5 Minute Quick Team Activities
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Need a few quick, fun, and effective ideas to get your team motivated? These 5-minute team building activities are simple to set up and perfect for getting everyone involved in no time.
Whether you're warming up a crowd before a conference, breaking the ice with a new group, or giving your colleagues a well deserved breather with a fun energiser, we’ve got a few speedy activities to inspire you below.
If you like this, we have other resources including our top indoor team buildings and fun outdoor team events.
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1. The Paper Tower
Instructions
- Give each player a piece of paper
- Each person has 5-minutes to create the tallest free-standing structure they can with just that piece of paper!
- Compare and choose a winner
How to Play
Each player gets a piece of paper and has 5 minutes to build the tallest free-standing structure possible using just that paper. Once time’s up, compare the towers and choose a winner!
This simple energiser is a great way to spark creativity and a bit of friendly competition. Whether played solo, in pairs, or in groups, it’s sure to get everyone thinking and laughing.
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2. Wink Murder
Instructions
- Stand in a circle with as many participants as you like
- Ask your detective for the game to leave the room
- Those remaining, select a murderer for this round
- The detective will stand in the centre of the circle
- The murder must wink at participants to kill them
- The aim is for the detective to find the murderer before it’s too late!
How to Play
A fun, no-fuss game that’s great for any group! To start, everyone stands in a circle where they can see each other. The detective steps out of the room while the rest choose a murderer.
Once the detective is back, the murderer winks at players to "kill" them, and they drop out. The detective’s job is to figure out who the murderer is before it’s too late! You can play in rounds, with everyone getting a chance to be the murderer, and tally up the scores at the end.
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3. Evolution
Instructions
- In one large space, get everyone together.
- Each participant starts off wobbling around like an egg
- When “eggs” meet each other, they battle with rock, paper, scissors
- Every win will evolve you through from an egg, to a chicken, chicken to prince/princess, then to king/queen and finally the champion!
- Every lose will devolve you back into an egg
How to Play
Get everyone into a large space and start by wobbling around like an egg. When two eggs meet, they battle it out with rock, paper, scissors. Each win helps you evolve – from egg to chicken, chicken to prince/princess, then king/queen, and finally, champion! Lose, and you devolve back into an egg.
It’s a simple and fun team building game with no extra gear needed, and plenty of laughs as everyone tries to make it to the top.
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4. Take What You Need
Instructions
Gather the staff at a table
Place toilet roll and pennies in the middle
Ask everyone to take as many squares of toilet roll and pennies as they think they’ll need for the activity ahead
The activity? For every piece and penny you took – share an interesting fact about yourselves!
How to Play
Gather everyone around a table and place some toilet roll and pennies in the middle. Ask each person to take as many squares of toilet roll and pennies as they think they’ll need. The twist? For every square and penny they take, they have to share an interesting fact about themselves with the group!
This easy icebreaker is a great way to get to know each other, and with just toilet paper, it’s perfect for any group, big or small.
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5. Body Twister
Instructions
Split into groups
Call out a combination of body parts
Each group must work together to only have the body parts you call out touching the floor
Example – You call out 5 feet, two hands and one elbow, then work together to make this possible
How to Play
A more complex take on the classic children’s game Twister, this activity is a funny yet engaging way to get working together and developing their problem-solving skills. Starting off the activity by forming smaller groups, then each group will have to listen to the instructions called out, which will be a list of body parts that are allowed to touch the floor (the rest aren’t allowed!).
For example, if the announcer calls out “one foot, one elbow and three hands”, then each of you must work together to make that happen!
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6. Dressed for the Races
Instructions
- Split into groups and have each sit in a line
- Place a pile of random clothes in front of each group, and a cone a far distance away
- Ready, set, go – each participant must go down the line, dressing in all the clothes and running to and from the cone
- Tag the next person and away they go until everyone is back and sitting down
- The first group to complete this wacky race wins
How to Play
Split everyone into groups and have them sit in a line. In front of each group, place a pile of random clothes and a cone at a distance. On "go," the first person in line races to the clothes, puts on as many items as possible, then runs to the cone and back.
They tag the next person, who repeats the process until the whole team has had a turn. The first team to finish wins!
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7. Who Am I?
Instructions
Write famous names on as many sticky notes as there is participants
Each person will stick one to their forehead
Go around the room asking questions to everyone, trying to figure out who you are
The first person to guess wins!
How to Play
A classic party game that everybody knows and loves, Who Am I? also works great as a quick team building activity as well! Aimed to be a fun and casual activity to get people talking and breaking the ice, each player will receive a sticky note with a famous person’s name on it.
Each player will then take it in turns to ask each other questions to try and figure out who’s on their sticky note, with the first person to guess their own correctly being the winner.
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