Drip Castles
Create Simple Drip Castles at the Beach
This summer forget hauling all your sand toys and fancy buckets. The next time you’re at the beach try creating these classic drip castles instead. These will soon become one of your favorite summer activities at the beach. All it takes is a little bit of time to form these simple but beautiful sand castles.
Materials Needed
All you need is your hands and a combination of sand and water, all conveniently located at your fingertips. Yep that’s it!
This may be the shortest tutorial you will ever read!
Directions on How to Build Drip Castles
First be aware of your location, since tides and waves can quickly destroy all your hard work. Take a minute and plan the location of your castle, moat or bridges.
Find the sweet spot on the edge of the water line where the sand is wet, but firm and not bombarded by waves.
Grab a mixture of sand and water with a consistency that can easily drop through your fingers or hand. There is no wrong method. Let it slowly drip through your fingertips, or make a fist with thumb up and let it drip out the bottom of your closed fist.
Be creative. Use sticks or fishing line for structure. Add moats, bridges, towers and turrets to your castle. Then finish it off by decorating with feathers, shells, drift wood and rocks.
“I have decided that I no longer want to be an adult. If anyone needs me, I’ll be at the beach building sand castles.”
Want some inspiration, check out SandCastleMatt on IG who creates one- of- a-kind sculptures in Boston that will appear to defy the elements.
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