Discover the best activities, games, and ideas that are possible for your club through digital solutions, even during the pandemic. A list to bring some variety to your club life.
We have compiled a list of the top activities, games, and ideas that are possible through digital solutions despite the pandemic, helping to bring some variety to your club life.
Many #clubchallenges have already made the rounds on Instagram. You have probably already tried some of them, while others will be new to you. We hope to provide you with a few fresh ideas that you will enjoy.
Flash scavenger hunts are designed to be fun and fast-paced. To play, simply invite your members to an online meeting and start firing off the various tasks you’ve come up with beforehand. It is advisable to design the tasks so that as many people as possible can complete them.
Example: "Show me a dictionary," "Get your favorite mug," "Put on your club shirt," and so on. You can be creative with the tasks and come up with funny things to increase the fun factor. Whoever is fastest gets a point, and in the end, the person with the most points wins.
Do you have a laptop/computer with a camera? Why not play charades or Pictionary? Most video conferencing tools have a "whiteboard" feature for drawing. You can act out words via your camera and easily explain a term using your microphone.
The easiest way is to designate a moderator in advance who sends a word to one team member via private chat, along with instructions on whether it should be explained, drawn, or acted out in pantomime. It’s likely that not only your members will have fun, but also their families, who can watch as your members try to act out the terms, for example, through pantomime.
A well-known game – Werewolves. The werewolves try to eat all the villagers before they manage to unmask the werewolves. One of the most important roles in this game is the moderator, who guides the players through the game and sets the right mood. You can look up the exact rules of the game online if you don't remember them.
To distribute the various player roles randomly, you can use a random generator or have the game moderator assign them. Depending on the group size, you should create a participant list in advance to avoid long wait times. Some roles don't make sense online, such as the role of the little girl. Simply omit such roles. To keep a good overview of who is still active in the game, a participant list with marked names can be helpful.
This is not a standard bingo game, but a variation where all participants receive the same sheet. You can easily design the fields yourself or use a template. We have already prepared a filled-out version and a blank version for you to download.
Participants should then try to answer each question with a name, with each name only being used once. The questions can range from easy to difficult (you don't always have to ask someone to know the answer). Participants should work in small groups to find out who fits which description.
We recommend creating "breakout rooms" with a small number of participants, which you can randomly reshuffle every 2 minutes. The logo in the center of our template is a bonus field that counts automatically. A bingo is achieved as soon as a row is full (multiple bingos are optionally possible). To keep things exciting, you should set a time limit beforehand for how long all participants have, and then you're ready to go.
Downloadable bingo templates
(Almost) everyone loves baby photos and (almost) everyone loves a good puzzle. So why not play a guessing game to see who is who? Ask all your members to send you a baby photo, and at your next (online) meeting, you can all guess who is behind those cute or funny pictures. The fun factor of this game naturally depends on the photos, so it’s a good idea to ask your members to send you particularly funny ones – and if they aren't funny, they’ll at least be cute.
Skribbl is an online game where one player tries to draw a word and the others have to guess what it is. You can create your own private "room" and invite your members via a link. You can customize the language as well as the time each player has to draw.
Why not use the time to film a video? It’s a great way to give the rest of the world a look behind the scenes or just create a fun video to have a good laugh. You can also treat the video as an image film for your club to share on social media or your own website. There are countless free apps available for editing and production.
There are now many different providers offering online tastings for all sorts of things: tea, chocolate, beer, wine, whiskey, and more. Most tastings aren't exactly cheap, though. So, why not ask your members if anyone is an expert on a particular drink or food and would like to lead a tasting for you? If not, don't worry – you can simply introduce your favorite variety to the other members and perhaps discover something new that you enjoy.
Ready, set, cook! There’s bound to be one or two hobby chefs in your club who have treated you to a delicious meal or two. So why not bridge the gap by cooking some treats together, giving all members the chance to make their favorite recipes themselves? Good food can truly make you happy – so it only makes sense to share that joy with your members.
At first, you might think, "No thanks!" But right now, there aren't many alternatives. Especially when you have something to celebrate, a themed party is just the thing. When you and all your members dress up according to a fun theme (like "bad taste"), you’re sure to have a blast.
Imagine all your members showing up in hilarious outfits – the fun is practically guaranteed. To motivate your members and ensure you throw a successful party, it’s important to think about what you want to do together and create a schedule. Add a little party package sent out to all members in advance to be opened together, and nothing will stand in the way of a great evening.
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What is that, exactly? If you enjoy being out in the fresh air, solving puzzles, and going on treasure hunts, geocaching is perfect for you. It’s a kind of modern-day scavenger hunt that you can do using an app. Simply download the app from the Geocaching website, find a geocache, and sign the logbook. The wonderful thing about it is that you get to be outdoors, and while you're searching, you might even discover a spot in your city that you hadn't noticed before.
To make this meaningful for your club, you could set a weekly challenge where you select various destinations in your area in advance and share them with your members. Whoever finds them all the fastest is the winner. You can create a basic profile for free on Geocaching.
Nature Bingo is a great game, especially for clubs with very young members, as the little ones can play it outdoors together with their parents. The goal of the game is to find various items in nature. You can create a list of things that can currently be found outside. If you want to use a collection box for this, you can use an empty egg carton, for example, and stick a note on the lid with the items that need to be found.
We’ve already prepared an example for you. All you need to do is download the Word document and stick it onto an egg carton. Download the Nature Bingo Word template
Whether you're in a sports club or not, sometimes you need a challenge to get moving or to reignite your ambition. That’s why athletic challenges—whether for the whole club or just in small groups—are a great way to get back on track with renewed energy. What the challenge looks like will depend heavily on how fit you are and how much free time you have. The important thing is to set a realistic goal that isn't too easy to achieve. At the end, you can hold a virtual awards ceremony, or the losers could have to give the winners a gift (this often helps keep everyone even more motivated to reach the goal).
Example: Form small teams within your club. Each participant then runs a specific distance separately (e.g., 3 kilometers). Afterward, the average time for each team is calculated, and the team closest to the overall average time of all participants wins.
Experience is the best teacher, so your club should try something new together. Either you already have a yoga junkie in your ranks who would love to lead the session, or you can pick one of the many videos available on YouTube. You’ll definitely have fun trying to master one contortion or another, and perhaps someone will discover a new passion. Of course, you can also try something completely different. Just browse through the many videos out there.
There are now many providers that have adapted to the circumstances and offer virtual escape rooms. The number of participants varies greatly. Some are designed for smaller groups, where you can form different teams within your club and have them solve puzzles together in their own "breakout rooms." The team that escapes and solves the mystery the fastest is the winner. Examples:
“Lockdown: There’s No Place Like Home” by Wienxtra is available for free (for 4 people).
The “Hogwarts Digital Escape Room” by Sydney Krawiec is also free and can be played in groups or solo.
“The King’s Secret” by Breakout Göttingen is an online detective game that is also available for free. New clues are sent to you over the course of 4 days to help you solve the mystery (approx. 30–45 minutes per day).
Of course, there are many other providers that you can easily find online.
There are many different types of quizzes. They can be themed or based on general knowledge, for example. The best approach is to choose one or more topics that interest your club members and build a quiz around them. You could also create a quiz specific to your club or involve every member by creating a question about each person.
Example: At AhaSlides, you'll find plenty of questions and answers for quizzes, ranging from pop music to Harry Potter.
Start a competition in your club to boost creativity. For example, you could host a story-writing contest where the only requirements are the opening and closing lines of the story.
Back in my youth group, we were once given the opening line "I was head over heels in love" and the closing line "The rabbit was dead." The story that came out of that is one I still love reading today—I can't help but laugh every time. If that doesn't sound like your thing, you could also hold a photo contest or try something completely different.
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