Ah, the humble cup, one of mankind’s most important inventions.
Spelletjes verzinnen met alledaagse voorwerpen zoals papieren of plastic bekertjes is een leuke en laagdrempelige manier om collega's samen te brengen.
Low-prep, minute-to-win-it games brighten up the workday and inject a dose of healthy competition into the office.
Een paar bekers, wat basic materialen, en je bent klaar voor actie!
Pak een stapel van twintig bekers (of meer als je team groter is) en laat de kantoorpret beginnen!
Wat kunnen bekerspellen bijdragen aan de sfeer op de werkvloer?
Cup-based games can be set up in a flash, rejuvenating a regular workday with a wave of positivity. Who knew that something as simple as a cup could fill the office with so much fun and healthy competition?
Gamification op de werkvloer is in opkomst en organisaties over de hele wereld benutten de kracht van spellen voor hun personeel.
A 2019 LMS survey found that 89% of employees felt more productive when employers introduced games into the workplace, and 88% of them felt happier. Happier teams in the office are much more engaged and motivated in their tasks.
Another poll from Gallup shows that motivated teams increase revenue by an average of 21%, so overlook quick office games for employee motivation at your peril!
Onze lijst met bekerspellen voor op de werkvloer
Whether you’re using solo cups, plastic cups, or paper cups, get them into action with your teams to brew up some excitement in the office.
1. Van piramide naar puinhoop: het stapelspel
Kicking off our list is a competitive bout of stacking. This cup game is the most popular on the list, and also the most professionally competitive! Side note, did you know that professionals call this “sport stacking,” and the world-record holder finished a stack in 1.33 seconds ?
Deze oefening werkt het beste individueel en wordt extra spannend met een timer voor wat gezonde competitie! Geef elke speler 10 bekers en een tafel om te stapelen.
Opstelling:
- Build a pyramid of cups: Each player needs to stack 10 cups to make a pyramid shape. The base will have 4 cups, then 3 on top of those, 2 cups for the next level, finished with 1 cup at the top.
- Collapse the pyramid down into one stack of cups: Players then need to take the top cup and collapse the other cups down, until only one stack of 10 cups remains Remember to smash that timer as soon as they’re finished! Create a leaderboard and find the fastest stacker!
So how fast can your teams complete a pyramid? You never know who’s going to stand out in this minute-to-win-it game.
2. Waterdichte beker-estafette
Een waterdichte estafette is een geweldig spel om iedereen in beweging te krijgen, al kan het best een beetje nat worden! Je hebt twee of meer teams nodig, een beker voor elke speler en een waterbron om bij te vullen. Het doel is om het water van de ene beker naar de andere over te dragen, door het langs alle teamleden te laten gaan, totdat al het water aan het einde is verzameld.
Opstelling:
- Carry water carefully: Create teams with an equal number of members, each member should be the same distance away from their teammate. The first person in the line is given a full cup of water. They move to the second person and pour water into their cup. They can only pour water backward over their head!
- Continue the chain till the end: Each member repeats the action until the last person pours their water into one large container. The first member in the line then gets another full cup and repeats. Put a measurement on the final container (3 or 4 full cups of water), and the first team to reach the line wins.
Speed does not always beat a steady hand in this game. Try this one out as a fun Friday activity . Just make sure you’re away from electrical equipment!
3. Blaas de toren om!
Voor ons volgende spel heb je piramides van gestapelde bekers, een paar ballonnen en een goed stel longen nodig. Het doel is om in een ballon uit te ademen en de lucht te gebruiken om alle bekers van de tafel te blazen. Kantoorzangers hebben hier een streepje voor, die longinhoud komt eindelijk goed van pas!
Opzet:
- Use balloon air to start the destruction: Create three teams, with a table in front of each first-player, On each table, create a pyramid of 10 cups. Each pyramid should be around 15cm from the edge of the table. The three competitors stay in one place, blow into their balloon, hold the air in with their fingertips, and then let the air go while aiming it at the pyramid. You’ll have a few cups fly off the edge of the table.
- Refill balloons to clear the table: For any remaining cups, the balloon needs to be inflated again. Repeat the releasing of air until every cup is off the table. The first player with a cup-free table wins!
“Blow that pyramid over!” works fantastically as an office party game or on an occasion like a birthday or special celebration. Enjoy the moment!
4. Flip en drink!
Ons volgende spel draait om drinken, dus zorg voor een gepast moment! Hoewel je online veel versies met bier zult vinden, werken water of frisdrank minstens zo goed. Vorm twee teams die tegenover elkaar aan een tafel staan. De eerste speler moet zijn beker succesvol omflippen voordat de volgende aan de beurt is. Het is een race tot de finish!
Opstelling:
- Get your teams ready: Organize teams on either side of the table. In front of each player place a cup filled with any liquid (beer is optional!). Tell them the first player needs to down the liquid, then successfully flip their empty cup from the edge of the table, so that it lands upside-down.
- Get flipping crazy!: Let the two players face-off. Once a team member lands a perfect flip, the next teammate downs their drink and races to do the same. Continue with each team member until the last player flips their cup at the finish line.
De kans is groot dat dit spel voor de nodige chaos zorgt, dus kies een drankje dat gemakkelijk op te ruimen is en geen invloed heeft op je teams werkprestaties!
5. Jenga met bekers
Dit spel vraagt om wat meer precisie en een vaste hand dan de andere. Cup Tower Jenga kun je solo spelen of in teams. Wat je nodig hebt: middelgrote indexkaarten (of geknipt A4-papier van ongeveer 150 g/m² – te licht papier houdt de bekers niet goed in balans). Zorg ervoor dat elk vel groot genoeg is om een omgekeerde papieren beker op te plaatsen. Klaar om te bouwen? Tijd om te beginnen!
Opstelling:
- Stack up a tower: Each participant needs four cups and a table in front of them. On the table, they need to build a tower of upside-down cups, four cups high. Between each upside-down cup should be placed 1 index card.
- Carefully deconstruct: One at a time, players need to slide out an index card, so that the cup above neatly falls over and contains the cup beneath it. Precision beats strength here. If the construction is rushed, or cards aren’t pulled perfectly, the whole tower is likely to fall down. If the tower falls before the 4 paper cups are perfectly stacked, they need to rebuild and try again.
Probeer dit in tweetallen, waarbij één persoon de bouwer is en de ander de sloopexpert. Ze zullen waarschijnlijk samen een strategie bedenken. Het eerste koppel dat er 4 stapelt, wint!
6. Musical Cups
Here’s a game that demands timing and cat-like reflexes. It’s a rework of musical chairs, something that we’ve all played in childhood at least once. The game is fast-paced and competitive, making it a perfect team energizer . You’ll need a group of 4 to 10 people, a table and an amount of cups that is one less than the number of players you have. Basically, one person is going to be eliminated each round!
Opstelling:
- Get the music started! Get your Bluetooth speaker and an upbeat playlist ready. On the table place a number of cups that is one less than the amount of people playing. Most people will recognize the rules instinctively; you play the music and each player walks around the table clockwise. When the music stops, each person needs to grab one cup with lightning-fast speed. Whoever is without a cup at the end of this round is eliminated. Remove one cup and move to the next round.
- Whittle down the competition: Continue eliminating one player per round. Make the music more intense and crazy as each round passes by. Eventually, only one person will be left standing (and sipping!), so crown this person as the winner of Musical Cups!
Cups can be full or empty as people play, and as with our other drinking games, choose a beverage that’s easy to clean up and applies to your work setting. Organize it during a work happy hour to get the party started. We’ll say cheers to that!
7. Beker bowlen
Heb je iemand op kantoor die een verborgen bowlingtalent heeft? Misschien wel, maar dat heb je nog niet ontdekt! Bowlen met 10 kegels en bekers vraagt om precisie en een beetje strategie. Het werkt ook prima in kleine teams, waarbij elke teamgenoot de bowler helpt bij het plannen van hun worp.
You’ll need 10 cups per team, with each team member taking turns to bowl. Cups placed the right-way-up make knockdowns a lot easier! Here’s how to get it started:
Opstelling:
- Prepare an “alley” for bowling: Set up your cup formation, 10-pin style, at the end of a flat, smooth table (the longer the better!). To replace a 10lb bowling ball, just use a tennis or ping-pong ball.
- Roll to your heart’s content!: Each player has 2 attempts to roll the ball along the narrow table and knock over as many “pins” as possible. Not everyone is going to bowl a “spare” or “strike,” so you might need someone keeping careful tabs on the scoreboards. Play over 10-frames to find and crown your winner.
It doesn’t take much to set up this cup and ping-pong ball game , so bring the excitement of a bowling alley to the workplace for teambuilding fun! Serve some popcorn and play the sound of pins being hit with each roll too, to get the atmosphere right!
8. Estafette met bekers en papier
Ons laatste, snel-om-te-spelen bekerspel is een grappige manier om de lijst af te sluiten. Het vraagt ook om een vaste hand en verrassend veel geduld! Je hebt een paar rollen toiletpapier, enkele bekers en hervulbaar water nodig. Zo speel je het:
Opstelling:
- Prepare your contestants: Each player should be given 1 roll of toilet tissue. At the end of a long table, place one cup per contestant. Fill the cups up (it shouldn’t be too heavy, as the paper will rip). Under the filled cups, place the end of the toilet tissue roll, and let the toilet tissue unravel all the way to the other end of the table.
- Wind the cup towards you: On your mark, each player then carefully rerolls the toilet tissue, slowly dragging the filled cup toward them. Things can get really fun when a player is losing halfway through the race. They start to panic and speed up the rolling process. This often causes a bit of spillage, tearing the paper. When that happens, they need to clear up and reset their roll.
This super simple game is a barrel of laughs, so try it out with your teams today. It’ll bring team members closer together and keep everyone on a roll!
Met bekerspellen bouw je sterke banden tijdens een team retreat!
Fun teambuilding games with paper or plastic cups are a wonderful way of revitalizing a regular workday. Did you know they’re even more powerful when used on a team-building retreat ? Just imagine the experience of organizing these games in a one-of-a-kind location!
Here at Surf Office, organizing team retreats is what we do best.
Dit bieden wij:
- Stressvrije transfers? Wij doen het voor je! ✅
- Kwaliteitsgegarandeerde accommodaties? Check! ✅
- Boeiende Teambuilding activiteiten ? Our specialty ✅
- Restaurant reserveren? Daar helpen we je graag bij! ✅
- Deskundige hulp bij het plannen van je retreat? Natuurlijk hebben wij dit geregeld! ✅
- Ondersteuning op locatie, afgestemd op je behoeften? Absoluut ✅
Not only this but we also have access to 160+ locations around Europe, APAC, the US, Latin America, and now Africa , meaning the sky is your limit when it comes to choosing the right location for you and your team.
Onderschat nooit de kracht van sterke teambanden. Voeg deze groeps- en individuele beker spellen toe aan jullie bedrijfsretreat en ervaar hoe de samenwerking op de werkvloer een flinke impuls krijgt!
Let us sort out the tricky logistics for you. Spaces are very limited, so get in touch now !
