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An Easy-to-Assemble Kit. Four winters ago, when her sons were playing ice hockey, Jenn Rogers and her family built an ice-skating rink in the backyard of their home in Braintree, just outside Boston.

These outdoor skating rinks dial up the winter vibes, offering skating fun for all ages, plus the sort of extras that elevate ice skating from pure exercise to a properly fun day out.

Sasha Welsh and daughter Mia, 6, enjoy the outdoor ice-skating rink at The Ben hotel in West Palm Beach. Skating takes place daily through March 1. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel) ...