Lessons & Workshops
Learn how to have more fun at the beach forever!
South Padre Island sandcastle lessons – Prices Quoted are for groups of up to 5 participants
Add $10 for each additional person
Tips & Tricks Special - $80
For all ages
Learn the basics of getting sand to stand! You will build towers & walls — concentrating on building but with an introduction to carving using common items everyone has or can easily find. Learn all the tricks and skills you need to build a great castle. We provide all the equipment needed.
Beach Access #15 (Poinsettia Circle) is located between Esperanza and Hibiscus streets. We are just a short stroll down the beach from many island properties — or take the FREE Island Metro.
- Currently Available only at #15 or Butterfly Park Access
- Prices are for 4 or fewer - $10 per additional person
- Budget travelers friendly
- 45 - 60 minutes long
- Great for shorter attention spans
Sandcastling 101 - $140-170
Families and Friends
Your instructor will demonstrate basic softpack, hard pack and hand stacking techniques, then show you how to combine these structures into castles. If you are inspired, jump in and give building a try! Then together we will carve doors, windows and winding staircases; walls & battlements — ending up with a great photo-op!
- $30 discount at "Sandcastle beach"
- Beginners aged 7 and older
- Bad back, trouble bending over or sitting, and other Physical limitations? - this lesson is for you!
- 60-90 minutes
- All equipment provided
- Prices are for Groups of up to 6 - add $10 for each additional person, age 7 and older
Sandcastling 101 Lite - $110-140
Families and Friends
The same lesson compressed into 1 hour. Best for smaller groups (1-3) or students with shorter attention spans – we’ll cover as much as we can…
- $30 discount at "Sandcastle beach"
- Beginners aged 7 and older
- Bad back, trouble bending over or sitting, and other Physical limitations? - this lesson is for you!
- 60-90 minutes
- All equipment provided
- Prices are for Groups of up to 6 - add $10 for each additional person, age 7 and older
Sandcastling 201 - $170 -200
Older Kids & Adults
This is a revved-up version of our 101 class – only bigger, better and faster! This is a good choice if you have had some experience with the techniques we teach in 101 or T&T — but if you are physically fit and quick learning, you may want to jump right up to our 201 class.
Add a Beach Billboard
For $50 and up, we can add a professionally-carved custom billboard to your castle. It can be a simple birthday, anniversary, graduation message — all the way up to a complex logo. (Paragraphs are discouraged.)
Sandcastling 301 - $320 and Up
Older Kids – Adults – Corporate Teams
Whether you are a corporation or a family, working together for a common goal is a desirable outcome — especially when it happens on the beach! If you have an energetic group that wants to build something BIG, this is the activity for you. We will meet you on the beach with a cart full of equipment to help you build something amazing – including a message, name or logo if desired. We strongly recommend that you take one of the other lessons prior. Expect to sweat!
- Fill out reservation form for price quote
- Adults & older (Age 10 and up) Kids
- Intermediate + advanced
- 2-3 hours
- All equipment provided
- Available wherever I can roll my cart
The Big Group Lesson
Kids & Adults
Grandma is turning 80! Mom & Dad are celebrating a big anniversary! It’s a bachelorette beach party! Wherever a group of beachfun-lovers gather is a good time and place to the rest of the sculpture by jumping in whenever they feel comfy doing so. End result will be a finished billboard sculpture, perfect for a group photo.
- For groups of 10 and larger
- $20 per person (roughly, fill out reservation form for quote)
- May include a beach billboard
- May include a contest
- Adults & Kids
- Beginners +
- All equipment provided
- Available on any SPI Town Beach - discount at sandcastle beach
The Proposal Lesson - $160
Families and Friends
Do you have an important question to pose your beloved? This may be the lesson for you…
We will meet at Sandcastle Beach for a lesson. We will work together to build a pretty castle and then you will take your sweetie in search of shells to decorate the castle while I will quick-carve the proposal itself. Includes a handful of rose petals and I will shoot a video of the reveal as well as some post-proposal pics.
A unique way to do something you will (hopefully) only have to do once — but I am also happy to have a completed sculpture finished and waiting for you anywhere on the Island. More info…
- Available at Sandcastle Beach - (may consider other locations)
- All levels of ability
