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Stay warm and cosy this winter as you and your team reconnect with these top 7 indoor team building ideas! It can be tricky to find the motivation to leave the office in the winter months, but we have some secret gems that’ll get you and your team excited for a mini indoor adventure.
Winter is the perfect time to get out and about and create memories, finding the small joys life has to offer! With these team building activities, your team will leave feeling reenergised and comfortable. We promise they are well worth the excursion. So, let’s dive in!
Make your own ceramic house
Create an everlasting decoration for the house that will put a smile on your team's face every time they see it! This two-hour ceramic hand-building workshop in Sydney helps you through all the steps to make your very own ceramic house design (often perfect to accommodate a tea light). These magical ceramic creations become a wonderful reminder of the warmth that we can make for ourselves.
Hand-building is a playful and mindful indoor activity that’ll have your team bonding through laughter and conversation, while enjoying a peaceful and cosy space. Your pieces will be glazed and fired, ready for you to pick up in a couple of weeks—perfect for adding a cosy touch to homes, whilst also getting started on decorating for the festive season!
Everyone is welcome to bring drinks and nibbles to this session, making it as homely as you wish! With a few cafes and restaurants available around, why not bring a coffee and organise a team lunch afterwards?
Keep the fire burning with your own candles
What about staying warm with an indoor team building activity where you make your own candles? Leaf Candle Co. in Coburg North have everything you and your team need to create your own soy candles that will warm your hands for hours.
Fill your cups and your stomachs! The teacher will guide everyone through this fun, beginner-friendly activity, melting and pouring your candles as you indulge in a shared grazing board.
Best of all? Each member of your team will leave with three candles to enjoy at home, keeping their space warm, inviting and completely cosy for the rest of winter!
Enjoy a matcha and make a mug
Matcha and mug making is quite possibly the perfect team building activity to reconnect and unwind this winter. Everyone will create something functional and meaningful to be both proud of and comforted by.
Be welcomed with a ceremonial matcha to enjoy throughout the session before diving into a guided hand-building session where you’ll create a mug for all your warm winter beverages. The ritual of making matcha brings us into the present moment, a mindful practice to remember to take each moment for what it is—a beautiful message for you and your team this winter.
Hosted in a light-filled, calming Fremantle studio, your team will experience the intentional, soothing joy of crafting something of their own to keep forever!
Gather in the kitchen to make some authentic Italian food
Join Sprout Cooking School in Adelaide and warm up in the kitchen with an authentic Italian cooking class. Nothing beats Nonna’s delicious dishes! You won’t have to worry about fancy techniques; this indoor team building activity is all about cooking from the heart.
You and your team will have a blast learning three traditional Italian dishes, using simple techniques that Italian Nonnas have been perfecting for centuries. There’s nothing quite like a hearty pasta or fresh, warm sugo to nourish the soul in the winter months!
You and your team will get to pair some wine or chosen beverage with your meal to really enjoy the entire experience, from the cooking to the eating. Strong bonds are forged over good food, wine and the shared love of making something from scratch.
Stained glass suncatchers, anyone?
It may be winter, but the sun still shines! Make sure to catch those beautiful rays with your own glass suncatcher. This unique stained glass class in Sydney will teach everyone how to create their own stunning suncatcher out of stained glass. It may sound tricky, but it's actually a beginner-friendly introduction to designing, copper foiling, soldering and finishing your own mystical creation!
You and your team will have fun making diamonds, stars, or a special shape of your choice from pre-cut pieces of colourful glass. Your colleagues will have a gorgeous piece of art they can hang by a window, making sure that when the sun shines, they’ll get some extra sparkle.
This is a unique team building experience, sure to get your team out of their comfort zone and leave them feeling incredibly confident to take on any new challenge!
Make something shine with the art of Yobitsugi
Ever heard of Kintsugi, the famous Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold? Well, let us introduce you to Yobitsugi.
While traditional Kintsugi puts a single broken object back together using its own original pieces, Yobitsugi is the joy of bringing together broken pieces from several different objects, making something whole and anew with a patchwork-like appearance.
The name itself beautifully translates to ‘calling into’ or ‘inviting connection.’ And it leaves you with a warm, quirky piece of art, reflective of the fact that the mismatched and the broken can be remade.
At Be-Ras Creative Art Cafe in Tasmania, you and your team will be guided in the contemporary method of Yobitsugi using epoxy adhesive and mica (gold) powder. Here you’ll embrace the art of restoring cherished objects with shining joinery, and you’ll all leave with a special piece that embodies resilience.
Make flowers bloom with art
Spring may not be here yet, but we can’t let that stop us from enjoying the beauty of flowers!
For a paint and sip experience with a twist in Newcastle, be swept up in the enchanting world of watercolour as you paint gorgeous floral motifs whilst sipping on your chosen drinks!
Don’t worry about having to draw the perfect carnation, or tulip, or hyacinth. This class is designed to be relaxing and offers pre-drawn floral templates so that you and your team can focus on the brightening watercolour elements. You’ll all learn watercolour techniques whilst enjoying a Turkish afternoon tea and sweets.
Bring your team together for a session full of mindfulness, creativity and colour, brightening up everyone’s winter with flowers they can keep forever.
With these 7 indoor team building activities, you and your team are sure to remain warm and cosy, not only by staying indoors, but by filling your creative cups, too. No matter what activity you choose, everyone will leave feeling uplifted and renewed, knowing that no matter how cold it gets, there’s no freezing creative joy!
