The 5 Best Team Building Activities For The Summer

21.05.2019

Let's beat the summer heat and bond all at the same time. Bring your corporate team together by doing something that the entire group will love and remember for years to come! With these 5 Best Summer Team Building Activities, your coworkers will be excited to spend time with their team outside of work.

1. High Tech Scavenger Hunt

Corporate teams having fun on their custom scavenger hunt around the city

Who Does It Best: Wildgoose Team Activities

Why It's The Perfect Summer Bonding Activity: Not only will you make your FitBit happy and average about 6,000 steps during the hunt, but you'll also get to spend some fun quality time with your team. Soak up some vitamin D, get energized and may the best team win!

2. Day of Play

Stuffed cotton candy, a selfie drink and a human game of hungry-hippo all brought to you by CoCo Events

Who Does It Best: CoCo Events

Why It's The Perfect Summer Bonding Activity: Create an "Out of Office" email and get your team to the nearest park for the day. Let your colleagues get to know each other over a human-sized game of hungry hippo or foosball while they snack on stuffed cotton candy. Add to the fun and games with an exciting photobooth experiencelike the "selfie drink" or custom team t-shirts. The "Day of Play" possibilities are truly endless

3. Cocktail Making Class

Different corporate groups mixing cocktails and having friendly competition at Liquor Lab

Who Does It Best: Liquor Lab

Why It's The Perfect Summer Bonding Activity: Hello summer sips and friendly competition! Who wouldn't want to create and name their own custom cocktail? With the "buddy system" in play, each corporate pair will get the chance to craft the perfect summer drink (and maybe win a prize or two in the end).

4. Escape Room in The Park

Corporate teams playing the mobile escape game in various locations, having lots of fun

Who Does It Best: Trap Door Events

Why It's The Perfect Summer Bonding Activity: When the NYC sun is shining, there's no way you want to be in the office. Take your team to the nearest park, outdoor space or rooftop venue and have some fun with your own mobile escape room. You'll be able to engage with your coworkers while immersing yourself in the game, so get out of your comfort zone and put your heads together to "escape".

5. Ice Cream Challenge

A corporate group learning how to make their own ice cream, a scoop of ice cream with decorations, a woman freezing the ice cream

Who Does It Best: TeamBonding Co

Why It's The Perfect Summer Bonding Activity: The name of this activity probably sells itself, but if you need any more convincing just picture your team among all the waffle cones and ice cream you can dream of. Implement your leadership and teamwork skills by turning ice cream ingredients and decorations into adelicious finished product. Take this challenge to a rooftop with a retractable roof or even a venue with floor to ceiling windows to escape the summer heat and cool off indoors with some ice cream.

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