7 Reasons Why Virtual Paint and Sip Classes Are Great for Remote Teams

So, you’re looking for the best online team building activities and wondering how virtual paint and sip classes logistically work. We know how difficult it has been to try and organise virtual team building events this year. You’re usually across your fun team building activities, but this year things have gone out of the window thanks to being in lockdown. You also probably don’t have that much time to try and find new things to do in quarantine especially when your team is working remotely. 

You know how important team morale is, especially during this time. When everyone has had to re-adjust to working from home, not everyone will thrive with this new routine. People need interaction to feel motivated to work more efficiently. And whilst you know your team need a pick me up, finding remote team building activities can be pretty difficult to keep everyone engaged. 

Fear not, we’re here to inspire you to see why virtual paint and sip classes are the best online team building activities. And, you actually won’t need to spend much time at all organising this virtual team building event. We know you have more important tasks to get on with, so we want to make your online team building games as fun and as engaging as possible. 

1. It’s all about having fun with online paint and sip classes

If you’re not sure what paint and sip classes are, it’s literally another term for paint and drink. Our online paint and sip classes are all about having fun and not taking it too seriously. The drink part is all about unwinding and having a glass of vino on one hand whilst you learn to paint a modern masterpiece everyone would have seen before on the other hand. It’s a fantastic way to bring your team together in this unique team building experience. 

2. It will bring everyone out of their comfort zone

Your team might be used to going to the pub for after-work drinks as their usual get together. If you have some more introverted members of your team who aren’t into socialising, then it’s a good idea to actually involve everyone in an activity rather than just sitting in the pub. 

There probably won’t be many active painters in your team, so this online team building activity will bring everyone out of their comfort zones. When you’re forced to do something you’ve not done before, you’ll bond much easier with others who are in the same boat as you. This means your colleagues will all be chatting about the experience before, during and after the event.  

3. You don’t need to be a painter

As mentioned, sip and paint classes are all about having fun so no one is expected to be a painter or even picked up a paintbrush before. This will take out the competitiveness and allow everyone to sit back and have fun together. 

4. Painting requires more skills than you think

Although everyone says they can’t draw, you absolutely can. You just need a bit of guidance, and once you understand how to draw using perspective and precision, you’ll improve with time. Painting also requires analytical skills as you’ll be making decisions and need to use problem-solving skills when deciding how to mix the paints properly. These skills are needed day to day in the workplace so it will help with your team’s overall work performance. 

5. Add in a fancy dress element

If you want to get your team thinking more about the office party, add in a fancy dress element which will get everyone making an effort and getting pumped for the party. You could do it in the theme of the country where the artist of the masterpiece is from or just ask everyone to dress as an artist for example. 

6. Throw in a competition 

If your team love a bit of friendly competition, judge the finished art pieces at the end of the class to win prizes. The prize could be to win Classbento gift cards to ignite more creative classes in the future. 

7. Online paint & sip classes are more than a team building event

Our popular online paint & sip classes are more than a team building event because they are designed to bring out a creative side which might not be used often. Whilst we have a growing list of team building activities and online classes to help you find things to do at home, our classes are all about bringing out your passions. 

When you start a hobby and take the time to do something you actually love doing, it makes you lead a healthier and happier lifestyle. This ultimately will improve energy and concentration levels which will help you produce better work. It might be important to keep your team engaged at work, but by encouraging them to start hobbies in their spare time could actually help your business in the long run. 
 

How our online paint and sip classes work

If you’re worried about actually sourcing the materials and tools for the paint and sip class, we’ll basically sort everything out for you. All you need to do is decide which online art class is best for you, and that’s it. We told you, you wouldn’t have to do much when it comes to pulling off amazing online team building events!

We’ll send each member of your team a lovingly made craft box from our British local makers and teachers to their front doors. Inside they’ll find a DIY paint & sip kit which will have all of the tools they would have been using if they attended the class in person. 

Once everyone is set up, they’ll just need to log onto Zoom where they’ll be able to see everyone and our local British expert painter ready to teach you all how to paint a masterpiece. It’s as easy as that! 

We hope this new fun group activities based team building event will help your team come together!