If you really wanted to give them a treat, you could do the "team bonding" stuff during normal work hours, rather than asking them to give up yet more of their

If you really wanted to give them a treat, you could do the "team bonding" stuff during normal work hours, rather than asking them to give up yet more of their personal time when they've already been overworked. Maybe something like "We're playing hooky today, folks. We're all going to lunch and...we're not coming back to the office afterward."