Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Janel Hawkins spends hours building intricate structures — and destroys them not long after. Such is the life of a professional ...

Janel Hawkins is the founder and owner of Sand Castle University, a sand sculpture business based in Gulf Shores, Ala. The team's creations can take anywhere from five hours to three days to build, ...

Outer Banks photographer Wes Snyder recently posted a photo of the castle on social media. “It’s a really cool piece of Outer Banks history,” he says. Facebook screengrab An honest-to-goodness castle ...

Disney set up a sand castle display in Boston promoting its “Coolest Summer Ever” campaign with Olaf from “Frozen”. This time-lapse shows the sand castle construction.

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Janel Hawkins spends hours building intricate structures — and destroys them not long after. Such is the life of a professional sand castle builder. As the owner of Sand Castle University, she spends ...

Janel Hawkins runs the sand sculpting company, Sand Castle University, where she designs intricate beachside creations Tabitha Parent is a writer at PEOPLE covering entertainment and culture. She ...