Hosting a food, clothes or toy drive at your holiday party is a great way to engage your team while making a positive impact on the community. Tallying up the amount you donated at the end of the party can help motivate your team and unite them over their shared good deed.

Designing a scavenger hunt is an affordable and simple way to engage your entire team in an activity.  Consider starting out your office holiday party by giving out a scavenger hunt of items around the workplace that attendees can find through the course of the party. 

Consider making your holiday party for work stand out by hiring outside entertainment for the event.  Having an entertainer can give employees extra motivation to attend so they can enjoy free high-quality entertainment. 

Give employees at your next holiday party for work something to look forward to by offering prizes that you'll announce at the end of the night.  Depending on your budget, include some useful small items alongside a more expensive gift as the main attraction.

Create a schedule of festive holiday-themed games to keep your employees entertained at all times.  It's a good idea to have a combination of scheduled and ongoing games that people can join or leave throughout the party. 

Gift exchanges are a classic event for holiday parties at work.  Try adding a creative twist to a classic gift exchange by incorporating a theme or developing a unique format for the exchange. 

Have each of your team members sign up to bring their favorite holiday dish and host a potluck over the lunch hour.  You can provide a few snacks and drinks and have employees decide what else they want to bring. 

Use wrapping paper, lights, and other festive decorations to create a photo-booth backdrop where employees can take pictures together commemorating the party. Your team can have fun playing with festive props and posing in small groups while waiting for the camera timer to flash. 

Set up a cookie decorating table where attendees can listen to holiday music and talk while they create designs with frosting and sprinkles.  Prepare plain sugar cookies in fun shapes like stars, pine trees, candy canes, gingerbread men and 

snowflakes, then set up a frosting station with a range of colors and decorations.

Cultivate a sense of community by including a volunteering activity in your holiday party for work. Including a volunteer event in your holiday party gives your team a shared activity to bond over while encouraging them to embrace the giving spirit of the holiday season.