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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Building sandcastles is not just a fun beach activity, it is also an excellent way to improve your hand-eye coordination ...

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 ...

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Gather your pails, shovels and architectural aspirations. The 45th annual sand castle contest, hosted by the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce’s Commodores’ Club, comes to Corona del Mar on Sunday.