You will need:

• a medium sized play space with a wall or blackboard or side of fridge
• a numbered or named nose for each child playing
• masking tape rolled into sticky circles or a magnet for each child
• a blindfold (either cloth or a mask)
• a picture of Rudolph with a blank circle for his nose (or no nose at all)

What to do:

• explain to children that this is a picture of Rudolph but, oh dear, Rudolph has no nose
• show them the noses
• show them how the noses stick onto Rudolph's picture
• let them take turns sticking a nose onto Rudolph so they get the idea
• then tell them that that was too easy
• now you are going to get to try and stick Rudolph's nose on but without being able to see (show them the blindfold)
• let children experiment with the blindfold
• then say, "Okay, this time is for real"
• "Let's see who can get the closest to Rudolph's nose"!
• play the game using the blindfold and assigning one nose to each child
• encourage them along and stress not to peek
• many children do not like to miss and will inevitably peek
• don't dwell on this too much just loudly praise those children who did not peek
• have a small treat or prize for each child's effort or just play for fun

Special Note:

You may want to hang a sheet in front of Rudolph's face and let children try and stick Rudolph's nose on by reaching up and under the sheet - then no blindfolds are necessary.