John Gowdy, who started building sand castles with his own kids about 25 years ago, has all the credentials (and then some) to show you how to build a perfectly good one with your kids. He even ...

Physicist Helen Czerski explores the complex science behind familiar phenomena. Read more columns here. The British seaside experience is full of tradition: brightly colored beach huts, soft-serve ice ...

Tahoe Tessie’s not in the water, she’s on Lakeside beach. But don’t look for a green scaly monster. This one’s made of sand. A group of children worked on the beginnings of a dragon Tuesday under the ...

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - They say building a house on the sand isn’t ideal, so good thing Dan Anderson is only building castles. ”Enjoying the beach, playing in the sand,” said Anderson.

Brian Denny and his two sons couldn’t contain their shock Sunday. The trio had just been announced as the group winner of the of the International Surf Festival’s sand castle design contest for their ...

Janel Hawkins spends hours building intricate structures — and destroys them not long after. Such is the life of a professional sand castle builder. As the owner of Sand Castle University, she spends ...

When Viola Connelly and her friend Casey Metzler, both 10, enter the annual Saltaire Sandcastle Contest on Fire Island, the girls from Manhattan and Brooklyn choose a timely theme — they craft an ...

Brendan Schaffer, of Cape May, works on his crab sculpture during the Wildwood Crest Sand Sculpting Festival, Friday, July 12, 2019. (Tim Hawk | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) Conditions were perfect ...

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 ...