More Sandcastle Photos from the 4th Annual OMP Contest!

 The Old Mill Point Windmill

 "Friends from the Sea" - baby seal 

(look closely to the left, to see the face and whiskers)

 "Friends from the Sea" - smiling sea turtle

(love the shell pattern!)

 "Friends from the Sea" - friendly shark

 (Mike, aren't the kids supposed to be building that?)

 A super huge giant octopus! Hugely awesome!

 Frantically finishing a traditional sandcastle with elaborate moat system...

 FROZEN-themed sculptures ruled one end of the beach, with a ginormous Olaf,

and an awesome mountain range complete with trees and all...

my camera started glitching, but not before I got a shot of the stairs down...

what a cool idea!

Big kudos to all the creative kids! (and parent helpers!)

A fun way to spend a Saturday afternoon for sure!

4th Annual Sandcastle Contest!

The fourth annual Old Mill Point Sandcastle Contest took place yesterday on Sea Way Beach!

Teams of eager builders created some wonderful castles and creatures! 

Here are the first few photos, courtesy of Carol Volpe. More coming soon!

OMP Annual Sandcastle Contest!

 The (now) annual Sandcastle contest was held yesterday at Sea Way Beach, and was once again a huge success, drawing kids of all ages to compete for fame and fortune... or at least for prizes!

We may have to rename the contest a Sand Sculpture contest, because there were some wonderful entries that looked nothing like castles! Many thanks to Carol Volpe for taking the photos before the tide started to wash away these works of art...

If you have more photos of the contest that you'd like to share, send them in and we'll get them posted on the blog! What a wonderful way to get the whole neighborhood together and having fun!

2nd Annual Sandcastle Contest!

There were many creative constructions in the 2nd Annual Old Mill Point Sandcastle Contest, held Saturday night on Seaway Beach. Apparently there was a real live mermaid entered into the contest (seaweed hair and all) who had to go home for dinner before I got there to take pictures. Sorry I missed that!

There were two "creatures" entered in the contest, the turtle and the whale, although someone might have to explain the carrot to me...

(Note the smile on the whale's face, made of stones... so cute...)

I suspect the Holleran grandkids made those penants at home and brought them along to the beach in anticipation of needing a little color... and it looked great!

The Connelly clan also added color to their castle in the form of painted seashells - I'm telling you, these kids get more creative every year!

The Wolf grandkids went with an Olympic theme, writing USA with seaweed and decorating with found objects.

I'm not sure who built the hot-tub replica, but I'll bet it would be fun to hang out in that when the tide comes in and fills it!

See what I mean about creative? Every contest entry was different, every one unique, and every one a winner!

Big Congrats to all the participants and all the judges! Great job to everyone - and see you all next year! Can't wait to see what you think up for the next contest!

Sandcastle Kids

There were plenty of wonderful entries in the second annual Old Mill Point Sandcastle Contest. It looked like the kids all had a fun time creating their castles, creatures and deep-deep holes. One group - including the Costello boys, above - created a scene from Old Mill Point, complete with a windmill, the jetty, and real seaglass in the windows of the houses!

This young man is showing off his deep, deep hole - he was down so deep he struck water even after starting at the top of the beach!

These kids didn't dig quite as deeply, but their hole was much wider in scope...

...and I'm sure he was a big helper with the digging...

Some kids stayed with their castles to make sure the judges gave them all the ribbons they deserved...

...while others spent the evening wandering along the shore. It was a beautiful night for a beach walk!