Originally posted in 2021, but updated with new virtual St. Patrick’s Day Ideas for work in March, 2022!

Our amazing #WFH teammates bring their very own pot of gold to the end of every work day with collaboration, innovation, and relentless drive. Celebrate the luck of having such a fabulous crew with virtual team building activities your remote staff won't want to mute. With the rise of remote offices and work from home employees, planning an office Saint Patrick's Day party might look a little different in a digital age.

Go green virtually with these St. Paddy's themed activities to engage remote employees. From online games for remote teams to virtual team building icebreakers, there's an office party for every business on the list. No pinching necessary.

Pot o' Gold Mixology Class

Saint Patrick's Day is the one day of the year that many people truly set out enjoy some drinks. Some people raise a glass on New Year's or the 4th, but St. Paddy's Day is when so many people get together to raise a shot of whiskey and quaff a green beer. But what we really love about our favorite Irish holiday are the mixers.

There are some truly delicious (and vividly green) mixers to be made, and your team can learn to make them together. Enjoy the holiday as you mix, shake, and swizzle your way to the perfect pot of gold at the end of your Zoom meeting. A virtual mixology class is a great way to bring everyone together and have a matching brilliantly green glass to raise in toast to the next quarter. Check out Host Events’ St. Patty’s Day themed mixology events. The Pot O’Gold Mixology Party lasts 60 minutes and allows up to 50 attendees. Cocktail kits can be shipped to participants ahead of the event. During the virtual event, a professional mixologist will guide guests through mixing a cocktail such as an Irish Manhattan or Shamrock Sour. With their cocktail kit delivered, guests will follow along and make their own cocktails at home. The host keeps it fun and gets people engaged, then the team gets to mingle while sipping their delicious St. Patty’s cocktail (or mocktail) for some great virtual team bonding. Get more details on our March Virtual Events page and to book your event!

Irish Whiskey Tasting

For some, there is nothing more refined than a sip of perfectly aged Irish Whiskey. For others, whiskey is a curiosity only worth trying once a year. If your team are connoisseurs of hard liquor and fine brews, they might find a deep and bonding appreciation for a virtual Irish Whiskey Tasting experience. Send each team member three beautiful bottles of Irish Whiskey and branded ice molds for whiskey ice. Each whiskey kit comes with exactly the right tasting glass for the experience and detailed notes on each vintage that is to be tasted.

Give your team a taste of refinement and intensity.

St Patrick's Connoisseur Beer Tasting

Can you tell the difference between Old World Ireland beer and New Irish beer from Boston? Can you tell the difference between 5 different Irish-style beers brewed in Boston? It's time to find out! Beer connoisseurs in your team will love Host’s beer tasting virtual events, especially the St. Patrick’s Day themed beer tasting party. Send them a delightful selection of 4-5 classic Irish beers and compare the difference. Each player can explore the rich depth of flavor, foam, and strength as you raise glass after tasting glass in honor of our favorite Irish holiday.

The Big Green Game Show

The St Patrick's Day Game Show is a classic way to get everyone involved. Reminiscent of our favorite retro game shows and trivia night at the St Paddy's Night bar, a game show is the perfect way to bring your virtual happy hour to a victorious zenith. Coworker contestants will love going head-to-head with Celtic-themed trivia questions and challenges.

Game show participants split into teams of 5-8 players and, believe it or not, this event can support up to 500 attendees for six rounds of game play.

St Paddy's Camera Filter Parade

Your remote team may not be watching a live St Patrick's Day parade today, but you can make your own virtual parade with the help of silly hats and camera filters. Snap Camera (Instagram without the 'gram) filters are a fun way to explore any holiday in a delightful and diverse way. Change out your backgrounds for festive floating shamrocks and enticing pots of gold. Wear real or virtual leprechaun hats and giant shamrock glasses.

Challenge each other to find the best free holiday filters on the app market. Swap filters, steal filters, and together form a hilarious green-glittering virtual parade for our favorite four-leafed holiday.

Virtual Trivia Night

Nothing brings people together like a little friendly competition. Give each team member a budget for their favorite beverage of choice and host an online trivia night. Virtual team building games are a fun way to bring everyone closer together while encouraging good, old-fashioned interoffice rivalry.

Mix up your teams so different departments have the opportunity to mingle. Offer incentives for remote employees in the form of gift cards and wacky prizes. Most importantly, serve up some Guinness and stay on theme with little known Saint Patrick's Day facts and Irish trivia that will leave even your most random-fact-ready employees on the edge of their computer chairs.

St Patrick's Day Stories from the Past

Once you've had a sip of your whiskey, beer, or cocktail, it's time for the party games. One of the St. Patrick's Day traditions is trading wild stories of St Paddy's Days gone by. Invite every member of your team to reminisce about the craziest or weirdest St Patrick's Day they've ever had. Prepare for scandal, hilarity, and stories of drinking gone just a little too far. 

This is a great way to bring your remote team together and learn more about each other outside of work. Discover the wild rides, the pub crawls and parades, the trivia victories, and the Irish river dancing attempts of past celebrations. Discover whose stories are about being a good friend to a wilder companion, and who had to be the one carried home while mumbling dirty limericks the whole way. Of course, keep in mind these are your coworkers and not everyone has the same sense of humor or boundaries, so keep the stories appropriate for all in attendance.

Greener is Better 

Make the office a little greener by hosting a St. Patrick's Day virtual costume contest! Encourage creativity by awarding different categories like silliest costume, most green used in a single outfit, and most historically accurate ensemble. For an added challenge, have your remote teams use costume items and props found around their house. This one is definitely a favorite when it comes to fun activities for virtual teams.

Cheers to Collaboration

Host a virtual beer tasting for Saint Patrick's Day! What would work from home life be without a little day drinking every now and then? Serve up the best green cocktails, dark stout beers, and Irish appetizers. Share recipes and enjoy the perks of work from home culture with a virtual pub crawl. Consider giving each employee a gift card to a local pub or eatery in their area.

Looking to take your team building to the next level? Sign up for a virtual beer tasting class. No green required.

Paint the Rainbow

For a more relaxed and laid-back group, you might make your virtual event a painting class, covering your canvases in rich greens and golds to celebrate the holiday. Bring your team together with the same sets of paints and brushes to create a masterpiece simultaneously during the virtual art lesson. Each person will add their own special something to the painting and you can compare your results at the end.

Plus, there's always a little extra paint after each project, giving your team the freedom to explore and personalize their work a little more. St Patrick's Day can celebrate art, beauty, and the color green in paint as well as with beer.

Take in Some Culture

Skip the podcasts and host an Irish music festival. Virtual music festivals are one of the best trends sweeping the #WFH scene. Bring in different artists and flavors from various regions and start a playlist. Sharing music across platforms and borders is one of the best ways to make your team feel more cohesive. Allow teams to nominate songs to add to the list and further foster a culture full of of fun remote employee engagement activities.

You'll be river dancing at your standing desk before you know it!

Virtual Fun Run

Health and wellness incentives for remote employees are one of the best ways to support telecommuter engagement. Design a virtual St Patrick's Day fun run with a goal of 5k. Have each employee clock their route on their phone or Fitbit, then award wacky participation medals and drink coupons to local bars. The harmony of health and productivity is key when it comes to team building activities for remote workers. Check out all of the virtual fitness classes Host offers!

Luck o’ the Irish: Jewel Heist Game

Are your team members adrenalin aficionados? Do they love a good puzzle and thrive on shared excitement? Call upon the luck of the Irish for an adventure or escape room game instead. The Jewel Heist virtual experience takes your team through a thrilling challenge to stop and catch a fictional jewel thief who is trying to steal your pot of cold. Will teamwork be enough to solve the puzzle? Will the St Paddy's luck of the Irish take the lead and show everyone the way through?

This is a great way to turn a quiet social event into a real banger. Bring your team to the edge of their seats and see remote professionals more involved in a virtual meeting than ever before with the Jewel Heist Game. Or try out Host’s live virtual escape room!

Irish Dinner Cooking Class

Cooking is another important part of the Irish culture to celebrate. On St Patrick's Day, many people head to their local Irish pub for a bowl of stew, a shepherd's pie, fish & chips, beer bread, and much more. Throw a special virtual cooking class where each of your team members learns to make the same traditional Irish dish. 

Irish cooking is traditionally hardy, delicious, and can fit an entire meal into a single pot, bowl, or pie crust. With the right ingredients, your team could be enjoying a delicious Irish meal - without the current risks of actually heading out to a crowded pub for trivia and fried potatoes.

Shamrock Swag

Host a virtual raffle for a creative team building exercise with shamrock shaped tickets. Have one team lead from each department draw a winning name and let the participants pick out their prizes White Elephant style. Throw in a few gag gifts like silly Zoom backgrounds along with some great rewards like an extra PTO day. This activity is a great one to add to the list of icebreakers for remote teams.

Looking for more great virtual team building ideas? Book an online team building activity with our awesome office experts and bring your remote crew a little closer together.

And of course, we hope you and your company have a Happy St. Patty’s Day!!