For a chance at marshmallow glory, you need to make a diorama of any size featuring Marshmallow Peeps. Your diorama must have a Dayton-inspired theme, but you can decided what that means to you, whether it is a replication of a Dayton landmark, a Dayton celebrity, a Dayton band, daily life in Dayton — basically, whatever you decide deserves interpretation through the ever-malleable medium of Peep.
Take a photo of your diorama and upload it here (and keep reading for details below):
Photo’s of project must be emailed to the link above by Saturday, April 11th at 11:59. There are two categories youth (under 18) and adult. Limited to one entry per person. All entries must be in good taste – DMM reserves the right to omit any entries it feels are not appropriate for public viewing.
Voting will be online on Sunday, April 12th and winners will be announced on Monday, April 13th.
First prize will be $100 in local restaurant gift cards, 2nd prize $50 in gift cards and the youth prize will be $50 gift card to Scene 75.
Here are a few inspiration photo’s- just google peeps diorama for more inspiration!
The last time we did this contest the winner was Alexis Larsen, who submitted her Dayton Art Institute inspired Peeps Diorama. Wish we had a better picture- this doesn’t do it justice.