MICHIGAN COTTAGE COOK

MICHIGAN COTTAGE COOK
SUMMER AT THE BEACH

Monday, June 25, 2012

GRAND HAVEN SAND CASTLE CONTEST 2012

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN WESTERN MICHIGAN AT THE GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK.


Welcome to the 31st. annual Sand Sculpture Contest.  The contestants have just two hours to begin and finish their projects.


Only simple tools are allowed for sculpting. 



The green bottle to the left is a mister to keep the sculpture from drying out.



The straw was for the making a checkered tablecloth in one sculpture.  Otherwise the equipment looks like what I would drag to the beach for my children and grandchildren though out shovels were smaller.


This is the kind of "castles" Margaret and I use to built.  My children and grandchildren built the same kind.  A moat for water with walls to protect the castle made of sand packed into a sand pail to mold it for the castle.  There is always a hole where it is fun to dig for water under the beach.



A harbor with sailboats.

Madagascar with the lion and penguins.

Sponge Bob.

Pure Grand Haven.



Mama turtles with her babies.



A Mayan temple.



Pac-man.


Pac-man #2.



Hot dog and fries.



Beautiful sign for Grand Haven with mermaid tails for people to stand behind to have their pictures taken.

Kids posing for their parents as mermaids.



Margaret and I would spend hours making trees or castles like this one by pouring wet sand and water through our fingers.

A boat being rowed through a group of mermaids.


COUCH POTATO.



King Tut's tomb.



Remember this was built in just two hours.



I am awed by the details.

I heart Grand Haven had audio as well as a sculpter with the sculpters beating buckets to sound like a heart beat.



The heart.



This one had a name but I didn't recognize it.



Dogs digging in the sand.



Dogs #2.  You know I love dogs.


Tent camping with the fire pit ready for a match.



I think they need a larger tent.



You are so cute, Dragon.  I just wanted to take Dragon home to play with Izzy.



I'm sorry Dragon.  I cut off your nose to show your foot.

I like Dragons.



I take lots of pictures of "animals".



A gaint squid with a person in it's tenticle with friends trying to save him.


This is the size of an ice cream cone I would like.



A picnic basket, tablecloth, watermelon, grapes, sandwich, and drink.



An ant eating the watermelon.



Ants all over this picnic.


Beautiful details on the picnic basket.



Grapes look good enough to eat.



A busy ant.



Oh, oh!  Spilled your drink.  I guess the party is over.

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