Forget about the days when your mom used to tell you that you were talented after you filled up a flimsy mold with wet sand and dumped it out on the shore. Fun on the beach has gotten fierce, lately, and your little plastic shovel just isn’t going to cut it anymore. Here’s what it takes to earn your seaside street cred in the twenty-first century.
Show off everything you learned in your Renaissance history class.
(by: snowriderguy)
Perhaps the next edition should include research on how to construct a sand beard. by: JayFerris
Guess you didn't make it through your Beowulf course.
This one’s all the more impressive when you realize the scale – Look for the little man working on the right side of the plane.
Mitt Romney, immortalized.
I love all things Smart Car.
In case Smart Cars aren’t your thing…
You can hearken your inner Salvador Dali.
(photo: ecosmos.com)
Screw the six-pack: These days, even Star Wars nerds fare well on the beach
Can you believe those sheets?
Behold the only more astounding thing on the beach than these sand sculptures.
Jesus on the beach
Randy Hofman’s Jesus sand sculptures are major tourist attractions at Ocean City, MD.
Design the likeness of your favorite imaginary friend.
(photo: frogview.com)
This one's a little bit too real.
Might this sand lady qualify?
by: Chelsea
The best sand sculptures must evoke intense reactions.
(photo: picturenewsletter.com)
Jessie Jackson cried a second time when he saw this one.
Did this sand sculpture just whet your political appetite? Check out this guide by ElGuapo.
This elephant is PARCHED.
You can make an animal rights statement.
You can construct the beach friends that you wish you had.
Or cathartically lament about the ones you wish you didn't have.
LAME
You’ve got to be kidding me, Junior. Grow up, already.
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