Sandcastle Submersion

Since I live in an area where the ocean is too cold to swim in except on the hottest of days, my favorite activity at the beach has always been to build large, elaborate sandcastles. Given that everyone here on Lego Ideas likes to build with Lego, it is no surprise that so many of us list “building sandcastles” as our favorite seaside activity! The biggest difference is that at the beach you can’t save your build, because the tide will wipe everything away for a clean slate the next day.

This build shows a sandcastle builder admiring her work. But here comes the tide, and a large wave washes away most of her sandcastle! The waves can rise up to crash over the sandcastle, part of which then removes to reveal just a wet pile of sand.