PEEPSFEST® Announces Winning Marshmallow Masterpieces of Scholastic Diorama Competition

Area students had a sweet start to the New Year when their dioramas were chosen as winners in the 2017 PEEPS® Scholastic Diorama Competition during PEEPSFEST®, the free family festival presented by Just Born Quality Confections and ArtsQuest Dec. 30-31. More than 90 dioramas incorporating PEEPS® candy were created by local school children and were on display during the event, which took place at SteelStacks in Bethlehem.

“The Most Magical Place on Earth” by Isabella Bautista, Aliah Corrado, Grace Hartman, Ryanna Kral and Kara Vaquez of Our Lady of Perpetual Help School was named the “PEEPles Choice” winner based on voting at the festival, while “New Year’s Peepin’ Eve” by Samantha Kuchinski of Joseph P. Liberati Intermediate School was named “Best in Show” by the official PEEPSFEST® judging panel.

Winners took home PEEPS & COMPANY® Gift Bags, and Kuchinski, the “Best in Show” winner, dropped the PEEPS® Chick on New Year’s Eve during the festival.

The complete list of diorama competition winners is:

Best in Show
Samantha Kuchinski – 4th Grade
Joseph P. Liberati Intermediate School
“New Year’s Peepin’ Eve”

PEEPles Choice
Isabella Bautista, Aliah Corrado, Grace Hartman, Ryanna Kral, Kara Vaquez – 8th Grade
Our Lady of Perpetual Help School
“The Most Magical Place on Earth”

Grades K-2
First Place: Megan Shook – 2nd Grade
Calypso Elementary School
“Celebrating with my Peeps”

Second Place: Jonah Korpics – 1st Grade
Calypso Elementary School
“Jurassic Peep”

Grades 3-5
First Place: Madison and Mackenzie McLaughlin
Girl Scout Troop 6822
“Peeps Park”

Second Place: Samantha Kuchinski – 4th Grade
Joseph P. Liberati Intermediate School
“New Year’s Peepin’ Eve”

Grade 6
First Place: Itxel and Anneliese Kloiber – 6th Grade
Saint John Vianney Regional School
“Bethlehem Steel Peeple”

Second Place: Kaysiana Yeager and Kimberly Zuniga – 6th Grade
Saint John Vianney Regional School
“Peepgyptians”

Grades 7-12
First Place: Amelia Weitnecht – 7th Grade
Northampton Middle School
“Starry Night”

Second Place: Isabella Bautista, Aliah Corrado, Grace Hartman, Ryanna Kral, Kara Vaquez – 8th Grade
Our Lady of Perpetual Help School
“The Most Magical Place on Earth”

PEEPSFEST® 2018 is set for Dec. 30-31, 2018 at SteelStacks. For more information, visit www.steelstacks.org/peepsfest.