{"id":13088,"date":"2014-04-18T08:44:26","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T14:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/?p=13088"},"modified":"2022-09-01T10:24:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T15:24:03","slug":"8-fun-game-ideas-for-company-picnics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/8-fun-game-ideas-for-company-picnics\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Fun Game Ideas for Company Picnics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Barbeque<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

As the weather warms up, it’s time to start thinking about enjoying it with a company picnic! Choose from a variety of invitations<\/a> r create your own invites on festive border paper<\/a> and get your employees, and perhaps their family members, together for a fun afternoon outdoors. Help keep the party enjoyable with these fun game ideas for company picnic days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Game Ideas:
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1. Sack Race:<\/strong> This rowdy outdoor game will get everyone loosened up because it’s impossible to not look silly while hopping around in a sack. If you don’t have access to sacks, pillowcases work just as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Water Balloon Toss:<\/strong> There’s no harm in getting a little wet, and most people will in a water balloon toss game. Have people pair up and stand a few feet away and toss a water balloon from one person to the other, taking a step back with each successful catch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Horseshoes:<\/strong> If your picnic area has a horseshoe pit, this makes a fun and casual game for people to play whenever they have a spare moment at the picnic. There’s not much as satisfying as hearing the clink of a horseshoe around the stake!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Bocce Ball, Bean Bag Toss, or Ladder Golf:<\/strong> These picnic games go along with nice weather and being outdoors. Consider building a branded game<\/a> and give out prizes to the winner!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Three-Legged Race: <\/strong>If your group doesn’t mind getting a little crazy, pair off and tie your adjoining legs together for a classic three legged race. It’s amazing how well people can get along if they’re depending on each other to cross the finish line first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Human Knot Challenge:<\/strong> Divide picnic attendees into teams and have each team get in a circle, put their hands in the middle, and grab two different people’s hands. Then challenge teams to untangle into a circle as quickly as possible without letting go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Watermelon<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

7. Company Trivia:<\/strong> Get everyone together at the end of the day for a trivia game, asking about company history and fun facts. You can even keep the same teams from games earlier in the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest:\u00a0<\/strong>This classic contest is fun for picnic attendees of all ages, even employees’ children! It’s also an easy one to play if you’re already planning to serve watermelon. Set up a starting line and mark the farthest seed each time with a golf tee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With every picnic game that’s played at your company picnic, focus on having fun and getting to know each other in a context outside of work. If you want to heat up the competition a bit, shop for prizes and custom certificates<\/a> for game winners, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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