Four Ways to Celebrate St. Patrick's Day at Work

🍀 Saint Patrick’s Day is an important day in Irish history and serves to honour the patron saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick. On this day, many people come together, celebrate with food and games and of course, wear the colour green.

Celebrating St. Patrick's Day in the office is always a favourite, because it’s free-spirited and you can get really creative with the theme. Incorporating holiday fun into the workplace is a great way to boost morale and get your teams engaged.

Let's dive in with four ways to bring some St. Patrick's Day fun to your team!

Download these team building activities at your next office holiday party.

Decor

• Take a trip to your local dollar store and get streamers, hats, signs, and anything else you can find in the seasonal section. Let the team pick a few items they want to use to decorate their desks and offices.
• Buy green props, such as glasses or necklaces, for everyone to wear; someone is sure to forget to wear something green!
• Change your Kudos account theme colour to green for the day. You can also create St. Patty’s Day stickers or sidebar images for the month of March.
• Decorate your main lobby area and break room; it’s a great way to show visitors that your team enjoys working there. You can take a more subtle approach by replacing your regular decor items with green or Irish-themed items.

Music

• Find a radio station that streams traditional Irish folk music and play it in the office.
• Alternatively, create a cool playlist from your The Pogues, The Cranberries, The Drop Kick Murphys, or U2 albums.
• Is there a team member who can play the flute or the fiddle and knows Irish tunes? A musical performance before a town hall meeting would be a great way to showcase hidden talents!

Food

• Any foodies on your team? A potluck (or should we say a pot o’ luck?) for a team lunch is bound to be a success. A few ways to incorporate the theme would be to have typical Irish cuisine like a stew or corned beef, prepare any food with green dye or decorated with clovers, or make St. Patrick’s Day treats.
• You can also have the main dish catered in, and invite the team to bring treats or drinks.
• Make a green minty lime punch, mint-vanilla milkshakes. If appropriate, have traditional Irish beers, such as Guinness or Harp to end the day.

Games & Contests

• Invite everyone to wear green, and award the team member wearing the most green, or the best leprechaun costume. Have someone teach an Irish line dance (or just play a video from Youtube), then have a jig dance off!
• Have everyone change their Kudos profile picture to a St. Patrick’s Day theme and award the best or funniest picture.
• Play an Irish history trivia game, a game of Charades or Pictionary with Irish words, or a good ol’ scavenger hunt for the pot o’ gold!
• Reward winners with a pot o’ gold with chocolate coins. Better yet, create a leprechaun Badge to award your contest and game winners extra Kudos points!

We hope that these ideas have at least inspired some ideas of your own. Don’t let the luck o’ the Irish pass you by without a good bash to engage your team and build lasting friendships!

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