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Why a Virtual Paint and Sip Beats the Typical Office Holiday Party This Year

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If your team’s holiday party planning has stalled on “let’s just do the usual potluck,” here’s a reason to look at something else.

A virtual paint and sip gives everyone an actual activity to do together, and it takes less time to book than it does to settle an office debate about the white elephant gift limit.

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The Trouble With the Typical Office Holiday Party

Most office holiday parties follow the same script: a catered lunch, maybe a white elephant exchange, maybe a round of trivia. People show up, eat, chat a little, and leave.

That’s especially true for remote or hybrid teams, where a Zoom happy hour can feel like one more meeting with eggnog. So an activity that’s new to everyone, instead of one that only some people enjoy, tends to land better.

And permission helps here, too: most people haven’t picked up a paintbrush since grade school, so nobody walks in worried they’ll be the only one who’s bad at it.

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What Makes a Virtual Paint and Sip Different

Instead of standing around with a plate, your team sits down together — in the office, at home, wherever they log in from — and follows a live host through one painting, start to finish.

Everyone talks, laughs at their own brush strokes, and leaves with something they actually made. That’s really the point of team building paint and sip events: a shared activity, not just shared time.

It also works just as well for a fully remote team as it does for a hybrid office split across two time zones, since all anyone needs is a laptop and the kit we ship to their door.

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It Works for Any Size and Budget

Classes run anywhere from 10 to 60 people, so it scales from a single department to a whole company gathering. Smaller teams aren’t left out, either — any group under 10 books at a flat $600.

Per-person pricing starts at $60 for a Standard class, $65 for Pro, and $70 for Premium, plus a $65 option for Watercolor or a Canvas Tote class. Shipping is free anywhere in the US, so the price you see is the price you pay.

Every paint and sip supplies kit ships ready to open, so nobody on your team has to shop for materials beforehand.

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How Easy It Is to Book

Here’s the part most planners like best: you pick a date and send us the addresses, and we handle the rest.

We ship each kit 7 to 10 business days before class, so it lands on desks or doorsteps with time to spare instead of arriving the morning of.

If you’ve planned a typical office holiday party before, you know how many moving pieces it usually has — a venue, a caterer, a seating chart. This one has a single moving piece: a headcount.

Proof It Works for Teams Like Yours

We’ve hosted classes for companies like Microsoft, CareCredit, Robinhood, Meta, and Snap, and we’ve been AARP’s go-to partner since 2020.

Hundreds of virtual events later, we’ve got more than 50 five-star Google reviews from groups just like yours. None of that happens by accident — it happens because the class is genuinely fun, not because anyone’s required to pretend it is.

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Book Before the Holiday Rush

December books up fast once the season gets going, so if you want a mid-December class, the cutoff to book is December 6. That gives our team enough time to prep and ship your kits on schedule.

Curious whether this fits your team, your budget, or your timeline? Reach out for a quick quote and we’ll walk you through it — no pressure, just answers.