Guide · Christmas party
People take lots of photos at Christmas parties, mostly the same ones: a group shot at the start, a few blurry pictures from the dance floor. Small photo challenges give the evening a programme that runs alongside everything else and mixes departments. They also work for colleagues who prefer to stay behind the camera or who join via the link from somewhere else. Here are 15 ideas in five rounds, to print, to play as a team game or to add straight to your album as moments.
Create the album. Choose a title, date and a festive look such as Fir green or Christmas tree. It takes a few minutes and you can try it for free.
Add the rounds as moments. Each of the five rounds below becomes a moment, and you can copy its description as is. Every moment gets its own QR code, so uploads land in the right place.
Share the QR codes and the link. The main code goes at the entrance and on the tables, the moment codes wherever the challenge happens. Remote colleagues get the link in the team chat.
1 point per challenge · 3 points for the jury’s favourite in each round
The first few minutes: who arrives with whom, what the room looks like, what feels festive. Faces welcome, surroundings too.
Group shots with a small twist: across departments, as a human Christmas tree, as a carol without words.
For everyone who would rather stay off camera: hands, objects, details. Good pictures of the night don't need a face.
For everyone celebrating via the link: from home, another office or on the road. Show us where you are right now.
What stays from this year? An object, a sentence, one last group shot. The material for your year-in-review.
You can also add the prompts from challenges 12 and 14 as voice prompts in your album, so everyone sees them right before recording.
bleibt collects the pictures; the scoring happens the analogue way. Form teams by table or department. Remote colleagues form their own team or join the others. Each team enters its team name in the name field when uploading, so the jury can see later which picture came from whom. Every completed challenge earns one point. At the end, the jury opens the album on the projector, goes through it moment by moment and awards three bonus points per round for its favourite picture. Keep score on a flipchart. Anyone who would rather stay out of the picture can sit on the jury or take on the “No faces needed” round.
Print the codes on matte paper; glossy film reflects the room lights. In the QR card designer, pick the matching moment under “Code leads to”, and uploads land straight in the right round.
Organising the party for your company? The guide for HR and people teams covers what to settle about photos before, during and after the party.
FAQ
Games where nobody has to stand alone on a stage. Team photo challenges run alongside the party, mix departments and let everyone choose whether to join in front of or behind the camera.
15 challenges in five rounds are plenty for one evening. Allow about an hour for the game and leave time to look through the album together afterwards.
No. The QR code or link opens the upload straight in the phone’s browser. Nobody who uploads needs an account.
Yes. Send them the link in the team chat. They upload photos, videos or voice messages from wherever they are, into the same album.
No. bleibt collects photos, videos and voice messages, a bit like a photo booth without the queue. A jury on site does the scoring, for example with the album on the projector.
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