Sandcastle lessons with Andy Hancock

We saw the lessons advertised on the Islands web site before we booked our break. The website www.sandcastlelessons.com was simple, informative and had some cool music!

We rang Andy (and his "competition") and decided to have a lesson with the children as it looked like real fun and Andy sounded very enthusiastic on the phone.

We had no idea that Andy the Australian would have more stries than JK Rowling and keep us entertained for hours. Even though he didn't press us about the time and only charged us for the time booked.

The children had a great time and we all learned a lot about sand and sandcastles.

Andy was based at the Sheraton hotel but gave lessons all over the beach for the entire day - he even lent us a bucket and shovel so we could carry on in the afternoon!

We would recommend this activity to anyone and ANDY WITH IT!! Thanks for a wonderful time!

We rang 956 433 9948 for our lesson and went with Andy as he just sounded like more fun. He was able to help us with a fishing trip and dinner (Sea Ranch)

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Aug 05, 2010
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Family Fun
by: Anonymous

Family of 4, with children being age 17 and age 4 made for an interesting trip. We had some difficulties keeping both girls as happy as possible. With one exception.

Sand Castle lessons with Andy Hancock! We had the great honor of meeting Andy away from the lesson area, and enjoyed his company a lot. When we discovered that he gave the lessons, our decision whether or not this would be fun for both girls, was easily made for us. Absolutely! We joined Andy on the beach on a somewhat dreary day. Rained over night and off and on the remainder of the day. We were fortunate that the weather held out for us for a couple hours.

Our 4 yr old of course was enthralled with the whole process, and she and I quickly caught on to the very simple instructions given by Andy. We began our Sand Castle built for a beach princess, complete with sea shell adornment.

Our 17 is very artistic and naturally wanted something a little more challenging. With a brief family discussion we decided that she would build a dragon. Andy was so attentive, and easy to follow his instructions, that making this rather difficult sculpture became reality in just under 2 hours. Wow! The details on the face, wings, and tail were amazing. (I wish i had the ability to share the photos).

Needless to say, a good time was had by all, and both girls came away with knowledge as well as entertainment. We look forward to building on our skills in the years to come.

Thank you Andy! You're the best!

The Garretts; Chris, Dottie and our girls.

Aug 03, 2010
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Sandcastle Lessons
by: Laura Moore

Took my girl scout troop to Andy for sandcastle building lessons and it was fantastic. He is a one man show and kept us in stitches the whole time. The girls learned alot and loved the class. He even helped with a badge requirement we needed. The girls were planning their return trip before we even left South Padre Island and another class with Andy will be on the agenda for sure.

Oct 27, 2009
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great for kids
by: john rider

We too have had a lesson with Andy....
stories were cool
kids loved him...
we had a great time and we would recommend this to any family

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