What’s a new year without a New Year’s eve celebration? 

The New Year is an exciting time of the year, full of fresh beginnings and new goals. To make the most of the year’s first celebration, we have put together some of the best New Year party ideas for the office, as well as virtual New Year celebration ideas for the office. Keep reading to find out more!

Top 10 activities for New Year celebration in the office

1. Host a potluck or office party: Encourage coworkers to bring in their favourite New Year’s Eve treats to share. You could set up tables with food, drinks, and decorations to create a festive atmosphere. Consider hiring a DJ or live music to add to the party atmosphere. You could also have a countdown to midnight and celebrate with a toast or balloon drop.
2. Have a New Year’s resolution-making workshop: Consider hosting a workshop where coworkers can share their goals for the new year and get support and ideas from their colleagues. You could set up breakout rooms or have a discussion forum where people can share their resolutions and get feedback from others. You could also have a facilitator or coach lead the workshop and provide guidance and resources for setting and achieving goals.
3. Host a game night: Consider hosting a game night in the office with board games, card games, or video games. You could set up tables or stations with different games and encourage coworkers to join in and play. This can be a fun and low-key way to celebrate the new year.
4. Plan a team-building activity: Consider organizing a team-building activity such as a puzzle or scavenger hunt to kick off the new year. You could create teams and have them compete to see who can complete the activity first. This can be a fun and interactive way to get people working together and build team spirit.
5. Have a movie night: Consider hosting a movie night in the office and watch a classic New Year’s Eve movie or a holiday-themed movie. You could set up a projector and screen in a common area and encourage coworkers to bring in blankets and pillows to get comfortable.
6. Have a New Year’s Eve trivia night: Create a trivia game or quiz about New Year’s Eve traditions and have teams compete to see who knows the most. You could create categories such as history, music, movies, or food and have teams answer questions in each category.
7. Create a Photo Booth – Set up a backdrop and props, and let everyone snap some fun photos! You could use hats, glasses, masks, or other fun items that people can wear or hold in their photos. Make sure the space is large enough for people to take photos and has good lighting.
8. Have an Arts and Crafts Session – Provide colouring pages, clay, paint, markers, or other materials for people to make their own creations. Make sure you have enough materials and supplies for everyone to participate. 
9. Make a Toast – Have everyone give a short toast or speech about the past year and what they’re looking forward to in the New Year.
10. Play a Music Quiz – Play some popular songs and have everyone guess the artist or title. Award a prize to the person who guesses the most correctly.

Top 4 Virtual activities for New Year celebration

1.  Virtual Office Escape Room: With all the virtual activities going on in the office, why not take it to the next level with a virtual office escape room? This virtual game can be played over Zoom or Skype with everyone in the office. To make it more interesting, the team can use props and decorations to create the atmosphere of an office escape room.

2. New Year’s Resolution Challenge: Create a challenge for your team to come up with a collective resolution for the New Year. This could be anything from increasing productivity to providing more support for each other. At the end of the challenge, the team could vote on the most popular resolution and set a goal for achieving it by the end of the year.

3. Virtual Trivia Night: Host a virtual trivia night that focuses on the past year’s events. Divide the team into groups and create categories such as business, current events, and pop culture. Have a prize for the winning team, and make sure to have a few fun categories as well!

4. New Year’s Toast: Set up a virtual toast for the start of the year. Have everyone share what they are most looking forward to in the upcoming year and make a toast to the success; health and happiness of everyone.

Happy New Year to all! Here’s to a wonderful 2023 full of health and joy. We’re looking forward to spending more time with our Zigsaw family and exploring new heights. Here’s to a year of adventure and growth! Cheers!

Also, read “Christmas celebration activities in the office“