Outdoor chess<\/a>\u00a0is fun to play one on one or in teams, and all family members will get a kick out of working together to defeat the opponents.\u00a0 With enough people — and some fun costumes —\u00a0you could even substitute real people for playing pieces.\u00a0 Now, that’s a unique outdoor game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of my favorite things to do when the weather is pleasant is to herd the family outside for some fun outdoor games.\u00a0 My preferences, though,\u00a0are\u00a0more unusual outdoor games.\u00a0 I certainly love kicking the soccer ball around and tapping the croquet balls with a mallet, but it’s those less than common outdoor games that really get my family’s attention and keep us together having fun … Continue reading Unique Outdoor Games Encourage More Family Time Together<\/span> »<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,14],"tags":[272,326],"class_list":["post-657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-backyard-fun","category-entertaining","tag-kids","tag-outdoor-games"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Nnyf-aB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2309,"url":"https:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/Outdoor-Patio-Blog\/enjoy-outdoor-games-for-fun-and-fitness\/","url_meta":{"origin":657,"position":0},"title":"Enjoy Outdoor Games for Fun and Fitness!","author":"Trey Collier","date":"May 3, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"This beautiful weather is REALLY making me want to get outdoors and have some fun with my family! 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