Holiday Sandcastle Village of South Padre Island

10/03/2026

Thanks to these supporters of Sandcastle Island, Inc.

10/03/2026

Thank you thank you thank you — our most dedicated supporters are getting carved on a special wall at South Padre Island Sand Castle Days

09/29/2026

Welcome back Scott Dodson — creating one of his fabulous castles for Sandcastle Days 2026. For the second year, Scott is being sponsored by Sandcastle Island, Inc.

09/25/2026

South Padre Island Sand Castle Days is next week!
Please consider showing support for the Holiday Sandcastle Village by getting your name, business or (very)short message on our SCDAYs thankyou wall. We are asking $100 minimum for text, a bit more for a logo. All money will go to the sculptors ... thank you for your support.

Get your name carved in sand at the 2026 South Padre Island Sandcastle Days!

09/17/2026

Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou Wall

SandCastle Island, Inc - SSI - would like to invite some special supporters to get their names featured prominently on this year’s Sandcastle Days demonstration sculpture. (These donations help fund our Christmas Sculpture at the Holiday Sandcastle Village, construction of which will start right after Sandcastle Days. We are excited to bring back this annual tradition and - who knows? - maybe Santa Willie will come back this year!)

This year’s giant exhibition sculpture at Sandcastle Days will feature a special section - the ThankyouThankYouThankYou Wall (TYTYTY) - with the names of anyone who donates $100 or more to our nonprofit this month. No logos or images - just names — business or personal. Twenty-five characters or less, please. $100 minimum. All monies raised will go directly to our sculptors - to help subsidize their travel fees and to pay them for their help with our Christmas sculpture at the Sandcastle Village.

What does your C-note get you? Your name (business or personal) prominently featured on our TYTYTY wall.
Also, our undying gratitude.

Donate here: https://givebutter.com/tytytywall

In case you were wondering:

How does SSI support Sandcastle Days?

We provide/secure ground transport for the visiting sculptors
We pay for non-competing sculptors to assist with demonstration sculptures, i.e. Scott Dodson, Amazin’ Walter, and Christy Atkinson.
We co-sponsor Sandcamp (free sandcastle lessons)
We subsidize sculptors travel expenses (which have shot into the stratosphere this year)

Why does SSI find itself with such a shortfall this year?

We had to rebuild our sandboxes and replace rusted barrier walls.
The number of visitors was down about 15% from last year.
A couple of big regular donors dropped out this year.
Our per/visitor average dropped from .30 to .18.
We still managed to create 9 new sculptures over the past year and had over 500,000 people walk through.

Consequently, we find ourselves about $8000 short of the amount we usually have in our coffers this time of year.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

09/04/2026

Coming Soon!

09/04/2026

We are counting down the days to our favorite time of year. Thanks to the Parade for a great story!
Over the next 3 weeks we will be telling you more about the sculptors coming to town and what you can expect to see on the beach at Clayton's starting 9/27. It's gonna be GREAT!

Photo features returning sculptor Matsu Yoshi from Japan - and her 2025 sculpture. Yoshi will stay and help with a Holiday sculpture in the Holiday Sandcastle Village after the contest. Welcome back, Yoshi!

By JACQI LEYVA-HILL Special to the PARADE Sand, music, family activities and a Saturday night drone show are among the attractions visitors can expect when Sandcastle Days returns Oct. 2-5 to South…

09/02/2026

Anubis puts the final touches on our newest sculpture promoting the upcoming family fun festival we all love - South Padre Island Sand Castle Days!

06/30/2026

Graffiti Wall pt3: How to get the most from your graffiti wall experience!
Some of you have already figured this out... 🤔

06/10/2026

Who keeps trashing the moolah?!?