Now if there’s one thing that elves aren’t short of, it’s snow! But what’s the use of unlimited snow when all you want to do is sit on a glorious sunny* beach armed with your bucket and spade and build yourself a sandcastle?

Why not show Elf how much fun the sand can be, by building your own amazing sandcastle and sending us a picture? We want to see them all – the large, the small, the triumphs and the disasters! Let's go #elfsandcastle.

Be king (or queen) of the sandcastle in our competition

Decorate your creations with whatever you like – shells, seaweed, pebbles – or you can even make your own flags by downloading our fantastic templates to cut out, colour in and glue to a lolly-pop stick. (Just make sure you get a grown-up to help with the cutting out.)

All the pictures we receive will be entered into our Summer #ElfSandcastle competition and you could win one of these fantastic prizes:

Under-5s

Under-5s who enter could win a Minimondos 10-piece colour puzzle, PLUS a choice of gorgeous Minimondos soft doll from the line up below:

Minimondos 10-piece colour puzzle:

Over-5s

Whoever wins our over-5s competition will be riding off with this fabulous Radio Flyer Little Red Scooter, worth £109.99!

How to enter - #elfsandcastle

To enter the competition, simply post your sandcastle pictures on our Facebook, Twitter or Instagram accounts by tagging us and adding the hashtag #elfsandcastle – and please include the first name and age of your child.

Winners will be drawn at random for each group on August 2, 2016, so please make sure your entries are in by midnight the night before.

We can’t wait to see your pictures – happy digging!

 Both Minimondos & Radio Flyer are available from Asobi Toys.

* the beach doesn't have to be sunny to enter!! We understand Great British Summertime has its limitations :)