Craft-Loving Weirdos' Pay Tribute To Pop Culture With Peeps Sculptures

Here are the winners of our 2017 Peeps diorama contest! https://t.co/ezw6ojfe9i #PeepsWCP pic.twitter.com/0lDFijXczj City Paper (@wcp) April 13, 2017 When word spread that The Washington Posts annual Peeps diorama contest would be canceledafter 10 years, the nation needed a hero. Who, in these trying times, would stand up for elaborately constructed scenes of garish colors and marshmallow confection'Washington City Paper would, it turns out.The Grim Peeper tried to slay the Peeps diorama contest beloved by newspaper readers across the country, the paper said in a post outlining the rules of its own diorama contest, published in March. At City Paper, we couldnt fathom a spring without Peeps dioramas. Many of our readers are craft-loving weirdos. We are unabashed promoters of puns, a fixture of past Peeps dioramas.Only residents of nearby D.C., Maryland and Virginia could winpart of the final round involved appearing with your masterpiece (master-Peeps') in personbut anyone was welcome to submit.The paper shared the winner of its contest, an elaborate staging of ThePeeple v. O.J. Simpson, on Twitter.The winner of our Peeps diorama contest is "The Peeple v. O.J. Simpson," rendered in meticulous detail. https://t.co/ezw6ojfe9i #PeepsWCP pic.twitter.com/Hw6X0nCOrf City Paper (@wcp) April 13, 2017 There were several artistic submissions, including one miming Annie Leibovitzs iconic photo of Keith Haring and several interpretations of Yayoi Kusamas Infinity Mirrors, on display at the Hirschorn Museum in D.C. until May 14.Annie Leibovitz's iconic photo of artist Keith Haring ' "Peep Haring as Photographed by Annie Peepovitz" https://t.co/ezw6ojfe9i #PeepsWCP pic.twitter.com/hVkdG9119v City Paper (@wcp) April 13, 2017 Three of our Peeps diorama finalists were based on the @hirshhorn's "Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors." https://t.co/ezw6ojfe9i #PeepsWCP pic.twitter.com/2QDn0BGajn City Paper (@wcp) April 13, 2017 The paper shared the full list of winners on its site. The takeaway here' That craft-loving weirdos will always find a way.type=type=RelatedArticlesblockTitle=Related... + articlesList=58ef94b1e4b0bb9638e1fff8,56d4672be4b03260bf777589,58e3b45ee4b0d0b7e164da23 -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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