12 Corporate Christmas Party Entertainment Ideas

When entertaining corporate teams at Christmas, you may feel stuck deciding what festive entertainment is best. At Simply the Best Events, we can help you plan the perfect corporate Christmas party.

Make Your Corporate Christmas Party One to Remember

Corporate Christmas parties have high expectations. After a long year of hard work, corporate teams are looking to let their hair down and have some fun.

You can choose to take your corporate Christmas parties to the next level with entertainment and attractions that will amaze, astound, but most importantly, reward your team members.

Indoor curling lanes with a festive winter theme, scoreboard, and decorated trees.

1. Turn Your Venue into a Christmas Ice Rink

For a statement piece like no other, synthetic ice rink hire can become the headline attraction at a large corporate Christmas party, bringing a high-energy experience for every team member who gets their skates on.

For indoor or outdoor venues, we can build synthetic ice rinks to any size needed and even work with you to create branding packages that make the rink look bespoke to you. With synthetic ice rinks being an eco-friendly alternative to real ice, you can benefit from easy management. We can work out the finer details with you in terms of equipment hire and staffing so that guests can just turn up and skate this Christmas.

Children and adults ice skating at a town centre outdoor rink with buildings in the background.
Indoor curling setup with curling stones and a snowy, decorated environment with trees.

2. Host Your Own Christmas Curling Competition

Instigate inter-team competition with curling lanes at your corporate Christmas party, pitting guests against each other as they play one of the world’s most popular winter sports!

With curling lanes being a great option for a more competitive team experience, your guests will work together in a festive sport that promises excitement and thrills.

3. Throw a Retro Christmas Roller Party

For guests who aren't shy about having a boogie, retro Christmas roller parties are a great way to get into the festive spirit and bring back the nostalgia of classic Christmas events.

Our roller rinks are built to size with branding available. We can blast out popular Christmas tunes whilst your guests skate around, with lights and decorations making it feel like the ultimate corporate Christmas party.

People roller skating on a colorful outdoor rink with a disco ball during the day.
A Christmas fun fair stall named "Tin Can Pressies" with colorful presents and a striped booth.

4. Create Your Own Christmas Funfair

For corporate Christmas parties that include large groups, a Christmas funfair could be the best choice. Immersing your guests along a lane of festive stalls and attractions, they can bounce from each Christmas funfair stall to another.

Creating a festive social environment at your corporate Christmas party, a mix of Christmas attractions will keep your guests engaged, playing against each other and hopping between each stall to soak up the festive fun.

5. Challenge the Team with a Christmas Batak Competition

Bring the competition from the office to your corporate Christmas party with a Batak wall – a game that tests lightning reactions as guests compete against each other to achieve the best score.

One of our most addictive games, guests often get immersed in the competition, refusing to leave until they beat their colleagues!

Colorful children's chairoplane ride at a fun fair, with empty swings and people in the background.
Colorful children's chairoplane ride at a fun fair, with empty swings and people in the background.

6. Bring Back the Classics with Retro Arcade Games

For a dose of nostalgia, retro arcade games are a great way to entertain guests at your corporate Christmas parties, making them feel like kids in an arcade again.

With famous titles such as Pac Man and Frogger, guests can play solo or team up to have countless hours of fun. With 50 legendary games to explore, retro arcade games can be a great addition to corporate Christmas party entertainment – you'll undoubtedly see your guests all huddled around the machines!

7. Set Up a Christmas Casino Night

For the guests wanting to test their luck, Christmas casino nights bring classic games to the party. Whether you want to use real pennies or fake play money, guests can get involved in the way that they want to.

Choose from blackjack, poker, roulette or wheel of fortune at your corporate Christmas party, letting your guests see how far they can build up their prize pot.

People playing roulette at a casino table under decorative lights.
Colorful children's chairoplane ride at a fun fair, with empty swings and people in the background.

8. Start a Festive Shuffleboard Tournament

A great option for festive competition is shuffleboard – a popular game that tests strategy and skill. For one-off games or tournaments, see friendly rivalries ignite with puck pushing that creates thrilling matches.

Whether it’s after-dinner entertainment, a team-building activity or an addition to your main attraction, every game brings a new level of excitement.

9. Race Your Colleagues on Giant Scalextric

Fire up your corporate Christmas party with giant Scalextric, setting up races between guests that will excite and amaze. A huge 6-lane track features a full course, allowing your guests to lower their visors and play for fun or in organised races.

With the flexibility to choose between casual racing and full competition, add giant Scalextric to your podium of corporate Christmas entertainment and watch your guests boast about who crossed the chequered flag first.

Model Formula 1 cars lined up on a slot car racing track at the start/finish line.
Photo booth with a green screen background and props on a table nearby.

10. Capture the Party with a Christmas Photo Booth

Corporate Christmas parties that wow and amaze should be remembered. With your guests in the festive spirit, a Christmas photo booth is a great way to round off a memorable night.

A great personal keepsake, decoration for the office or great content for LinkedIn, our Christmas photo booths help your guests to remember their fantastic Christmas party and tell stories about it for years to come.

11. Take on a Christmas Simulator Challenge

For those who want to take on a more physical festive challenge, our Christmas simulator rides will certainly cause raucous laughter and chaos, as guests watch their co-workers getting flung about.

Choose between Christmas pudding and Christmas reindeer simulators to liven up your corporate Christmas party entertainment, letting guests compete to see who can hang on the longest.

Inflatable Christmas pudding ride in a green and yellow outdoor play area.
People play curling indoors with several curling stones on the ice.

12. Build a Complete Christmas Games Zone

You can also combine a wide range of Christmas games and attractions. This allows larger groups to split up, giving guests a varied experience as they pick and choose what they want to play.

Filling your corporate Christmas party with a Christmas games zone will keep guests entertained for hours as they challenge and conquer a range of attractions and compete against their colleagues.

People roller skating on a rooftop rink with a pink and blue checkered floor under a cloudy sky.

Compare Our Corporate Christmas Party Entertainment Ideas

If you’re unsure what entertainment and attractions are the best choices for your corporate Christmas party, our team would be delighted to help you decide. We can talk about your budget, what space you have available, and what activities would be best suited to your party.

We can provide more information about our festive attractions, creating bespoke packages for you to choose from this Christmas.

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Planning Your Corporate Christmas Party?

If you’re ready to book or need a hand putting a personalised entertainment package together, we’re ready to turn your corporate Christmas party into one to remember.