To play this game, blindfold one child and have the others stand around in a circle or spread out across the room. You don’t have to spin the blindfolded person around, but you should allow a few seconds for the others to move. The blindfolded person has to grope his way until he finds someone, then guess who it is by touch alone. All the players are frozen until found. If the blind man doesn’t guess correctly, the other goes free. If he does guess correctly, that person becomes the new blind man.
Divide your group into pairs. One person in each pair gets blindfolded. Scatter potatoes or other objects around the room. The blindfolded child has to crawl around searching for the objects, directed by the other child. Commands can be as specific as “go right two feet” or as vague as “hot” and “cold.” Either make all teams cross a designated finish line after finding an object, or give them a time limit and award first prize to whoever collects the most.
This is a classic children’s party game. Get a picture of a donkey and put it on the wall. Make a tail out of a bit of cloth attached to a pin. Give each child a chance to pin it onto the picture after being blindfolded and spun around a few times. Mark where each child hits; the one who comes the closest to the right spot wins. Vary this game with any other type of animal or with pictures of people, where the object is not a tail but a nose, eye patch or crown.
Assemble a number of substances in bowls or cups. Have the children put blindfolds on and pass each one around, asking them to taste the food and guess what it is. Dry examples could include sugar, salt, coffee, cornstarch and cinnamon. Wet examples could include lemon juice, olive oil or honey. Optionally, add diced pieces of foods like olives, cheese, broccoli or dates. Get opinions about what the children like and don’t like.