Are you in search of the perfect team building games for small groups? If you’re dealing with a small team of employees, it is quite difficult to find the appropriate activities. Don’t worry. We have created a list of 12 Corporate Team Building Games for Small Groups.
If you want to know how you can conduct team building activities, you can read this article for inspiration: How to Facilitate Team Building Activities in Your Workplace?
So, let’s get started!
12 Corporate Team Building Games for Small Groups
#1. The Great Egg Drop
The goal of this game is to build a structure that protects the eggs while dropping from a certain height.
Time Required: 30 minutes – 1 hour
How to Play?
- Instruct each group to find several materials to build a structure.
- Give some time for each team, say 15-20 minutes to plan their strategy and build the structure by putting the egg inside.
- Once this is done, tell them to drop the structure from at least 10 feet height.
- Check how many teams have survived their eggs successfully. If there is more than one team, then the team that utilized fewer materials for building structure is declared the winner.
#2. React and Act
The goal of this game is to role-play a particular scenario through animated expressions and guess it correctly.
Time Required: 15-30 minutes
How to Play?
- Request each participant to role-play a particular scenario. This can be anything like winning the lottery, winning an examination, proposing to someone, etc.
- The rest of the teammates should guess the scenario.
#3. Scavenger Hunt
The goal of the Scavenger Hunt is to find a list of hidden items within a certain time limit.
Time Required: 20-30 minutes
How to Play?
- Give each team a list of items to find and a certain time limit.
- Now, each team should try to find all the items in the list within the time limit.
- The first team who completes this win.
For scavenger hunt ideas, you can read this article: Top 10 Team Building Scavenger Hunt Ideas.
#4. Two Truths and a Lie
The goal of this game is to identify the lie out of a few statements.
Time Required: 15-20 minutes
How to Play?
- Instruct each person to write two truths and a lie about him in a piece of paper.
- Tell them not to reveal the lie to anyone.
- Then, the rest of the members should try to identify the lie by asking different questions.
#5. Story Starters
The goal of this game is to create a story step-by-step.
Time Required: 5 minutes
How to Play?
- Get some small pieces of paper and write the opening lines for stories. For example, once upon a time, when I was a child, etc.
- Ask a member from each team to pick one piece of paper and continue the sentence.
- Once he says one sentence, the next team member can tell another sentence. Then, move on to the next member.
- This process repeats until the story is completed.
#6. Coin Logo
The goal of this exercise is to create a logo using coins and explain its meaning.
Time Required: 5-10 minutes
How to Play?
- Request each team to place their coins (from pocket and wallet) on the table.
- If a team doesn’t have enough coins, they can borrow from others.
- Give some time for each team to create a team logo using their coins.
- Once this is done, ask each team to discuss their logo such as its meaning, reason for creating it, etc.
#7. Tug of War
The goal of this game is to pull off the rope and make the other team cross the line.
Time Required: 5 minutes
How to Play?
- Divide the participants into two equal teams.
- Get a large rope and draw a straight line on the ground.
- Ask each team to stay on different sides of the line by holding the rope.
- The team that successfully makes the opponent cross the line wins the game.
#8. Life Highlights
The goal of this game is to think about the important life moments and discuss the best ones.
Time Required: 15-30 minutes
How to Play?
- Instruct the participants to close their eyes for one minute and think about the best moments in their life.
- Once they are done, ask them which moment they want to relive if they only have 30 seconds left in their life and the reason for it.
#9. Mine Field
The goal of this game is to walk through a mine field being blindfolded.
Time Required: 15 – 45 minutes
How to Play?
- Set up the “minefield” by scattering several soft objects (like empty plastic bottles, cones, foam balls, large paper cups, etc.) on the floor.
- Divide the participants into different pairs.
- Get a blindfold person from each pair, and he is not allowed to see or talk.
- The other one is a sighted person who is able to see and talk, but not allowed to enter the mine field or touch his blindfold partner.
- Now, the blindfold person should walk through the mine field (without touching the objects) by listening to the verbal instructions of his partner.
- Once he reaches the other side, switch roles and repeat the activity.
#10. All Aboard
The goal of this game is to make everyone stay within a ship until its size is completely reduced.
Time Required: 15 minutes
How to Play?
- Divide the participants into small groups.
- Get some tarpaulins or blankets and set them on the floor, which will be considered a ship.
- Ask each team to stay within their ship.
- This activity continues by reducing the size of the ship and every member should try to stay within their ship.
#11. Tag Team Game
The goal of this game is to create a “virtual teammate” by combining all the qualities and strengths of team members.
Time Required: 20-30 minutes
How to Play?
- Divide the participants into small teams with 4-6 members each.
- Ask everyone to write down their qualities as well as strengths on a piece of paper.
- Then, they should share it with their teammates.
- Instruct each team to create a “virtual teammate” by combining all those qualities and strengths.
- Now, each team should write a profile/story about their “virtual teammate”.
- Finally, each team should share this profile/story with other teams so that everyone will understand their own strengths and weaknesses.
#12. The Paper Tower
The goal of this game is to build the tallest free-standing structure with the help of paper.
Time Required: 5 minutes
How to Play?
- Divide the participants into small teams.
- Give a large sheet of paper to each team.
- Instruct each team to build the tallest free-standing structure by using paper.
- Set a time limit for this activity and once completed, review each structure.