It’s that time of year again for sandcastle building contests! I am headed to Freeport this weekend to try my skills at sculpting in the sand.  I’ve been researching all week for some tips and tricks on how to make sand resemble something out of a fantasy.  Don’t know if mine will be quite as majestic, but I will be sure to share the pictures of the finished product!

image via flickr

image via flickr

image via Fun Beaches

Did you know the world’s largest sandcastle was built on the beach at the Myrtle Beach Pavilion Amusement Park? It took six professional sand castle builders eight days to build the castle which contained 130 dump truck loads of sand.

Molecularly speaking, water is actually much drier than sand.

Check out more fun sand facts.