Janel Hawkins runs the sand sculpting company, Sand Castle University, where she designs intricate beachside creations Tabitha Parent is a writer at PEOPLE covering entertainment and culture. She ...

Families and friends formed fleeting works of art at Drakes Beach during the 44th annual Point Reyes Sand Sculpture Contest.

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Thousands hit San Francisco's Ocean Beach for the 43rd Annual Leap Sandcastle Classic, where students and professionals teamed up to build massive sand sculptures to help support arts education.

One of Bill Pavlacka’s artworks. He’s known as “The Sandcastle Man.” Photo credit: www.thesandcastleman.com/ He will start the project at 6 a.m. Saturday, Nov ...

The first time I met Randall Koerv, someone had just squashed his sandcastle. As I walked up to introduce myself, he was whittling away at the crushed mound, trying to reconstruct the crumbled spires ...

If you live near a beach, chances are you and your kids have hauled sloshing buckets of seawater to build sandcastles. While visions of turrets, moats, and intricate brickwork might feel out of reach, ...

Holding plastic toy shovels and buckets, Mark Lewis and his son were ready to get serious on their beach vacation. They built a huge mound of sand, poured water from the Atlantic Ocean over it, then ...

Local sculptor Mike Martino taught fifth graders at Summit Environmental School how to build multiple sand sculptures as part of the school’s third annual outdoor campout. The students created a frog ...

A man has gone viral for his incredible sand sculptures – with creations including Star Wars icons and giant crocs. Mark Lewis, 57, is passionate about sculpting sand into weird and wonderful ...