Here are some ideas!

The last Sunday in May is International Children's Day. Have you ever thought about how you can make it fun for families, even with a visit to the workplace or a small activity? Often it's not a question of money, but in the rush of everyday life, it's probably the least time. If you'd like to surprise employees this year by involving the children, contact us and we'll be happy to help! If you just need a few ideas, read our article with lots of do-it-yourself activities that are not primarily a question of money.

Guided tour

Organise a factory, site or office visit for families! At each location, the workers can give a brief introduction to the work processes, areas, why it is important to wear protective equipment, the language used for communication, anything specific to the workplace. What's ordinary for you is certainly very exciting for children who are going there for the first time. Take them to the common areas, or take them where you have the best view. If you're in the fortunate position of producing or selling something that children can taste, be sure to include it in your tour.

Pro tip: You could even make them a treasure hunt game, all you need is QR codes and a map. Behind the QR codes, there should be a question with an answer at each location. By giving the right answer, they can get information that will bring them closer to finding the "treasure".

Logo colouring

A great activity for the little ones is colouring. Print out an outline of the company logo and provide coloured pencils and crayons for colouring. Depending on the profile of the company, you can also print other objects or shapes that you think relate to you.

Pro tip: Avoid markers, markers and watercolour. This way you can avoid children getting either themselves or their surroundings indelibly smeared.

Test mode

There's nothing more exciting than joining a team call, turning on the projector and projecting with it, or even getting on a forklift or any large vehicle or machine. In an office environment, organise in-house video calls and presentations where children are the protagonists. In other settings, be sure to include anything that mum and dad work with and can be safely tried out. Remember, what seems like an everyday occurrence for you, seems like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them!

Pro tip: In an office environment, you can even play shadow theatre with them under the projector lights.

If I were the boss

Have a place where the kids make the rules. After the tour, ask them to draw or write down what workplace rules they would make. You could also organise an exhibition of the drawings or posters you have made during the day.

Pro tip: The bravest ones can even present their rules orally. It's really charming and makes you smile when they put their suggestions into their own words.

Dad/mum's workplace drawing competition

At the end of the day, you can enter a drawing competition with a one-week deadline. Ask the children to draw a picture of what they think their parents' workplace looks like, based on the impulses of the day. The submitted drawings can either be put to a public vote on an internal platform or a jury can be set up. The winning child's gift should be a family experience of some kind, whether it's a pass to the zoo or a spa closer to home, and you know it could be a great family activity.

Pro tip: The pictures can serve well later on for internal communication or even on social media if you let the applicants know in advance.

Let's build together

If manufacturing, assembly and construction are part of your company's profile, you could even treat children to a big batch of Lego so they can build products on the production line, design houses, etc. Adults can build with children to explain what they do on a day-to-day basis.

Pro tip: you can also have them build different sections of a track, which you can build together to launch a ball so that it can run along the track without stopping. It's an exciting challenge for both adults and children, and they can learn a lot about the laws of physics in the process.

Take a few lessons

If the work is something that even two little hands can help with, feel free to get the kids involved. You wouldn't believe the pride it gives them to get a 'live' taste of dad/mum's work. Or ask them to help with things that should have been done a long time ago but always got left behind: scraping old papers off the shredder, sorting through pens and markers, folding up cardboard boxes, sorting... See what you could use some help with, and in return you could even give out the Employee of the Day award to the hard-working little volunteers.

Pro tip: you can even use this programme for charity, but if nothing else, environmental awareness can definitely play a part in the process.

Quiz afternoon

There are now a number of free online programmes available to put together a fun quiz programme for kids - either about different jobs or about employees. When they find out about a question, their parents are sure to be very excited and enthusiastic. The quiz can also have an educational component, so that you can pass on company values in a playful way.

Pro-tip: help with career orientation later on and try to present the different jobs not only in a fun way but also in an educational way.

Craft activities, teen disco

If you have time to organise, ask colleagues if there are any who would like to teach children how to string beads, make yarn bracelets, fold keyrings, do salt and flour or take part in any creative craft activities. You'll be surprised how diverse you are! What's more, you're sure to find face painters and glitter tattoo artists or professional balloon-folders among your colleagues, who can put aside work for a few hours to please the kids. They can also tell you what materials are needed to keep the kids having fun.

Pro tip: Help the kids get their energy out through exercise! Set up a meeting room or dressing room as a teen disco with a speaker and laptop. A few colleagues with a good sense of rhythm can set the mood. Decorate with balloons and your company's costume mascot, if you have one.

Make them welcome

If it's Children's Day, treat them to a treat! If the weather permits, ice cream is best, but also cotton candy, popcorn, fruit or anything else is good. Or, if your colleagues are open-minded, you could even organise a sweet and savoury bake-off. You can eat the goodies together and donate the leftovers to an organisation or institution in need. In the latter case, it is important to agree in advance with the institution exactly when, who will deliver and receive the food and what is needed for this.

Pro tip: Ask colleagues to share recipes with you and create a company online cookbook.

Share your recipes and share them with your chefs

If time and environment allow, organise a series of family games where adults and children can play games of skill and sport together.

Pro tip: You can also prepare an outdoor scavenger hunt or a plant identification game on site or in the office building.

Photo station

Set up a company photo wall and make your own accessories for kids and adults to take photos. Does your company have a mascot? Maybe a costume? Be sure to have one there at the photo station after everyone has met it upon arrival. Accessories can be snow bubbles or anything you think would fit there.

Pro tip: It also works here to have a volunteer colleague take the picture with a staff member's phone, you don't have to print everything on the spot and hire a selfie machine to do it.

More tips, thoughts:

• Involve everyone in the programmes, whether they have children or not
• Divide up the tasks, communication and anything else I haven't written down here, so that in addition to the day-to-day tasks, the weight of organisation is not just on one person and the implementation is much more efficient.
• Assess the age of the participants in advance so that you can prepare accordingly, it is worth preparing for several age groups.
• Be prepared with a few things to make sure everyone can bond for a while, such as asphalt chalk, bubble blowers, jenga and other games.
• Give the kids something small with the company logo on it.
• Invite a children's home to the children's day! This way, anyone can really get involved in the initiative, regardless of whether they are a parent.
• Safety first! Make everyone aware of the safety rules and insist that they are followed. It is good if the company doctor is present on this day.

And if you decide that you need professional help to implement any of the above ideas or more, contact us at kanozsai.cyntia@eventgroup.hu or info@eventgroup.hu.

We wish you a successful organisation!