{"id":174,"date":"2013-08-13T06:51:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T05:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skooldays.com\/blog\/sand-castles\/"},"modified":"2013-08-24T08:42:11","modified_gmt":"2013-08-24T07:42:11","slug":"sand-castles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/sand-castles\/","title":{"rendered":"Sand castles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- skool-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Back to your childhood and the day the family took you to the beach. Sand castles, buckets and spades and a packet of 5 or 6 flags.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1769\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sand-castles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1769\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1769\" title=\"sand-castles\" alt=\"Sand castles\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sand-castles.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sand-castles.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sand-castles-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sand-castles-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sand-castles-377x300.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sand castles from any decade<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All you needed were two basic building ingredients, sand and water. Of course on a beach these are available in abundance.<\/p>\n<p>Of course Sand Castle building is a big thing with competitions at beaches and on-line.\u00a0One web site has weekly news, it offers sand sculpture news, tips, instruction and photos. Also it has useful information for sandcastle fans and sandcastle builders of all levels of expertise.<\/p><div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\nskool\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Sand castles at the beach<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s true to say that sand castles are typically made by children, simply for the fun of it, but there are also sand sculpture contests for adults that involve large, complex constructions. A trip to Weymouth or Bournemouth will prove the point.<\/p>\n<h3>Flags in your Sand castles<\/h3>\n<p>Traditional flags for sand castles sold at most beach shops. Colourful, but talk about encouraging nationalism for your kids.\u00a0Sand castles are a true childhood memory for many and the flags gave them the colour and some how was as satisfying as the man planting the flag on the moon in the sixties!<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/sand-castles\/\"><img width=\"125\" height=\"99\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sand-castles-160x127.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sand castles\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sand-castles-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sand-castles-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sand-castles-377x300.jpg 377w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sand-castles.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a><p>Back to your childhood and the day the family took you to the beach. Sand castles, buckets and spades and a packet of 5 or 6 flags. All you needed were two basic building ingredients, sand and water. 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