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| The Washington Post Peeps Contest |
by Peggy Robin
One of the little wonders of the year comes to Washington in
the springtime with the unveiling of the winners of the annual Washington PostPeeps contest. The wild creativity, as well as design skills involved in using
marshmallow bunnies and other kitchen-drawer materials to build a diorama of a
familiar story, news event, or scene, astounds me every year. I never enter
because I know I can’t compete with the fantastical, whimsical wonders that every year take home the prizes. This year especially, among much grim and scary news,
it’s a relief to savor the sweetness (literally, because everyone has build with and around sugary Peeps) and frivolity of the creations.
And with that introduction, here are this year’s top five
finalists:
The online views of each of these winning entries are
greatly enhanced when you drag your mouse around the photo to change the view –
it goes 360 degrees!
This year is the 10th anniversary of the contest,
which does keep getting better as it ages. You can see another 41 worthy
also-rans here:
My own three favorites – always slightly different from the
Post’s picks:
#21 “The Peeple’s Peep Visits Washington, DC” – A triptych of three well-executed scenes, in which Pope Francis appears as a particularly distinguished marshmallow bunny.
#25 “A Confection of Ai WeiWei's MasterPeeps” – stunning
recreations of the works of one of the most brilliant and provocative artists
alive today – the art accurately rendered in marshmallow and other things you find around
the house.
#26 “Peep Trek” – in honor of the 50th
anniversary of Star Trek – Spock has pointed bunny ears! Yeoman Rand’s
hilariously accurate basket-weave hairdo completely covers her bunny ears. What
great detail work!
Although the online 360 degree viewing of the top five
online has a certain wow-factor, you still might prefer actual to virtual
reality, and in that case, head down to the Peeps & Company store at
National Harbor, where the winners are on display now through April 24. Details
at: http://www.nationalharbor.com/stores/peeps-company/
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