A Philadelphia summer picnic gets a centerpiece: company team building events with homemade flags, anthems, eight park friendly stations and medals.
Give the picnic a main event
A company picnic in Philadelphia usually has food, lawn chairs and a few half hearted games of cornhole. The Global Games Challenge adds a real centerpiece. For 90 to 120 minutes, the lawn becomes an arena, and teams compete for medals in front of the whole company. Company team building events do not get much more relaxed or more memorable than a picnic with a podium.
Order of play
The host gathers everyone for an opening ceremony and an icebreaker that sorts people into teams of 6 to 8. Teams create flags and write anthems on picnic
A Philadelphia summer picnic gets a centerpiece: company team building events with homemade flags, anthems, eight park friendly stations and medals.
Give the picnic a main event
A company picnic in Philadelphia usually has food, lawn chairs and a few half hearted games of cornhole. The Global Games Challenge adds a real centerpiece. For 90 to 120 minutes, the lawn becomes an arena, and teams compete for medals in front of the whole company. Company team building events do not get much more relaxed or more memorable than a picnic with a podium.
Order of play
The host gathers everyone for an opening ceremony and an icebreaker that sorts people into teams of 6 to 8. Teams create flags and write anthems on picnic tables, then march in the Parade of Nations across the grass. Eight scored challenges follow in rotation, and a grand finale leads into the medal ceremony for gold, silver and bronze.
Park friendly stations
- Giant Slingshot, ideal for open lawns
- Buddy Walkers, a coordination race on soft ground
- Pipeline Challenge, a ball run that stretches across the field
- Tilt A Cup, a balance task that keeps players laughing
- Pictures in Order, a picnic table puzzle
- Tangram Challenge, a shaded break between active stations
Summer energy without the strain
Summer team building activities should feel light. Activity here stays low to medium, every challenge has an adaptive format, and the competition is mostly about strategy and communication. That keeps outdoor team bonding activities inclusive, so grandparents in accounting and new graduates in marketing can play side by side.
Families and guests
Some companies open the picnic to partners and older children. The format can stay employee only, with family members cheering from the sidelines, or planners can ask the event producer about including guests on teams. Either way, the Parade of Nations becomes the highlight for onlookers, since every team marches past with its flag and sings a few lines of its anthem to the crowd.
Sizing the field
The listing covers 15 to 1,000 guests, so it fits a small office picnic or a company wide gathering. A facilitator joins every 20 to 30 people, groups of 80 or more are sorted with wristbands, and medals are included for groups of 75 or more. Teams are capped at eight, which keeps everyone active.
Choosing the spot
Parks, corporate campuses, hotel lawns and event grounds all work. The crew needs a flat, clear area, plus a few tables for tabletop stations, and brings every prop, medal and flag supply. Setup and teardown are handled by the traveling team, so organizers can focus on the grill and the guest list. If the plan shifts indoors, the same games run in a ballroom or office.
A crew that travels to Pennsylvania
The provider is based in California and travels nationwide for retreats and offsites, serving employers in Pennsylvania and across the Mid-Atlantic. Summer is peak season, and picnic dates fill eight to twelve weeks ahead, so plan early. Weekday events outside peak season are comfortable with four to six weeks of notice.
Timing the games around food
Most picnics run the games after people have arrived and settled, but before the main meal, so energy is high and the medal ceremony can lead into lunch. Others save the games for the afternoon to keep guests around. The program lasts about 90 minutes either way, and the podium photo becomes the picture of the day.
Why it beats a lawn game table
Team building games outside often fizzle because nobody organizes them. Here, a host and facilitators run everything, so fun team building games actually happen. The format also gives HR a list of employee team building ideas that are already tested, and quick outdoor team building activities between meals keep the picnic moving. Highlights, feedback and photos are shared afterward.
Plan the picnic
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