PEEPS SHOW VI
So, The Washington Post has a 'Peeps Diorama Contest' every year at Easter. This time more than 1,100 sugar creations were shown. Because nothing says 'Happy Easter' like recreating famous movie scenes and pop culture moments with everyone's least favorite Easter candy.
So here are a few of the best, and there are even more at the source, so feel free to bask in awe at the amount of effort people put into these, or how much you wish you had a fistful of marshmallow goodness right in front of you.
WINNER
For their winning diorama based on the Pixar flick "Up," Michael Chirlin and Veronica Ettle of Arlington constructed a miniature Victorian house from plywood and Popsicle sticks, and placed it atop salvaged mattress springs to give it an airborne quality.
FINALIST
Based on the children's book "Goodnight Moon" by Margaret Wise Brown, this diorama by MaryLea Harris of Fairfax captures the quiet mood of the story. Harris used fishing line to suspend the red balloon, and, with the exception of the fireplace and rocking chair, created the diorama out of items she had on hand.
FINALIST
"The Mad Hatter's Peep Party" incorporates bunny-shaped topiaries, handmade paper lanterns and an abundance of Sculpey. The scene was created by Amy Billingham of Kensington and Rob Black and Lauren Emeritz of the District.
SEMIFINALIST
Margaret Cooney and Adam Matuszeski of the District were inspired by Maurice Sendak's classic book for their "Where the Wild Peeps Are" creation. The husband-and-wife pair notes: "Each of the Wild Peeps has a teddy bear or bunny Peep body with either a bunny, teddy bear, or a chick Peep for a head. The eyes are thumbtacks while arms, legs and snouts are made from Peep parts or finger puppets."
SEMIFINALIST
Mark Rivetti of Silver Spring took about 45 hours to create this "Super Peepio Brothers" diorama, and he crafted all of the characters, including Mario, Luigi, Lakitu, Bowser, Koopa Troopas, Goombas and Piranha Plants from either chick or bunny Peeps. Note the Peep shapes in mountains, platforms and clouds.
SEMIFINALIST
Seventeen-year-old District resident Grace Timmeny was inspired by Ludwig Bemelmans's children's book "Madeline" for this diorama, titled "Peepaline." Timmeny aimed to re-create the scene of "an old house in Paris that was covered with vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines."
SEMIFINALIST
Seattle resident Jeana Harrington's diorama, "The Mad Peeps of Sterling Coopeep," re-creates the third-season episode of the TV show "Mad Men": "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency." In the scene, tipsy secretary Lois Sadler has just run over a visitor's foot with a John Deere lawnmower. The cast includes Bertram "Bert" Coopeep, Donald Drapeep and Peepy Olson, and the office features a miniature Rothko and a Hokusai.
SEMIFINALIST
"Balloon Peep (Based on the Balloon Boy)" by David Higginbotham, Coleen Kivlahan and Peter Higginbotham of Manassas re-creates the Falcon Heene scandal from this past October. The dioramists include a TV with a "Breaking News" screen shot and a Peep hiding in the toy box upstairs.
SEMIFINALIST
Jill Goebel of Alexandria spotlights an unsuspecting Bunny Hedren in her diorama titled "Alfred Hitchcock Presents 'The Peeps'" Goebel writes: "She sits on the bench, tense although she doesn't quite know why. Maybe a cigarette will calm her nerves. Were those wings? Or just the wind?"
SEMIFINALIST
Stacey Rathbun of Arlington and Maree Martinez and Nick Johnson of Greenwich, Conn., created this "Peep Side Story" diorama using a book light for the street lamp and foam board coated with modeling paste for the brick wall. "Officer Krupke and other members of the Sharks and Jets look on in sadness," Rathbun writes, "while silhouettes of bunnies witnessing the drama unfold can be seen in the adjacent building."
SEMIFINALIST
"Shaun White basks in the glory of his 'half-peep' triumph with his peeps looking on," writes Mary Jo Ondrejka of Reston. "Never ones to miss a prime photo-op, and no longer welcome in Washington?s elite social circles, the Salahis sneak into Shaun's "NpeepC" network coverage at the Vancouver 2010 Olympeeps. Just a few photos to spice up their Facebook page." Ondrejka created this "Olympeep Crashers" diorama along with Margaret Hartka of Parkton and Bryn Farrar of Fairfax.
SEMIFINALIST
"All the bunnies were excited to see 'Avatar' at the swanky new theater," writes Jackie James-Bond of Stafford, "but one of them had a different experience than expected. All the 3P motion (and too much peepcorn and Peepsi) left him feeling a little green!" The artist calls this diorama "AVATAR: The 3P Experience."
You're welcome, ONTD.
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