activity, but who doesn’t like to blow off some steam? Workdays can be draining, so what better way to let loose than catapulting pumpkins and watching them explode. Our Halloween version of Catapult to Success will be sure to give your team a day they will remember. This is also suitable as a Fall team building idea.


7. Solve A Crime

There is nothing spookier than putting your team’s detective skills to the test. Solve a murder mystery to find out if your team has what it takes to find a killer. In our Virtual Murder Mystery Dinner, In the Company of Killers, there is a murder in your company and only your team can solve it. Or, try Virtual Crime Scene Investigation where your team is an elite CSI unit tasked with sorting through the evidence to figure out who committed the crime, how they did it, and why. Interrogate suspects, compare fingerprints, read through forensic reports, and enter our state-of-the-art virtual crime scene to look for clues. Spooky right?

Virtual Crime Scene Investigation


8. Halloween Scavenger Hunt

Scavenger hunts are a popular choice when it comes to celebrating Halloween at the office. The thrill not only fosters team spirit but also encourages collaboration and problem-solving among colleagues. Participants can immerse themselves in the adventure, enhancing the festive atmosphere and creating lasting memories. Whether it’s preventing a zombie apocalypse in Zombie Rising or chasing down monsters in the Monster Mash Dash, a Halloween scavenger hunt adds a touch of mystery and excitement to the workplace, making it a memorable and enjoyable occasion for all involved.

Zombie rising


9. Quickfire Halloween

Collaborate, communicate, and conquer with Quickfire Halloween! Quickfire Halloween is more than just an app-based game – it’s an experience that’ll ignite your Halloween spirit and creativity. Your team will conquer a variety of thrilling Halloween challenges from pumpkin activities to spooky makeup, trivia to dance-offs, there’s a challenge for every Halloween enthusiast.

Quickfire Halloween


Let the Halloween Team Building Games Begin!

No matter what you end up planning, these Halloween team building activities will be sure to get your team in the spirit! So turn on the tunes, add some PUNCH to your punch, and get the party started! Check out more Halloween team building events here.

Camille VanBuskirk

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