What? You haven’t heard of the Washington Post’s annual Peeps diorama contest? Well, it’s a rather new contest and the finalists have to be residents of DC, VA or MD, but you should definitely check this out. Anyone can enter and get their work displayed on the WaPo web site.
The idea is to build a diorama – yes, I know you have not done that since fourth grade – using Peeps. I have no talent for this type of thing but I am sure lots of you do. Go read the contest rules (free registration required). We have shown a Peeps cake here before but so far nobody has done a diorama. Will you be the first?
The photo here is of Peeps trying to get on a train at Arlington, VA’s Rosslyn Washington, DC’s Smithsonian Metro station. The only thing that can make this a better portrayal of our Metro system is if there were more pushing and shoving. I don’t know how you would show that with Peeps.
What are your ideas for a Peep diorama? Get some inspiration from past entries. The deadline for the WaPo contest is March 15th, so you have to hurry to get your submission in. However, if you just want to have fun with it and show your pictures here, you are more than welcome to link to your pictures in the comments. Who knows – maybe we will even show them off in the blog!
Peep-lic transportation by lonecelltheory.
8:49 am on March 7th, 2009
Maybe the CandyDish blog authors should put something together for the contest …
9:26 pm on March 8th, 2009
YES!!! You guys should enter and Circus Peanuts should definitely be involved. Or at least a picture of Carl with his shirt off. : )
8:34 am on March 9th, 2009
I am shirtless in all my movies. It’s part of my standard contract.
Yes, we should do a circus peanut diorama contest. Unlike Easter Peeps, circus peanuts are popular and available all year long. I just wish I could grow them in my garden.
6:29 pm on March 9th, 2009
We do not support shirt optional work days OR dioramas around here, Denise. But we do support circus peanuts!
6:32 pm on September 16th, 2009
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12:21 pm on February 23rd, 2010
[...] Last year some of you submitted your ideas and pictures. This year I hope you will post them on the Candy Dish Blog Flickr group as well so we can see the cool stuff you are putting together. Act quickly because the deadline for entry on the Post’s site is March 1st. Basically you have until the end of the weekend to get your submissions in. [...]