If you’re building from memory, first envision your castle. For Pattnaik, who is 42, that means well-known Hindu or Muslim sites. “I have made so many Taj Mahals,” he says.

Janel Hawkins is the master sand sculptor behind Sand Castle University, which has over 1 million followers on TikTok. She ...

We've all been there, on the beach, looking at our sad, wet, dilapidated sand castle and wondering what went wrong. Science has the answer, of course. New research suggests that the less water you ...

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 ...

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.

To make sand castles that are worthy of prize money takes custom tools. For a look inside a pro's toolkit, Popular Mechanics talked to the world's top builders. Here are their secrets.

VIRGINIA BEACH Building a sand sculpture is no walk in the park – if you want it to last more than 10 minutes. With the International Sand Sculpting Competition in town this weekend, we got t… ...

Children, architects build sand castles, dreams. S.F. FUNDRAISER Children, architects hit Ocean Beach for contest to benefit schools. By Matthai Kuruvila, Chronicle Staff Writer Oct 9, 2011.

The sand at Bridlington or Great Yarmouth tells a tale of giant ice sheets and drowned lands below the North Sea. My next tip refers to size. Yes, size matters – at least in the game of sandcastles.

Step 1: Gather Your Tools. According to Ted Siebert, an award-winning artist who can craft 30,000 tons of sand into shoreline structures, you’ll need a five-gallon bucket (cut the bottom out), a ...