Drizzle Castles!

A Drizzle Castle is a castle created by dripping a mixture of sand and water. When the water-sand Mixture drops on more sand, a Sand Droplet is formed. The water sinks into the sand below it and the result is a column of sand! The results can be stunning and can turn many heads at the beach when made correctly! Fun, and easy for kids to do too! Be very careful not to knock over others' drizzle castle, as this is very easy to do! 

By the way, this is my first instructable! :D 

Step 1: Creating a "Swand Pit"

For lack of a better word, a "Swand" (Pronounced like Sand with a "W") Pit is a hole dug in wet sand to get the "Swand", a mixture of Sand and water, to create a Castle. Get close to the seashore, where there is wet sand, but not so close that the waves collapse the pit or the castle. Dig down about 3 inches (about a finger's length) or until you hit water. keep on digging until you have a good sized pit where you can get a lot of Swand. Don't worry about refilling your pit with sand! It does it by itself! (How Convenient!)

Comments

[lindaspin]

I grew up at the beach and now I do this with my kids every summer in Wildwood Crest, NJ. We call it dribbles! After our castle is done I like to add the 'sugar/powder' on top, which is the fine, dry, white sand you find further away from the shore-line. It adds some character like a snow-capped mountain!

[garrett10]

That's a great idea! Would you like for me to add it to the instructable and give you credit?

[lindaspin]

sure!

[staceytoob]

I did this during the summer with my 7-yr old, after seeing it here. The two of us spent about three hours building an entire city - it was the awesomest of awesome beach activities. The best thing (for me) was teaching passer-by kids how to do it, and (for my kid) letting them add on to the city. Thanks for such a wonderful instructable!

[happyjo]

This is awesome! By the way your dog is darling! :D

[Rosilin]

I know that sand ANYWHERE! Thats the Quarts crystal beaches of NW Florida! Looks like SNOW!

[hammer9876]

Ah, the memories of clean beaches, sunburns and sand everywhere. We called these drip castles. I love the idea of the dry, white sand as a topper. Never did that. Great instructable by the way. A video might help with the concept for those who have never done it.

[garrett10]

Yep, I sure do love the beach, but not the sunburns. They are NOT fun. I have seen other people make Drizzle Castles , but no one ever bothered to post an article about it. I might make a video next time we go to the beach. Summer break is almost over, so next Summer , I will try to get a clip.
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Thanks for the comment!
KEEP TEM COMIN'
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[ikeike40]

ive been doing this since before i could remember

[ahjkiu]

it looks awesome

[garrett10]

Thanks! I'm so glad hy first instructable is so poular!

[gjm]

This is cool. The sand you're using looks very fine; here in CT it can be difficult to find a beach with sand like that and I'm assuming this would not work well if at all with coarse sand? Anyway, very cool and thanks for sharing and teaching.

[garrett10]

You might be able to make one, but the Water to Sand ratio would have to be much higher i presume. You could also buy fine sand and make a small, indoor sandbox. Thanks for the great comment!

[kcls]

Is that your dog in the last pic? Interesting choice... Anywho, great instructable!

[garrett10]

Yes it is! :) I just put a random pic on that one! Thanks for all the great comments!

[jerseygirl77]

Is it a wire haired fox terrier? I've had them all my life!

[garrett10]

Yes he is! And I love him like a brother!

[Diabloscope]

WOW !! its been Years since ive done this , Me brother and sister used to make These , i would say sisters but my other sisters were too youbg ! Any way Great Fun ! Keep it Up ! we were always prepared when we went to the beach ! army shovels Big pails , used to make Tall Castles with the pails , and then the tops would go even higher with the drippings ( stalagmites ) my uncle showed us how to make , after he showed us what we were making in five minutes , it takes nature to make in milions of years, Thanks Brings Back Memories !!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalactite

[voemaster]

same here i haven't been to a beach in years I wonder where this is at???

[garrett10]

Sant Rosa Beach, Florida. We were actually at Watercolor Resort, which is on Santa Rosa :) We had a great time there! I actually got back two days ago! :D