Next time you're at the beach, take a look around: You may spy a mermaid with long, tangled hair or a dragon with pointy ears and flared nostrils. If you get lucky, you'll come across an actual castle ...

Join us on an extraordinary adventure as we take on the unique challenge of building a sand castle on a glacier. Watch as we merge the warm, creative art of sand sculpting with the stark beauty of icy ...

ALAMEDA — Malyka Chop brought his wheelbarrow to the beach Saturday to haul wet sand left by the low tide a few feet uphill to construct the most formidable castle in Crown Memorial State Beach. But ...

NEW MILFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Building a sand castle is a fun, easygoing activity on the beach — for most people. But, two sculptors stepped up the game and broke records by creating the largest sand ...

“Use your architect mind,” says Sudarsan Pattnaik, an award-winning sand sculptor from Puri, a seaside city in India. If you’re building from memory, first envision your castle. For Pattnaik, who is ...

As building blocks go, pancakes fall low on the list. But a successful sand castle, I learned, starts with pancakes. A tall stack. Turns out those plastic molds I had packed with sand — only to dump ...

We've all been there before. With a couple of brightly colored buckets and plastic shovels, down on our hands and knees in the gritty wet sand, trying to build a sandcastle before the tide comes in ...

Families with kids of all ages can help Mentor Public Library build a sand castle kingdom at noon July 26 at Headlands Beach State Park in Mentor. The children can also enjoy stories and singing and ...

This is part of our great big guide to the DC area’s best beaches. From the surf scene in Virginia Beach to Ocean City’s expansive boardwalk, we found the best bites and activities (yes, even in ...

OCEAN CITY, New Jersey -- Building sand castles became a hobby for David Coyle when his son was born. Vacationing in Ocean City led to plenty of opportunities to construct masterpieces in time for the ...

MAYAGÜEZ, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Maria devastated the island’s coastline, forcing property owners, developers and government officials to acknowledge at last that climate change and rising seas ...

How to web site eHow has some simple suggestions for building a great sand castle. I'm no expert, but eHow makes it look easy - seems all you really need is some wet sand, a few tools, and some ...