The integration of employees should be carried out in an interesting way, so a costume party is a great idea. Choose a common theme together with your employees and make sure that this night will be remembered for a lifetime! How to prepare such an event and what theme to choose? Read our tips.
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Your a good team at work likes funny accents? A costume party is a hit! No one will feel uncomfortable, what's more, meeting your boss in a funny disguise will break the ice and allow you to get to know each other better. Such an event is courage, but also a lot of fun, which is why it is increasingly used as the best one employee integration methods. In addition to the promise of good fun, it also encourages people to take off the "mask" of a serious office worker and show everyone the other, private side. Even if organizers have some initial concerns about offering employees a costume party, they usually turn out to be unfounded.
Costume party - what additional attractions should you prepare?
The costume party itself is not enough - you also need to organize activities to spice up your event. Entertainment in the form of a photo booth will capture the best costumes in your photos and keep these memories for years to come. It is worth organizing a bartending show or a corporate dance with stars with prizes, which will give you more than one opportunity to laugh.
If you are planning an integration party, use communication or arcade games to improve communication and atmosphere in the team. Puns always make everyone laugh. So you can imagine how much fun this game will bring when we try to pass the slogan in disguise.
Of course, the basis is to organize a competition for the best disguise. It may be an individual competition, but also the competition of the entire department or office. A week before departure, for example, we can organize a draw for leitmotifs. However, what the final costumes will look like is always left to the creativity of the employees.
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A costume party - how to organize it?
We wrote on our blog more than once on how to organize an integration event. Of course, you should start by planning everything in advance to save yourself stress on the day of the event. The most important aspects are, of course, the location of the place: adjust the hotel and restaurant to the number of guests.
If the event takes place far from the employees' homes, organize accommodation so that the guests do not have to come back home after the night. However, whether they are all going by one bus or coach, and maybe by cars on their own, should also be determined at the beginning. Another element worth taking care of is catering. Kitchen cooked with passion, according to the principles of slow food, will appeal to even the most demanding gourmets.
Don't forget about other important issues, such as the musical setting. You can hire a DJ, but nothing will happen if you and your employees prepare a playlist and play it from the speakers. It all depends on the budget and the size of the celebration. If you combine a party with a gala, it is worth organizing an announcer. He will lead the official part i competitions for integration events. If, in theory, such a person is not needed, one of the organizers will have to take over his role and lead his colleagues through the next stages of the event.
Dressing up only at carnival?
Many people associate it with carnival due to the necessity to dress up as a given leitmotif. It is a time of grand celebration in Venice or Rio de Janeiro, which is why we want to organize fancy dress-up games during the carnival. But of course, such an event can be organized all year round. It is the perfect theme for all kinds of theme parties. Company Christmas Eve, welcoming spring or even a meeting at the shooting range will always be a good excuse. A costume party can also be combined with an integration trip for the entire team.
The theme of the event
A party with a theme may be a crazy and strange idea for some, but it must be admitted that it is extremely interesting. Much depends largely on the atmosphere in the office. If employees maintain a distance to each other and are a close-knit team, they will be more willing to accept the required outfit.
How to dress for such an event? The main theme can be anything: wild west (you can dress up as Indians or cowboys), or maybe Disney cartoons or broadly understood princesses and princes? It is worth creating a survey before the event and choose a theme that will win among employees.
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