PEEPS SHOW

Hey, Peeps! It’s time to stock up on those marshmallow creatures, heat up your glue guns and enter our 1st annual JRML PEEPS Show Diorama Contest.

Peeps Show Diorama Contest 2024!

Build: Now through March 21   |   Hand in: March 19-March 21   |   Vote: March 22-March 31

Take a Peep at Everyone’s Work

Dioramas on Display at 2nd Street Market:  Mar. 19-Apr. 4th  Hours:   Mon – Fri  7:00am-6:00pm    Sat.  7:00am-5:00pm

The 2024 Peeps Diorama Contest  | John Rogers Memorial Library

The 1st annual JRML Original Peeps Competition!

John Rogers Memorial Library presents this fun, springtime activity using the iconic Easter Candies: PEEPS!  This 1st annual contest welcomes community members of all ages.    Make an original shoebox-sized diorama with the iconic Easter candies—PEEPS!—as the main characters.    Community members of all ages, businesses, school classrooms, groups & organizations are all encouraged to enter.  Take cues from current events, pop culture, or clever “peeps”  puns—just get creative!

How to Enter the Contest:

To participate, make a diorama of any size featuring marshmallow Peeps. The theme is wide open, — anything from current affairs to historical events, daily life, celebrities, religion, art or sports, movies or books … but the judges prefer family-friendly entries.

ENTRY DEADLINE:  Thurs. March 21st at 5:00pm

Diorama Drop-off

March 19th-21st, at Second Street Market in Dodge NE

Diorama Pick-Up

April 1 – April 4th. All entries not picked up by 6pm on Thursday April 4th will be disposed of.

Diorama Dimensions/Size Limit:

While there are no specific criteria for minimum or maximum diorama dimensions, we appreciate those dioramas kept to the size of a shoe box or boot box to ensure that we will be able to accommodate the maximum number of entries.  *We highly recommend making your box “open-top” to help facilitate more light and better viewing!  

Entry Criteria:

Entries will be judged based on the following criteria:

  1. a creative & original concept
  2. creative use of and/or manipulation of peeps
  3. artful design 

PRIZES!

Prizes will be awarded in the following categories:

  • BEST IN PEEPS Grand Prize Award 
  • The Coveted “PEEP-les Choice Award”
  • Adult Category (1st)
  • Family Category (1st,)
  • Children’s Category (12 & Under) – (1st,)
  • Teen Category (ages 13-17) – (1st,)
  • Group/Business/Organization Category – (1st,)

Peep-spiration Gallery!

Need to get your creative juices flowing?  just scroll down to get some Peep-spiration !!