Build Your Own Mini Golf Course

Build Your Own Mini Golf Course build is a charity team building event that’s part creativity, part competition, and all heart. Your group will design and build mini-golf holes from canned and boxed food — each with its own theme and quirky rules — then face off in a lively tournament. When the last putt drops, the course comes down and the food goes to a local food bank, turning fun and games into real community impact.

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Build it. Play it. Donate it.

Looking for a way to combine creativity, friendly competition, and community impact? The Build Your Own Mini Golf Course event challenges your team to design and build their own mini-golf holes—using non-perishable food items that are later donated to a local food bank.

This interactive program encourages collaboration, resourcefulness, and out-of-the-box thinking—all while making a meaningful difference for people in need.

Once your DIY mini golf course has been completed, each team selects a representative to actually play the course. Other team members serve as official scorers and course marshals. Each hole has a special theme, with rules unique to that hole. There’s always enough laughter and smiles to go around in this lively competition.

For the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) version, we also include canned goods and non-perishable packaged food items for teams to use in building their creations. These foods are donated to a local food pantry after the program. It’s a fantastic way to combine team building, golf, and charity.

This popular event is one of our favorites, and certainly one of the most rewarding.

Participants play on a custom-built mini golf course made from canned goods and other non-perishable food items during a 'Build Your Own Mini Golf Course' team building event.

A participant plays on a creatively designed mini golf course made from canned goods and food packages during a 'Build Your Own Mini Golf Course' team building event. The event takes place in a lively venue, combining fun, teamwork, and charity, with the food items used for the course being donated to a local food pantry afterward.

Participants collaborate to build a mini golf course using canned goods and packaged food items during a 'Build Your Own Mini Golf Course' team building event. The activity encourages teamwork and creativity, with the food items being donated to a local food pantry after the event, combining fun with a charitable cause.

Participants assemble a creative mini golf hole using canned goods and food packages during a 'Build Your Own Mini Golf Course' team building event. The course features a sign labeled 'Birdland Links' and is designed with fun, colorful elements.

A group of participants posing with canned goods and food packages during a 'Build Your Own Mini Golf Course' team building event. The team stands outdoors, displaying their collection of food items that will be donated to a local charity, combining creativity, teamwork, and a meaningful cause.

A team of participants collaboratively building a creative mini golf hole using cardboard, canned goods, and food packages during a 'Build Your Own Mini Golf Course' team building event.

A creative mini golf course built from food packages, including cereal boxes, cans, and snack items, with a 'Start' sign marking the beginning of the hole. Participants designed the course as part of a 'Build Your Own Mini Golf Course' team building event, combining fun, creativity, and charity. The food items used are later donated to a local pantry.

A mini golf course hole constructed from food cans, cereal boxes, and other non-perishable items during a 'Build Your Own Mini Golf Course' team building event.

Participants setting up a creative mini golf course using canned goods, cereal boxes, and cardboard during a 'Build Your Own Mini Golf Course' team building event.

A group of participants collaborating on building a mini golf course using canned goods and non-perishable food items during a 'Build Your Own Mini Golf Course' team building event.

A large group of participants celebrating together after a successful 'Build Your Own Mini Golf Course' team building event. The group poses with their hands raised and mini golf clubs in hand, surrounded by creative mini golf holes made from canned goods and other non-perishable food items.

Participants collaborate to build a mini golf hole using boxes of food and other non-perishable items during an outdoor 'Build Your Own Mini Golf Course' team building event. The activity combines creativity, teamwork, and charity, with the food items being donated to a local food pantry afterward.

A creatively designed mini golf hole built from food cans, pasta boxes, and other non-perishable items during a 'Build Your Own Mini Golf Course' team building event. The course features a playful structure with a toy wheel and hand decorations.

A large group of participants celebrates together after a successful 'Build Your Own Mini Golf Course' team building event. The group poses with their hands raised, surrounded by mini golf courses creatively constructed from canned goods and other non-perishable items. The event fosters teamwork and contributes to charity, with the food items being donated to a local food pantry.

A group of participants proudly stands behind a collection of bags filled with groceries after a successful 'Build Your Own Mini Golf Course' team building event. The event encourages teamwork and charitable giving, with the food items being donated to a local food pantry to support families in need.

A participant lying on the floor carefully lines up a shot during a 'Build Your Own Mini Golf Course' team building event. The mini golf course is constructed from canned goods and other food items, promoting both fun teamwork and charity, with the food being donated to a local pantry afterward.

Group of participants sitting on a mat outdoors, collaborating to build a creative mini golf hole using food cans, boxes, and various supplies during a 'Build Your Own Mini Golf Course' team building event.

Two participants engaged in a team building 'Build Your Own Mini Golf Course' event, working on constructing a mini golf hole using cardboard, a fan, and other creative materials on a mat laid out on a grassy area outdoors. This activity encourages teamwork and innovation while using everyday objects to create a golf course..

A group of people standing outdoors in a sunny area, posing together after participating in a 'Build Your Own Mini Golf Course' team building event. Some participants hold golf clubs, while others smile for the camera.

Team size

24 – 500

Time needed

2 hours

Space requirement

Minimum 2,000 sq. ft. space, indoors or out. 25 sq. ft. per person is a good rule of thumb.

Ideal for

Friendly competition
Boosting creativity
Conference/meeting breaks
Fun team-based CSR
Award trips, annual meetings and retreats

Tailoring

Choose either a traditional team building program or a philanthropic team building exercise. Would you like specific elements of company branding, culture and/or mission statement woven into your program? TeamBonding is all about customization – just let us know what you have in mind.

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"A special thank you to our facilitator Scott for a “Wonderful” event! He started with great ice breakers and kept the group engaged. Everyone loved the build a miniature golf course event. No one checked out! They were still talking about the event at dinner and into the next day! We really enjoy it and all had a great time!"

Siemens

"Build Your Own Golf Course was so much fun. Pat and his team did an outstanding job with less time than we ever thought possible. I have heard it was the ‘best team building sales conference ever’ which is like music to our ears. Each member of your team is outstanding and they all were amazing!!!! Great job and thanks for everything."

FedEx

"Hi Julie, thanks for following up! The team had a great time and we received a lot of positive feedback. They also appreciated being able to donate the canned goods to the food pantry the following day – we had set up a volunteer event at a local food pantry."

National Grid

"Paul and his team were spectacular. They made a potentially bad day terrific and did a great job on the short notice change. Your team did an awesome job with my directions on the holes it went over big time"

Millenium

"The event was a lot of fun, we had a great time working in teams and completing our “mini put golf holes”. Your team members were very engaging and friendly. Glad we could donate the food as well. Thank you so much for your assistance with the organization and set up. We will certainly reach out again next year if we have another meeting."

Incyte

"We had a blast during our TeamBonding event last week! Thank you so much for coordinating it for us."

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