"What's the time Mr Wolf?"
Somebody is Mr Wolf, who faces the other way, often towards a wall. The other players ask What's the time Mr Wolf? and if he says 3 o clock they advance 3 steps towards him, until one time when asked, he will reply "Dinner time!" and then chases the others. Whoever gets caught then has to be Mr Wolf.
bac à sable - pâtés
This is playing in the sandpit, building sandcastles, etc
balançoire
This is a swing/ to play on the swing
billes
marbles - to play marbles
cache-cache - hide and seek/ to play hide and seek
chaises musicales = (to play) musical chairs
chat (chat perché, chat bisou) = sounds like tig or tag, where you run around and whoever's "it" 'tigs' or tags' you and then you're "it".
- chat bisou : lorsque le chat touche une souris, il lui donne un baiser.
(on peut jouer avec la règle « pas le droit de toucher son père » : le chat n'a pas le droit de toucher la personne qui l'a touchée au tour précédent)
- this sounds like a complicated version of Kiss Chase, where if you successfully catch someone you kiss, but I don't think there are any other rules.
corde à sauter - skipping rope
élastique - cat's cradle
roi du silence
un joueur est assis sur une chaise et ferme les yeux. Sous la chaise se trouve un objet assez bruyant (ex: un trousseau de clés). L'un des autres joueurs doit venir chercher cet objet sans que le joueur assis ne s'en rende compte.*
Usage: jouer au roi du silence
* merci de compléter/modifier la définition (incertitudes)
I know what this game is, I've played it, but I don't think it has a name.
téléphone arabe - Chinese whispers! I've played this a lot.
There's also "Stuck in the Mud" where, if you are tigged or tagged, you stand rooted to the spot (stuck in the mud) with your arms held out parallel to the floor, and your legs apart, until somebody who isn't "it" swoops either between your legs or under your arm so you are free. If the person who's "It" sticks everybody in the mud, they win. But nobody wants that!
I know there's a well-known and well-loved game called Bulldogs but I don't know how to play it - someone else might.
What is the translation for - "to make a daisy chain", where you thread daisies together to make a necklace/bracelet?
