By Tim Mercer

We’ve all made our own sandcastles at the beach but they were nothing like the masterpieces some of the worlds best can produce. These masters of sand sculpt astounding works of art from nothing more than sand and water. Some of these sand sculptures can takes days to complete using tons of sand. Today we present 40 Unbelievable Sand Sculptures that will blow your mind. So put down your plastic bucket and shovel and check out the real deal.

40 Unbelievable Sand Sculptures

Vampire Girl1
Detailed Aztec pyramid.

This huge triceratops is amazingly textured.

Stunning sculpture depicting the Crusades.

The elegant Cleopatra with two cheetahs.

Sandtastic
Commission for the Democratic debates featuring Obama’s likeness.

Stunning sandcastle in epic proportions.

Batman and Spiderman make an appearance at a surf expo.

Tine Verheyden
Sculpture of a wizard.

mermaid and dolphins playing.

Sultan of sand
Awesome Jack and the Beanstalk sculpture.

Ornate budha sculpture.

Mary and Joseph looking for a room at the inn.

This sculpture has a peaceful quality about it.

Jacques Daigneault
A huge sandcastle.

Ferencseitz
The lion and the mouse.

Shamus O’Reily
Hades and his helpers.

Stewie D
Jason and the Argonauts.

Skeleton warriors.

Sandsation
Taj Mahal in astounding detail.

Large Buddha and skyline.

Unique sculpture.

Fab
Life-like hippo sand sculpture.

Sanssational

Dan Belcher
The Presidential Seal.

Beethoven in sand.

Amazing Jack and the Beanstalk sculpture.

An angel looks over Marry and Joseph seeking a room at the inn.

Kingsand
This sculpture is full of expression.

Egyptian sculpture on a large scale.

Huge Little Mermaid sculpture.

Pancinha
The Simpsons on their famous couch.

This black and white really shows the great forms the artist rendered in sand.

Very detailed sculpture of a man and a dragon.

This sculpture is full of Egyptian symbols.

Radovan Zivny
A very large Buddha made to look as if it were constructed out of bricks.

Giant sculpture of Gulliver from Gulliver’s Travels.

This photo gives you a real sense of the large size of this sculpture.

This classic sculpture looks amazing in sand.

Caesar’s head over Roman soldiers.

Michaelangelo’s famous Creation of Adam in sand.

Further Resources

CarverComunity is a great Flickr group full of sand sculpture pictures.

SandCastleCentral has lots of tips and techniques for sculpting sand.

CuttingEdgeSandCarving forums on all things sand carving.

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