- Video chat with friends and family (Facetime, Android video chat, Google Hangouts, Zoom, Skype, Houseparty app)
- Host a “Netflix Party”
- Have an Online Karaoke party
- Play an online multiplayer game together
- Play charades via Google Hangouts, Zoom, Skype (use The Game Gal Word Generator to create your clues)
- Host an online scavenger hunt (meet via Google Hangouts, Zoom, Skype then give everyone a fun list of items to find in their house and “show off” what they find when time is up!)
- Host a photo/video scavenger hunt—give them a list of silly things to do and take a photo/video of themselves to share with the group (e.g., headstand, attempt to juggle, eat a hot pepper)
- Play Pictionary via Zoom using the screen share feature
- Play digital board games together
- “Meet” for online party games [not free]
- Practice your photography skills and share with friends
- Make/share TikTok videos
- Play “Car Pool Karaoke” via Zoom—take turns picking a song and challenge other(s) to sing along. Everyone starts muted, then selectively unmute friends to share their performance with the group.
- Host an online journal club or book club
- Watch a movie or show “together” via Zoom, Facetime Group, Google Hangouts, Skype, Facebook Live or host a movie Tweet-along via Twitter (start your own #hashtag)
- Do a craft “together” via Zoom, Facetime Group, or Google Hangouts
- Write a story together—one person in the group writes a couple of sentences, then emails it to the next group member who adds another couple of sentences and passes it along. Keep going as many rounds as it remains fun!
- Play a social online game together (e.g., Words With Friends, Draw Something, Golf Clash)
- Engage in Virtual Team Building Activities
- Send emails, notes, texts to your friends and family expressing gratitude and/or admiration