Corporate Team Building
Strengthen Connections, Inspire Collaboration, and Energize Your Team
Elevate your team's cohesion and productivity with engaging Corporate Team Building Activities in Houston. At Houston Event Planning, we understand the significance of fostering strong relationships and collaborative spirits within your organization. Our expert team specializes in curating impactful team-building experiences that go beyond the ordinary. From thrilling outdoor adventures to strategic indoor challenges, we tailor activities to align with your team's objectives and dynamics. Let us guide you in Planning a Team Building Event that not only revitalizes your team but also leaves a lasting positive impact on your company culture.
Team Building
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Celebrity Murder Mystery:
Embark on a thrilling day of intrigue and laughter as you solve a fictional murder mystery. Starting with a delicious lunch at Kemah's Aquarium restaurant, your boss will stage a dramatic "murder." Enter iconic characters like Sherlock Holmes, Austin Powers, and Columbo to guide your team through boardwalk adventures. Encounter "celebrities" like Cher and Elvis, gathering clues to unveil the culprit. After an exciting day, teams assemble their findings to crack the case.
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Night at the Races:
Enjoy an evening of high-stakes fun at the Sam Houston Race Park. Begin in a private suite with a buffet and the option for a cash bar. Your company's name will adorn the Scoreboard and racing programs, which feature a brief article about your organization. Teams receive equal funds and strategize to maximize their winnings. The winning team earns prizes for their success.
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Team Endurance Racing:
Immerse yourself in a NASCAR-style racing simulation. Begin with a 30-minute instructional session and don authentic racing gear. Divide into teams and rev up your engines for a 90-minute indoor kart endurance race, reaching speeds of up to 40 mph. After the race, celebrate in the victory room with food and beverages.
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Casino Challenge:
Bring the excitement of a casino to your chosen location. Guests receive game instructions before teams are provided a set amount of money. Collaborate to determine each member's expertise and hit the tables. At the end, the most skillful team, who made the best use of their resources, wins a prize. The Casino Challenge includes a DJ and catering.
Mixology competition
Time: 2-3 hours | Style: Competitive + optional Prize
Group Size: 8-50+ (divided into teams)
Move over Cake Boss, it’s time for Cocktail Boss! For the newbies, we’ll be starting off with a bartending 101 seminar featuring our expert bartender instructor to discuss basic formulas, how flavors are built, and the use of tools. There will be a hands-on Margarita/Mojito (choose one) demonstration that everyone makes (and drinks) individually, with their own set of tools. Following that, the team will be split into groups to create a cocktail, name it and present it to the instructor. The instructor critiques each drink, its chances of survival on a bar menu and the group’s presentation of it. Winning team is presented with a prize (of your design and purchase).
Escape Room,
Time: 1.5-2 hours | Style: Competitive
Group size: 8-10 per room (escape room venue) – 100+ (mobile option)
The hottest thing in team building, groups will tackle puzzles, riddles, and much more while on the clock for 60 minutes – can they solve the puzzles and escape the room? With so many various locations around Houston, the theme possibilities are endless! Have a larger group and want to have everyone participate? Ask about the mobile escape room or other alternatives to creating a fun experience for bigger teams.
Casino Team Challenge
Time: 3-4 hours | Style: Competitive | Group size: 8-100+
Is Lady Luck on your side? This is a spirited corporate team bonding event, complete with high-quality roulette wheels, poker and craps tables, real chips and play money. Play money is exchanged for chips at the casino tables. Participants can then learn to play a variety of games including Craps, Roulette, Black Jack or Poker games.
We offer several approaches: choose Free Play, and team members can play whatever games have them feeling lucky. The Competitive Team version is just what it sounds like. Our Education approach gives your teams the chance to learn gaming strategies and tactics. In the Charitable version, winnings take the form of raffle tickets for whatever prizes or donation you supply. Whichever way you go, this one’s a guaranteed winner.
S’mores / Ice Cream Social
Time: 1.5-2hours | Style: Social | Group size: 8-100+
There’s nothing better than capping off a busy day with something sweet to eat. After selecting a venue of your choice, our experienced planners will bring the flavors of summer to you! Choosing between s’mores and ice cream for all attendees (or half and half), we’ll also provide you with toppings for your sweets as well as staff to manage the social event. (Don’t forget to add on a bar package for the ultimate happy hour experience!).
Painting Class
Time: 1.5-2 hours | Style: Social | Group size: 8-50
Vincent Van Gogh would be proud! Allow your team to unleash their inner artist as they are guided by an instructor to create a one-of-a-kind masterpiece! This experience allows your team to socialize and to unwind after a busy day. (Don’t forget to add on a bar package for the ultimate happy hour experience!)
Mystery Basket
Time: 1.5-2 hours | Style: Competitive | Group size: 8-50
In this challenge, your group will be divided into teams and face off in a timed cooking competition that will rely on creativity and teamwork. The teams get warmed up with a fun icebreaker to help get their creative juices flowing. Each team will pick an Executive Chef of the team the rest of the team will be Sous Chefs. Next, the teams will need to create a recipe name and come up with a list of ingredients based on the secret ingredients given. All the teams will have the same secret ingredients and will have one and a half hours to then prep, cook and present the meal in front of preselected judges. No recipes here, it’s all up to the teams working together to complete this challenge. Teams are presented with a mystery basket of secret ingredients. Teams have 90 minutes to make their dish and must incorporate their secret ingredient in a creative and delicious way. Each of the teams will be given full use of a pantry of dry goods, spices, freezer and refrigerator for their use. After the cooking is complete, each team is given time to give a verbal presentation to a chosen panel of judges and will be scored on taste, teamwork, presentation, creativity and the use of the mystery basket ingredients.
In It To Win It
Time: 1.5-2 hours | Style: Competitive | Group size: 8-50
We start the office trivia team building activity with ten simple but nerve-wracking games that increase in difficulty as the points increase. With 60 seconds on the clock, the pressure builds, and team pride is on the line! Teams participate in a 30-minute training camp to practice challenges and then compete on the main stage! A sure-fire winner, In It To Win It works as both a complementary event to a company dinner or meeting, or as a stand-alone event for your employees or clients. The In It to Win It program allows each team member to contribute and have fun while they’re doing it!
Murder Mystery Show
Time: 2-3 hours | Style: Competitive | Group size 8-100+
There is something about Murder Mystery Dinners that everyone loves. The teamwork, the competitive element, the race to the top, the costumes and the excitement of participating in a mystery unfold is really fun. As a team building event, each table works as a team to collect clues, question suspects and solve the mystery, and all the while our performers are keeping them laughing and enjoying themselves. Based on the information that you provide about your group and your guests, personalized information is interwoven into the plot structure of the scenario you select. Our experience shows that the more “inside scoop” we have on you and your guests, the better the event. We put you into the show, so you can get more out of it.
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