Summer is almost over, or so it seems. And what can you still do? How about some Sand castle making or some Sand sculptures? Many people are doing just that and some creations are very impressive!

Some sand sculpturing contests have taken place, even some this very year. Take a look at " sand city" , Antalya, Turkey, where people with some amazing talents created creatures including lions, lizards with humourous faces, and cyclops. You will also find a women peeking out of a 'stone' urn and a pyramid-like minature city. There is even a bird with a collar and chain. How creepy is that!

Don't pass by the annual Cannon Beach Sand Castle contest where you can view the sand fortress. Cannon Beach is a town in Oregon that was hit by a tsunami in 1964. That did not get the media's attention for any length of time, but a year later, it having the lowest tides in a century did provide a nice focus. Hence, with all that extra beach and the world looking on, the annual Cannon Beach Sand Castle contest came into being.

Other sand sculptures abound throughout the world. When you are in Canada, check out the life-sized Chevy Volt sculpture at Kitsilano Beach in Vancouver. Why this car? Supposedly it is very environmentally friendly. Hop a plane to Belgium and find Lommel. There you will discover many Sand Sculptures by many different artists. Can you find the one of a girl eating some huge Gingerbread cookies? Hopefully, if you visit Lanikai Beach in Hawaii you will still see this Sand Fortress or perhaps a replica of this one. That bridge looks really cool! Next take a train to Berlin and look for a television tower. There you may spy this sand city of cones.

Now, you ask, how can I participate? Well, get on a flight to the New Jersey shores for your first lesson. Next you can build a Mayan temple with these instructions. Lastly, if you need some review on How to build a Sand Castle read this and enjoy the rest of your summer!

Wow this is only the tip of the iceberg-not meant literally, of course. There is an army of sand figures
marching to somewhere---anyone's guess is good here. Then traveling to Russia (and the site is in Russian) you will see a lioness
guarding her cubs.

There is even a unique concept of using various sand creations as a Walk-Thru
that raises money for charitable causes. All the elaborate sand sculptures of Star Wars, basketball sports arena, dolphin aquarium, and Wizard of Oz took 200 to 500 tons of sand to create. It is still amazing that the sand statutes stay intact as long as they do and don't start to disintegrate as soon as they are made. I guess there must be a technique to it which apparently many persons have mastered!

Don't forget to keep clicking on all the links on the WOW html in order to view all the sand monuments listed there.

wooow. I saw those pictures at the link. those sand sculptures are amazing and they are so perfect in each detail!
I had never seen nothing like this before. My gosh, it's wonderful. It must have been really hard to do and I'm sure who made it is strongly gifted by God! I'm impressed, I wish I had this kind of talent! Congratulations for you, artists your job is incredibly beatiful!

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