Editing Sand art and play (section)

===Festivals and competitions===
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[[File:Sand Sculpture Festival 2011 Taiwan.jpg|thumb|Sand Sculpture Festival 2011 Taiwan|left]]
From 1989 until 2009, a World Championship in Sand Sculpture was held in [[Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia|Harrison Hot Springs]] in [[Harrison, British Columbia]], Canada, also known as "Harrisand". The competition had solo, double and team categories. The world championship was held in [[Fort Myers, Florida]], and other venues for a limited time. Other countries hold their own versions of the world championships as it is not possible to get all the people who may qualify in the same place at the same time due to the expense and logistics.

The world's tallest sand castle was built on [[Myrtle Beach, South Carolina]] by Team Sandtastic as part of the 2007 Sun Fun Festival. The structure was 49.55 feet (15.1&nbsp;m) high. It took 10 days to construct and used 300 truckloads of sand.<ref>{{cite web|last=Volk |first=Willy |url=http://www.gadling.com/2007/06/11/the-worlds-tallest-sandcastle-and-other-sandsculpture-marvels/ |title=Retrieved on 19 June 2007 |publisher=Gadling.com |date=2007-06-11 |access-date=2014-03-01}}</ref> This record was broken in 2019 when a 58-feet tall sand castle was unveiled at Rügen in Germany. The tallest-ever sand castle was built by a group of international artists and was constructed with 11,000 tons of sand.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}[[File:Sandcastle1.jpg|thumb|upright 0.75|A simple sandcastle formed from a shaped bucket]]

Since 2003, [[Bettystown]] beach in [[County Meath]], Ireland has been home to the Irish annual National Sandcastle and Sand Sculpturing competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nationalsandcastles.ie/|title=National Sandcastle and Sand Sculpturing|access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>

In [[Lappeenranta]], Finland, there is an annual tourist sight called the Sandcastle (''Hiekkalinna''), where a work of art made of sand according to a changing theme is created every year.<ref>[Sandcastle – Visit Lappeenranta]</ref>

The record for the number of individual sandcastles built in one hour, was set at [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]], England, on 18 August 2012. Four hundred people constructed 683 castles, with each being two feet wide and high, accompanied by four turrets.