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Sandcastles Made Simple: Step-by-Step Instructions, Tips, and Tricks for Building Sensational Sand Creations

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On a recient trip to S. Padre Island my wife made arrangements with sandyfeet for a 1 hour private lesson for us and our 2 grandchildren, ages 10 and 12. It was the best one hour I have spent on the beach since I got married! When we returned home, we bought this book for ourselves and several for presents for others in our family. Quite simply, this is every thing you need to know about building sandcastles!! And the next 2 days we spent 3 hours as a family building the best castles we ever had. A must buy if you are at all interested in the subject.

One benefit to buying a book for a friend's birthday present is that you get to read the book before you wrap it for the party. This friend spends a week at a beach house every summer, so it seemed as though a build-a-sandcastle manual would be just the ticket. After looking through this book, I'm positive that I made the perfect purchase.

I haven't made any of the sandcastles personally (Arizona is a little low on beachfront), but the instructions and photos in this book make me yearn to do so. There are LOTS of pictures -- at least two on each page -- and the text gives plenty of advice about sand-sculpting methods, building, and carving. The section on the basics was particularly interesting; so *that*'s why my childhood attempts always fell over!

The author writes with a clear voice, and doesn't take herself too seriously. This is about having fun, after all. Even if you're as far from a beach as I am, this is an entertaining book to read!

This book is everything I had hoped for. The pictures are great, with step-by-step instructions. I had always loved to build sandcastles, but with this book, my "dream" castles are now a reality. All of the keys to achieving it are in this book! Pretty amazing! Thanks SandyFeet for making this available to all of us "budding artists"!

This book is so fun I can't stop reading it. The descriptions of techniques are excellent, and the illustrative photos are even better. I'd say it's the next best thing to taking a live lesson in sand sculpture! It's really going to enrich my weekends this summer. I recommend this book to anyone who is going to be spending any amount of time on any beach in the near future.

This is a great book if you are a budding sand castle enthusiast. It tells you what kind of sands are best, even for a backyard sand box. Detailed and well photographed so you really grasp what they are telling you. Even includes sand creations you can make with children.

This is the third sand castle book I have purchased from Amazon, and by far the best. In each of the other books, the details of hand-stacking towers were not present. In this book, the technique is covered clearly with written descriptions and photographs. I went to the beach the day after receiving the book, and it finally worked.

I was also thrilled that directions were given to construct forms for large pieces. All in all, this is the best book on sandcastles I have found.

This book is very interesting, we took it on our last vacation and will probably take it with us again. Playing in the sand is fun for everyone. We learned a lot, but a weeks vacation is not enough to learn everything, so we'll be using it for years to come :)

I finded this book very usefull to persons (like me) who really want to start in a seriously way the construction of sandcastles: ggod and usefull tips, instructions that take you step by step in to this hobby.

I found this book beyond what I wanted to get involved with;especially with my seven year old. This book is geared for the serious sandcastler. For setting up your sandcastle base, it recommends using roofing paper & other tools that I'm not quite ready to carry out to the beach. It is interesting, but for the serious sandcastler. Not the casual kid builder.

Bought as a Christmas gift. My Sister seemed to like it. It is full of cool pics and ideas!!!
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