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50 Unique Spirit Week Ideas For Work: The Ultimate Guide To Elevate Your Team Bonding

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Let me make a guess. You have recently discovered the marvel that is Spirit Week at work and is planning to host one to honor your most valuable resource— your employees. But if you've never hosted one before and aren't sure where to begin, what to plan, or how to go about it, we've got you covered.

We understand your dilemma.

You want to give your people an unforgettable experience that they will cherish long after Spirit Week is over. But coming up with creative ideas for a week-long celebration can be daunting.

That's why we decided to make your life easier by taking care of the research part for you. We collected and came up with this list of 50 spirit week ideas for work to ensure a lasting impact on your people.

But, before we jump on to the ideas, you need to understand the following:

What is spirit week for work?

Spirit Week for work is a week-long period of activities that companies organize to celebrate team spirit and togetherness. It's a time of appreciation, engagement, and teamwork.

And guess what? If planned well, a spirit week at work is an easy way to elevate engagement, unity, and cooperation among coworkers. It's a great opportunity for HRs to infuse fun into the mundane office work routine with games, activities, events, and themed parties.

Simply put, planning such activities can act as an instant morale booster for your team if you've recently witnessed a decline in motivation and engagement levels.

However, spirit week is no magic wand. It will only offer you a short-term solution if you are witnessing serious disengagement issues among your people. You will still have to dig deep down to find its roots and come up with a long-term solution.

Now let's come to the next question. Why should companies organize a spirit week? Let's find out.

What are the benefits of spirit week?

1. Fan the flames of motivation

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Unmotivated employees cause the US over $450 billion in losses each year.

Your employees work for long hours on projects that are often boring and has a tight deadline. Such exposure to stress and humdrum routine work for a prolonged period can negatively affect their motivation.

Celebrating spirit week and the accompanying fun activities can be a powerful move to re-energize your teams after weeks of hard work. It will set the momentum, rejuvenate and get them ready for the next few weeks of hard work.

2. Team building

Team building can improve employee work ethic and innovation at your organization up to 10 times.

Spirit week is a massive team-building opportunity. You just need to make some nominal planning and investment to see your teams coming together with camaraderie.

It will further open up conversations and initiate new friendships. These meaningful social relationships also uplift employees' mental health, loyalty, and dedication to work.

3. Promotes spirit at work

It's easy to confuse motivation with spirit. But there's a subtle yet clear difference between the two. On days when motivation fails to take your teams ahead, the spirit is what keeps them going.

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Kinjerski and Skrypnek define the spirit of work as "a sense of community characterized by a feeling of connectedness to others and common purpose."

Spirit week, in fact, is a great way to promote and celebrate your team's undying spirit and resilience. Such celebration of spirit at work can promote a deep sense of fulfillment and mental well-being among your employees.

Spirit at-work programs are often touted to make staff "more happy and excited to go to work."

4. Promote a healthy work culture

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What words come to your mind when you hear "work culture"?

Let me guess- communication, collaboration, inclusion, trust, diversity, creativity, innovation, and other related terms. Am I right?

Directly or indirectly, a well-executed spirit week can touch all these aspects and help you reinforce a positive work culture.

5. Enhance engagement

Your organization might be witnessing absenteeism or higher employee turnover. Or you might have a responsible and reliable team. In both these cases, investing in employee engagement can't be underestimated.

During Spirit Week, why not give your people a chance to team up, participate in fun activities and compete for their team's glory?

When your teams get to connect with each other outside of work, personal bonds are unequivocally formed. It will help them find a sense of trust and belongingness- a major contributing factor to employee engagement.

In a survey, 91% of employees who feel a sense of belonging were found to be engaged. Another research revealed that employees who feel they belong to their workplace are 3x more likely to look forward to coming to work.

6. Spark fun and laughter

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There was a time when the fun at work was seen as a mere distraction. But not anymore.

Team fun activities like a spirit week celebration can, in fact, take the stress out of the busy work days of your employees. It can spark fun, laughter, and entertainment in the mundane work life of your teams.

Still not convinced? Have a look at these statistics:

In a research, 62% of employees who had a fun work environment took no sick days in the past 3 months. 79% of employees said that fun at work relieves stress. Another research shows that fun at work can positively impact employee engagement, creativity, and retention.

As a matter of fact, spirit week is your golden opportunity to replace their knitted eyebrows with smiles for an entire week. Creating such a relaxed and happy work environment might tweak your employee satisfaction rates as well.

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50 Ideas to Celebrate Spirit Week at Work

Now let's get straight to the point. And answer the most important question you might have:

What should I do for spirit week at work?

We all know that working 9-5 in a closed space and sitting at a desk for hours at a stretch is exhausting at times. This spirit week, help your teams break this typical routine. Get them involved in fun activities while they are getting the job done.

Here are some good spirit week ideas for work to make your spirit week celebration memorable for your people-

Fall Spirit week team building activities

The sweater weather is always better together. Moreover, with Christmas fast approaching and the holiday spirit creating a cozy ambiance, now may be the perfect time to celebrate spirit week at your workplace.

Here are some fall and Christmas spirit week ideas for work to help you plan the perfect holiday-themed activities-

1. Fall recipe contest

Arrange a fall recipe contest to let your teams express their culinary talents. A cook-off could be even more fun, where colleagues will get to judge the best-tasting recipes.

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2. Crafts Day

There's a reason why coloring books and pottery classes are all the rage now. It is an era of healing our inner child, and if supporting your employees' mental health is at the top of your priority list, there is no better activity to host than a crafts class.

Sounds good, right? Sliding a craft day in your spirit week activity schedule can, in fact, mean heightened positivity and employee well-being for your people.

To get the best out of this activity, let your teams be imaginative and come up with their own creative ideas. And do it in teams. It can be anything- painting a group mural or decorating the office space with DIY projects.

3. Poker Night

What can be better than a low-stake-friendly poker game on a fall night? Make the game night more fun with themed decor, background music, and bonus ice cream.

Believe me, your teams are going to love it.

4. Tastings

Introduce your employees to the world of wines and take them on a journey to unravel the mysteries of the wine-making process. Later, you can host a wine-tasting party where an invited sommelier can teach them the art of appreciating a fine glass of red wine.

To make the experience more immersive, I highly recommend that this activity take place in a nearby winery or vineyard.

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This can be a great chance for your teams to connect with their colleagues and discover together surprising textures and aromas of new wines. You can fuse the tasting event with fun wine-tasting activities like wine bingo, wine trivia, draw the label, and others to make it more entertaining.

5. Tea party

Arrange some yummy tea-time snacks and enjoy a lovely cuppa with your people. Recreate the authenticity of a great British tea party with fancy saucers and tea cups. Arrange lots of snacks, sweets, sandwiches, jam tarts, seasoned nuts, and a tier of cakes.

Want to know other options to serve? Here is a list of 21 easy and delicious office party snacks and drink ideas.

Spirit week theme ideas

You must have at least once been to those pricey sophisticated-themed weddings or birthday parties. Themed spirit week is something similar minus the crazy amount of money spent on those fancy parties.

Truth is, your spirit week theme can be as simple as dressing in color schemes. You just have to slam-pack your spirit week with entertaining themed activities. And you are good to go.

Here are some spirit week themes that only "look" expensive-

6. Retro theme

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Let's get retro! The groovy music and crazy clothing of the 60s and 70s can enliven your spirit week celebrations. Include some era-appropriate decor, music, and dress code.

Combine it with some classic dishes and drinks popular in that decade. You can also serve colored mocktails and have the dancefloor prepped so your people can groove to the beat.

7. Themed cuisine lunch

A day dedicated to food and foodies? Yes, please!

Breaking the bread together increases trust and cooperation among people. Why miss this team building and bonding chance during spirit week at work?

Have a themed cuisine lunch served for the teams to have together. It can be anything from Mediterranean Escape and Mexican Fiesta to Italian night. I will suggest letting your team decide what they would like to eat. Remember to set the ambiance with matching decor and music.

8. Dark/ Villain theme

Superheroes will always be loved. But how about doing something different this time and having your people dressed as supervillains?

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This spirit week, sprinkle some spookiness and wickedness into the office environment with a villain theme. Imagine how entertaining it will be to see Cruella and the Wicked Queen sitting next to each other's desks.

Spirit week ideas for in-office team

Need some unique spirit week ideas for work that will make your employees enjoy coming to work? Have a look at this list of activities.

9. Office Culture Day

With a diverse team, it can be hard for your employees to appreciate the different cultures of their colleagues. Celebrating office culture day during this spirit week can be your solution.

For this activity, ask all your employees to come dressed in traditional attires that reflect their roots. Establish clear guidelines for acceptable behavior while ensuring the music and décor are not stereotyped.

Such exposure to each other's culture and traditions will help your employees respond to workplace diversity with increased empathy and sensitivity.

10. Company Picnic

Bring your teams together and help them bond with a fun company picnic outing, irrespective of the size of your company. You can either plan a potluck-style lunch or have it catered for the event.

Related: 32 Company Outing Ideas To Strengthen The Bond Within Your Team

11. Breakfast together

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Breakfast is the meal of champions, but it can also be the meal that sets the tone for the rest of the day.

During Spirit Week, set aside a day (or the entire week) for your team to bond over breakfast in the office. Consider including healthy breakfast options along with the usual beverages like tea, coffee, fruit juice, and others in the breakfast menu.

Virtual spirit week ideas for remote team

Here are some spirit week ideas for work-from-home teams that HRs can easily arrange and organize-

12. Karaoke evening

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Looking for a super fun yet cost-effective activity for your virtual teams?
If you answered yes, a virtual karaoke evening with missed lyrics and off-beat singing of your teams might end your search.

The best part is that it's hassle-free. You just have to host the session (on zoom, Microsoft Teams, or Google Meet) on a pre-decided schedule. Your teams can then share their screens, play the song on their turns, and sing their heart out.

It's going to be a whole lot of fun for your teams. Plus, jamming together will help them release all the piled-up stress, share smiles and form a bond.

Ask for song suggestions from your teams and get the lyrics videos ready beforehand for a smooth karaoke evening.

13. Speed Networking

Your remote employees hardly get to connect with coworkers with whom they don't usually get to work on projects. Take, for example- it's highly unlikely that your marketing team knows how the backend team operates and vice-versa.

Speed networking can be your jam if you are trying to strengthen these weak ties and create new bonding.

Not sure what speed networking is?

Speed networking is a well-structured, high-speed networking session where everyone knocking around gets to interact, usually in brief 1-on-1 conversations.

Make everyone come together and introduce themselves to each other and their roles. You can also arrange fun activities with get-to-know-each-other sessions. To get the most out of this activity, team up employees in different groups and keep them rotating throughout the session. It will not only help employees build new relationships but also strengthen existing connections.

14.Office fitness day

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Have employees team up and participate in fitness challenges. It may be a 5km run, a squat challenge, guided meditations, or anything your teams prefer. You can also invite an instructor for a fun online Zumba or workout session.

To juice it up and encourage everyone to participate, announce a few trophies and badges for the winners. Rewards for staying fit are a great way to make corporate wellness fun.

Spirit week ideas for hybrid team

It is challenging to get the hang of team bonding when your teams are divided into remote and in-office employees. Plus, the task of keeping both remote and in-house teams engaged demands some extra effort from your side. If you are someone who's trying to nurture connections between the hybrid employees but finds it overwhelming at times, you are at the right place.

Here are some creative spirit week for work ideas to bring your hybrid teams together-

15. Pumpkin Carving

This is a great fall team bonding activity where your teams get to be creative and innovative. A virtual pumpkin carving session can capture your hybrid team's imagination.

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The only rule here should be 'no rules'. Give your teams the full creative freedom to express the inner artists in them. They are free to carve a toothy grin monster or a scared pumpkin. To finish it in style, they can place candle-style lights inside it and bring their art piece to life.

16. Award sessions/ Appreciation Day

You might already have some recognition program in place at your organization. But appreciating employees quarterly or (even worse) yearly will not make your teams feel appreciated.

To make your efforts count, you have to make it an ongoing process and grab every chance that comes your way. Be it early morning meetings, team lunches, or a spirit week celebration at work.

Your spirit week doesn't have to be only about organizing team activities. Why not make it a time of appreciating and recognizing your hybrid teams for every work done well with an award session or a dedicated appreciation day? You can also encourage your teams to recognize their peers.

You can do this with personal messages, gifts, gift cards, merchandise, awards, titles, and others. Or let them choose what they would want as rewards.

Looking for more ideas to reward your employees? Check out this list of 50 Rewards And Recognition Ideas To Boost Employee Recognition.

17. Company trivia

The office trivia games are a go-to team-building activity for every size and type of organization.

Start with choosing a theme. It could be your company culture, music, movies, science, books, festivals, and anything that interests your teams.

Gather all your teams and ask questions about these themes. To make it more interesting, combine these quizzes with fun icebreaker games and activities.

Choose trivia categories in which your teams would love to participate. It will make your office trivia evening enjoyable for everyone, not just the geeks.

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Uplift the atmosphere with these fun workplace spirit week activities-

18. Comfy Day/pajama day

Want to inject some fun and comfort into your mundane office days this spirit week? Add a pajama day.

Let your employees ditch the suit or the fitted skirt and rock their soft, cozy sleepwear and fuzzy slippers!

However, make sure to set some ground rules. This will help you maintain a code of conduct. It will save you from facing uncomfortable situations like employees pushing the limit too far.

19. Bring your pet to the office

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Pets remind people to take mental breaks and block out stress, even if it's for a few minutes. In fact, 41% of people in a recent survey said that pets in the workplace contribute to their sense of satisfaction.

In other words, 'Bring your pet to the office day' can be your chance to pump your team's spirit and add a pinch of comic relief to your office environment.

But before announcing a pet day, make sure to clear things up with employees who don't have pets. And be respectful of their rights.

Everybody loves pets, especially those who follow you on social media. Sharing the pictures of this day can brighten not only your company's feed but also your followers' day. Such days can be the differentiator between a good and great brand image.

20. Murder mystery party

Add intrigue, mystery, fun, and anticipation to your spirit weekdays with the office murder mystery game. You can arrange an interactive, turn-based, or online murder mystery party per your teams' needs.

Set the mood with cloth drapes in red, images of detective hats, magnifying glasses, weapons, police demarcating tapes, and more. Murder mysteries are a great game to break the ice, initiate interaction and unwind.

Easy dress-up days for spirit week

Dressing up for no reason can sound boring. Spice it up with a contest and award the best dressed. Don't forget to add pictures of all your team members dressed up on your social media handles. Let the world see your teams having fun.

Now let's jump straight to the list of spirit week dress-up ideas for work-

21. Cartoon Day

Remember those Saturday morning cartoon series? Why not relieve those moments with a cartoon day as part of workplace spirit week ideas for work?

Imagine the fun it will be for your people to see their colleagues dressed as their favorite cartoons.

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22. Tacky Fashion Week

It's always fun to see your people clown around like never before. Let them be creative and make their own tacky fashion statement.

It could be as simple as mismatched clothes like- an animal-printed skirt paired with a strawberry-printed shirt. Or they can go over the board and add unusual accessories, neon colors, and weird hairstyles to their look.

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Here are some team-building activities and ideas for spirit week at work-

23. Decorate the office space

This is a perfect way to begin the spirit week celebrations at your office. Decorate the desks and door with maple leaves, funny pumpkin pics, faux branches, and fall garland strands. You can even make a little photo corner.

24. Spin the Wheel

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Spin the wheel game (also known as the wheels of luck) is a quick, fun, and engaging team-building activity.

Place a wheel at a corner where prizes are marked along the side. When it's their turn, employees get to spin the wheel and earn whatever gift the arrow points toward.

Does it mean you must spend a fortune buying expensive prizes for your employees?

No, not at all. It can be as simple as an extra WFH day, a coffee shop gift card, a free lunch coupon, or anything that can be counted as a simple luxury.

25. Talent Show

Organizing a talent show during spirit week is a great way to help your people let loose. My suggestion will be to encourage everyone's participation (including you and senior leaders). Or make it a bit more fun by teaming up employees with different talents.

Can you already imagine your senior manager showing off some pretty dance moves while an employee belts out his favorite tune?

If yes, plan your spirit week talent show now and let your teams showcase their best talent. Apart from the entertainment part, an office talent show will also initiate informal conversations among your teams and retouch their interpersonal skills.

Related: Looking for more team-building activity ideas? Have a look at these 38 Quick and Easy Team Building Activities Your Employees Will Love.

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Need some more ideas?
Here's a massive list of unique ways to celebrate spirit week to keep your teams tight-knit, synchronized, and engaged-

26. Company Swag Day

A company swag day can help your employees feel more connected to the company. Set a theme for this day and ask your employees to dress in company colors. If you have a product, they can dress in clothes that match the color patterns on the product. You can also encourage them to wear branded clothing bearing your company's name.

27. Social Media challenges

Want to see each of your employees turn into brand ambassadors of your company culture? Stop here.

Organize a social media challenge where your employees can put at-work gifs, behind-the-scenes videos, funny team bonding moments, and more on their social media platforms. The post with the most engagement or the best caption will win the challenge, and a quirky gift hamper.

28. Unpuzzle it!

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Host a puzzle competition to nudge the problem-solving skills of your employees. You can either ask them to solve a verbal puzzle or jigsaw of an intricate pattern. The team that solves it first wins!

29. Marshmallow Spaghetti Tower

Raise your team's knack for collaboration with this creative problem-solving activity. You only need to provide each team with 20-30 uncooked spaghetti sticks, a masking tape, and one marshmallow. The team who makes the strongest or tallest tower with these items wins.

30. Spider Web

This game is a must if you want to make fitness fun for your teams. For the activity, tie and weave a string in a weblike pattern on the hallway, doorway, or any other chosen location. If necessary, use duct tape.

To win the challenge, the team will have to pass through the web without touching the strings. It is a fun challenge to re-energize your teams as it requires a lot of physical movement.

31. Charity Day

This spirit week, get everyone in the spirit of giving and find a deep sense of bond with their shared accomplishment. For this activity, you can either take your teams to volunteer at a shelter home, a food bank, or any other cause important to them.

You can also organize a 'make and donate' event where your teams will build and donate things. This could be anything, e.g., stray dog houses, wooden furniture, gift hampers, homemade jewelry, hand-stitched masks, jams, chutneys, and preserves.

32. Go Green

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Why not a day dedicated to sustainability and a green environment? I know what you are thinking- 'Going green is not a one-time thing.' Yes, you are right. But you must start somewhere and take every chance to re-emphasize these values.

You can start the day with a brief presentation and end the day with a plantation drive. In addition, you can prepare a list of green practices (such as no plastic bottles in the office) to make your eco-friendly initiatives a part of the workplace culture.

Remember to encourage others to take the initiative by sharing your simple ecological idea on social media.

33. Scavenger Hunt

The scavenger hunt has become a popular team-building activity among HRs trying to encourage their people to think out of the box. Prepare a list of tasks they need to complete and set the timer. To win, they have to come up with unique strategies and finish the tasks within a fixed time limit.

34. Role swap

Up the ante with a role swap day.

Now you are probably wondering what that really means. Let me explain.

On this day, your employees will get to live their colleagues' lives (for a few hours or the whole day). For instance, 'X,' a content marketer of your team, may choose to switch the role with 'Y,' a brand sales manager. On the role swap day, they will come dressed as each other and take a peek into what the other person's work life looks like.

This will surely give your people a new perspective and help them empathize better with their colleagues.

35. Dress like a CEO

Challenge your teams to dress like CEOs and appear their best powerful self for the day. Power dressing as such can help your teams discover the expressive, bold and confident version of themselves.

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36. Secret Supporter

This spirit week, energize your teams by giving them the opportunity to be a secret cheerleader for one of their peers. For this activity, ask your teams to write their messages anonymously on little chits and collect them in a bowl. Set aside an hour when your teams can gather and read the messages together.

Social recognition as such is a great way to promote your team's motivation. Because who doesn't like appreciation? Make it even more fun by announcing an attractive prize for the one who wins the most number of cheers.

37. Meme Themed day

Memes have taken over social media in the past few years. You will find a rib-tickling meme for everything from work anniversaries to serious workplace issues.

So, why not arrange a meme-themed day this spirit week? Your employees can dress up as their favorite meme on this day. In addition, you can have them recreate the meme and share it in your internal communication channel so that everyone can have a great dose of laughter.

38. Let's, Twin

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Divide your teams into teams of two and have the pair dress identically or as well-known twin icons. To get the most out of this theme, make sure to pair up members from different teams.

39. Cup Stacking

Remember the days when you used to spend hours building brick towers? It's something similar.

Divide your employees into teams for this activity. The team that will make the tallest pyramid within the given time wins. It's going to be a whole lot of fun to see your teams coming together- communicating, collaborating, and executing their best.

40. Blind Drawing

This game will bring the fun of the Jimmy Fallon show to your office. Person A will be blindfolded, and Person B will whisper the name of an object (or person or film) in Person A's ear. Person A will have to draw that object, and the rest of the team will have to guess what it is. The team that correctly guesses the most objects wins.

41. Life Map

Gather your teams and provide each one of them a paper and markers. Ask your employees to draw a collage of memorable life events (i.e., a life map) within a set time limit (say 15 minutes). When the timer goes off, they will share their life maps with the team, followed by a brief explanation. Get-to-know activities like this can facilitate deeper sharing and meaningful self-reflection among your teams.

42. One Breath Feedback

We all have received feedback from our colleagues. How about adding a little twist? The manner of feedback will be the same this time, except it has to be said in one single breath. It's a fun way to foster public recognition among teams. On top of that, since it only takes a few seconds per person, everyone will get their fair share of chances during the activity.

43. Board Games tournament

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Pick a list of board games— be it chess or Uno— and make a mini-tournament out of it. This activity will surely infuse some hilarity into the scene, along with healthy competition and collaboration.

44. Baby Picture + a story

This is a perfect activity to form deeper bonds within your teams. Ask your virtual teams to show baby pictures of themselves during the zoom session and share a fun childhood story that has stayed forever in their memory.

Easy, simple, and effective. Right?

45. Family day

Plan a family day where all of your employees come in with their families and hang out at the office or another predetermined location. You can see it as a ritual of mixing work and life. Make it a bit more fun by organizing different games for different age groups, so everyone feels included and cared for.

46. Alter Ego Day

Encourage your teams to come dressed as their alter ego. You are sure to see many new sides of your employees.

47. Out-of-this-world Day

Get your teams to come dressed as someone out of this world or add related props. Let their childhood fantasies come to life. It can be a demigod, an Avatar character, or an alien.

Sounds fancy? No, it does not have to be a fancy costume party. For instance, they can bring a foam hammer with their usual office wear if they want to be Thor.

48. Shark Tank

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Who doesn't love watching Shark Tank?

This spirit week, organize your shark tank in the office. To make it successful, inform the teams beforehand so that they get the time to come up with a new innovative product vision. On the activity day, the team that secures the most investment (imaginary, of course) wins.

49. Virtual Hat

Ask your teams to add an anecdotal fact about themselves anonymously on a shared Google Doc. During the activity, one of the team members will read one of the facts during a zoom session. The others will have to guess who it is about.

50. Powerpoint Party

Hold on. I am not talking about those boring PPTs you see every day. This time change the rules and make your teams design the most absurd Powerpoint presentation on the topic of their choice. Whoever can make the funniest and most ridiculous one will win the game.

Check the pulse of your teams at the end to know if it was effective. And take the feedback to organize a more meaningful; experience at next year's spirit week.

How can I get my team excited about spirit week?

1. Understand what your teams really want

The spirit week celebration at work aims to bring everyone in the team together to share fun experiences. But what if your teams refuse to participate?

If that happens, all your efforts in planning the activities will go in vain. Plus, you will be missing out on all the engagement and team-building opportunities the spirit week is meant to bring.

Is there a way to avoid it?

Yes, you can run a poll.

Step 1: Create a list of spirit week activities and send it to your teams as a poll (or just a list if running a poll feels too much).

Step 2: Once you have compiled the list of activities your employees would like to participate in, categorize them into days. An example would be Day 1: X, Y, and Z activities, and Day 2: A, B, and C activities.

This will help you understand what your teams are interested in and plan the Spirit week activities accordingly for maximum participation.

2. Capture all special moments

Hire a professional photographer if your budget permits. However, if your budget is limited, ask a team member to volunteer and reward them with great non-monetary incentives such as an extra-paid day off.

3. Announce in advance

Make appealing spirit week announcements in advance to get your teams excited and prepared for the upcoming week.

You can use this editable spirit week announcement template as an inspiration to give a groovy start to your spirit week celebration.

To wrap up

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In the usual stressful work environment, spirit week is like a dose of joy and fun for your teams. So, make the best use of this list of unique spirit week ideas and schedule a week of fun.

It's your chance to make your people feel celebrated, inspired, encouraged and give them meaningful experiences at work. Grab this opportunity right now. Think of all the collaboration, team bonding, and empowerment it can bring!

How do you celebrate team spirit at your company? Feel free to comment below if you have any unique spirit week ideas for work. We would love to know.

Frequently Asked Questions(FAQs):

What are some holiday spirit week ideas for work?

Here are some holiday-themed spirit week ideas for the workplace: Ugly Sweater Day, Christmas Cookie Day, Gift Wrap Day, Holiday Hat Day, Snowman Building Day, Secret Santa Day, Red and Green Day.
Remember, the key to a fun holiday-themed spirit week celebration is to keep it festive while respecting employees' cultural or religious differences.

What do you wear for Spirit Week?

For Spirit Week, you should wear clothes that correspond with the theme of the day. For instance, bright colors on Monday Madness, vintage fashion on Throwback Tuesday, and pajamas on Comfy Day. You can also organize clothes based says like- ugly sweater day.

How do you promote Spirit Week?

  • Announce the theme and guidelines for each day well in advance.
  • Spread the word through your internal communication channels.
  • Create a fun, festive atmosphere that aligns with employee interests to encourage participation.

How do you celebrate team spirit?

Team-building activities like a spirit week celebration are among the best ways to celebrate team spirit. The spirit week ideas for work mentioned in this blog will help your team members get to know each other better. It will also help you foster a stronger and more cohesive team, promote a positive work environment, and celebrate team spirit.

How do I plan a spirit week at work?

  • Select the dates for the spirit week and choose a theme for each day.
  • Communicate the themes and expectations to all employees in advance.
  • Plan activities, games, and contests that align with each day's theme.
  • create a festive atmosphere to encourage better participation.

What are some good theme days for spirit week at work?

Here are some other examples of theme days for spirit week apart from the ones mentioned above- Crazy Socks Day, Sports Jersey Day, Animal Print Day, Throwback Thursday, Hawaiian Shirt Day, Beach Day, Tourist Day, Crazy Hair Day, and others.

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