http://www.museumofplay.org/blog/play-stuff/2010/07/backyard-adventures/ Explores toys, games, and all sorts of other stuff for play—past and present. Wed, 16 May 2012 20:45:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.museumofplay.org/blog/play-stuff/2010/07/backyard-adventures/comment-page-1/#comment-7857 Aprille Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:44:45 +0000 http://www.museumofplay.org/blog/play-stuff/?p=1552#comment-7857 Most of our backyard adventures as young kids centered around playing Star Wars. I was Princess Leia... The neighborhood dynamic was absorbed into our games, as we ran from house to house, yard to yard - adapting the story to accommodate others who were OK or who we didn't like. As we grew older and moved away, outdoor games grew more into explorer/ enchanted forest type adventures - and the prerequisite hide & seek in the dark. Most of our backyard adventures as young kids centered around playing Star Wars. I was Princess Leia… The neighborhood dynamic was absorbed into our games, as we ran from house to house, yard to yard – adapting the story to accommodate others who were OK or who we didn’t like.
As we grew older and moved away, outdoor games grew more into explorer/ enchanted forest type adventures – and the prerequisite hide & seek in the dark.

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