The Washington Submit’s annual Peeps diorama contest has an extended and storied historical past, beginning all the best way again in 2007. It’s a easy idea: Make an elaborate diorama, however with Peeps. As the competition has grown, so has the malleability of the marshmallow-y deal with. Not solely do Peeps are available in fowl and rabbit shapes, Peeps additionally are available in much more flavors now, too, together with the very complicated Scorching Tamales Peeps. There’s even a Peeps cereal: a Fortunate Charms-esque breakfast stuffed to the brim with mini-Peeps.
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The Washington Post’s Peeps diorama contest returns on TikTok
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Take a look at the 2022 entries under
Whereas the American Dream lives on, and thrives on this sparkly deal with, The Submit’s Peeps diorama contest almost died. After being discontinued in 2017, the Peeps had been left with no shoe field for 4 straight years. Enter The Washington Submit TikTok Crew.
Beginning in 2021, we revived the competition on TikTok. Within the midst of lockdown, we acquired greater than 80 elaborate cabin-fever-induced submissions. The revived contest as soon as once more permits Submit readers to submit their dioramas in image type, however they’re additionally inspired to indicate off their dioramas in a TikTok.
After asking our 1.3 million TikTok followers for Peeps dioramas, we had been as soon as once more overwhelmed with TikTok and photograph submissions — and one prolonged YouTube video from a really artistic 7-year-old. The dioramas had been judged on the next standards:
Theme: These are sometimes movie references or information tales. Usually, the very best themes are related to the 12 months of the competition. See: this 12 months’s “Squid Recreation” submission.
Originality: Whereas Peeps have turn out to be extra versatile, there’s solely a lot you are able to do with the 2 fundamental shapes. Contestants who actually discover a solution to create an unique master-peep-ce really succeed.
Craftsmanship: Though a diorama sometimes exists inside a shoe field, that is extra about what somebody can do with a small house and with the instruments accessible to them of their condo, home or Peep-filled fort.
Showmanship: That is the place the brand new TikTok ingredient comes into play. For many who submit their Peep dioramas on TikTok, that is the place they’ll get a leg up on the competitors. The native PBS station out of Minneapolis demonstrated that on this 12 months’s Mister Rogers-themed PeepTok.
Edibility: Are you able to eat it? How a lot of it will possibly you eat? Does the shoe field look edible? Is it cake? Am I cake? This class confused our judges (and sure readers) essentially the most.
The winners will likely be introduced Friday, April 15 at 3 p.m. Jap time. Watch stay completely on TikTok. Within the meantime, listed here are a dozen of our favourite entries this 12 months:
This TikTok creator and Peep lover managed to include a Peep-themed journal cowl and a canine.
That first recreation in “Squid Recreation” was surprising tv, however nothing compares to this red-icing-laced Peep bloodbath.
Canada has a lot to supply. We’re grateful for this Peep inside.
With its cookie hats and Peep kids, this Madeline-inspired diorama checked all of the judging bins, particularly our fifth and most essential precept: edibility.
‘Take a look at the Booones!’
We’ve got completely no concept what’s occurring right here, however we’re grateful for this submission from Sandy Bucceri and her 7-year-old son, David.
Bradley Roan dusted off a traditional meme for this completely peaceable (every thing is okay!) diorama.
‘Gained’t you be my neighbor?’
Who higher to deliver Mr. Peep Rogers to life than an area PBS station. The stop-motion right here earned some big showmanship factors from our judges.
Washington Submit TikTok Crew
Greater than 1,000 Washington Post TikToks had been created in Dave’s condo, which was re-created for this TikTok. Person @july7girl even integrated the sound from an unique Submit TikTok.
Some individuals make a Peep diorama for enjoyable, some individuals create one for homework. This CalCreative eighth-grade class deserves an A+.
Lastly! An entry that integrated Peeps cereal. The judges took discover of this new and unique use of Peeps.
Pink Scorching Chili Peepers at 9:30 Membership
Dream of Cali-Peep-ication. This Peep live performance diorama rocked. Show it within the Smithsonian, or the precise 9:30 Membership.
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Within the spirit of bringing again beloved Washington Submit traditions just like the Peep diorama contest, TikTok consumer @acirehtote made a powerful case for the return of The Submit scavenger hunt.
Comply with The Washington Submit on TikTok for the newest information and Peeps.
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Tim Walz has 'gilded his record for political gain,' Washington Post columnist says
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Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker criticized Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for exaggerating elements of his career for “political gain” in an op-ed published on Friday.
“I’m not saying that Walz lies, precisely,” Parker wrote in an op-ed headlined, “Tim Walz isn’t exactly what he seems.” “But he tends to gild his résumé for political gain.”
Walz has been forced to defend a number of controversies that have emerged following Vice President Harris’ announcement that he would be her running mate. In particular, Walz has had to explain his record in the National Guard and his 2006 congressional campaign’s statements on his 1995 drunk driving incident.
‘MASTERFUL SHAPESHIFTER’ WALZ GETS POINTED MESSAGE FROM MINNESOTA VOTERS AT STATE FAIR BOOTH
Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker criticized Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for exaggerating elements of his career for “political gain” in an op-ed published on Friday. (Scott Eisen)
Parker called out Walz’s statements about his 1995 arrest for drunk driving.
“Walz, then a 31-year-old high school teacher, was clocked at 96 mph in a 55-mph zone in Nebraska,” Parker wrote. “He was pulled over by a state trooper, who, upon smelling alcohol, asked Walz to take a field sobriety test, which he failed. Walz then submitted to a hospital for a blood test, which revealed his blood alcohol level to be 0.128, well above the state’s legal limit.”
While that info is verifiable by police records, Walz’s 2006 congressional campaign staff told the press that the candidate was not drinking and actually failed to understand the police officer’s directions because of hearing loss, blaming an injury relating to his time in the National Guard.
Parker also responded to Walz’s interview alongside Harris with CNN.
WALZ ON ABORTION, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS ‘ON PAR WITH CHINA AND NORTH KOREA,’ SAYS PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVOCATE
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Veterans who served alongside Walz in the same battalion when he was in the National Guard have spoken out against his honesty about his service record. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“Morning show softballs may give comfort to the ill-prepared, but they deny viewers the content they need to be better-informed voters,” Parker wrote. “Nothing about the pair’s first (taped) interview Thursday night, with CNN’s Dana Bash, satisfied that imperative. Although Harris handled the interview relatively well, Walz seemed to be a mixed-up mess.”
“He answered none of the four questions he was asked, including whether he had misspoken when he said he had carried a gun ‘in war’ when he never was deployed to a combat zone,” Parker wrote. “A simple ‘yes’ might have sufficed, but instead he sputtered evasive nonsense and, to be rhetorically accurate, gobbledygook.”
Veterans who served alongside Walz in the same battalion when he was in the National Guard have spoken out against his honesty about his service record.
The Harris-Walz campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
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How acquired: Selected with No. 20 pick in 2022 NHL Draft
2023-24 season: Washington (NHL): 21 GP, 2-4-6; Hershey (AHL): 47 GP, 9-16-25
Miroshnichenko adapted well in his first season in North America, getting experience in the NHL and American Hockey League. After playing one game in the Stanley Cup Playoffs with Washington, the 20-year-old native of Ussuriysk, Russia, helped Hershey win its second consecutive Calder Cup championship with 12 points (seven goals, five assists) in 20 AHL playoff games.
Miroshnichenko (6-1, 185) will compete for an NHL roster spot in training camp but could return to Hershey to begin the season.
“We would like to see ‘Miro’ become a quality, well-rounded player,” Capitals coach Spencer Carbery said, “but also someone that can produce in the NHL and can be a potential 25-, 30-goal scorer. So you want to make sure we’re taking the necessary steps to enable that inside of him, and not putting him in a scenario where he’s playing 10 minutes and playing on the fourth line.”
Projected NHL arrival: This season
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