--- title: Someone Made Katy Perry's Left Shark Entirely Out of Peeps description: The giant, super-sweet Left Shark is made out of 532 Peeps canonical: https://time.com/3767132/left-shark-peeps/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-01T15:50:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:31.477Z og:title: Someone Made Katy Perry's Left Shark Entirely Out of Peeps og:description: The giant, super-sweet Left Shark is made out of 532 Peeps og:url: https://time.com/3767132/left-shark-peeps/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ac058db66bed16d/69878648e53abafad54d85fa/sydney-blacksten-and-left-shark.jpeg?branch=production&width=768&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 768 og:image:height: 432 og:image:alt: Sydney Blacksten and Left Shark og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Someone Made Katy Perry's Left Shark Entirely Out of Peeps twitter:description: The giant, super-sweet Left Shark is made out of 532 Peeps twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ac058db66bed16d/69878648e53abafad54d85fa/sydney-blacksten-and-left-shark.jpeg?branch=production&width=768&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Someone Made Katy Perry's Left Shark Entirely Out of Peeps > Sponsored content. 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Carroll Arts Center, Westminster, MD by [Kelli Bender / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Kelli Bender / People Contributor Apr 1, 2015 3:50 PM UTC The Super Bowl spirit animal that is the [Almighty Left Shark](http://www.people.com/article/super-bowl-shark-dancer-identity-katy-perry) has taken many forms: meme, [onesie](http://stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com/2015/03/04/left-shark-onesie-from-katy-perry/), [tattoo](http://www.people.com/article/left-shark-tattoo-super-bowl-katy-perry), and now, marshmallow masterpiece. Thirteen-year-old Sydney Blacksten is the brilliant mind responsible for this newest Left Shark iteration. The Westminster, Maryland, teen created the sweet, 6-ft. sea creature out of marshmallow Peeps as her entry in the [Carroll County Arts annual PEEPshow](http://www.carrollcountyartscouncil.org/aa%5Fpeepshow.asp), reports [The Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/31/left-shark-peeps%5Fn%5F6971542.html?ir=Arts). The yearly event encourages locals to turn their wackiest ideas into edible art using only Peeps. For her creation, Blacksten used 532 Peeps, including the new white Mystery Peeps sold only at Walmart.  Carroll Arts Center, Westminster, MD Blacksten’s entire family, who is always scouting for the perfect Peeps, helps the artist create her final product. Mark Blacksten, Sydney’s father, told the Huffington Post that the family starts brainstorming next year’s design right after the competition ends. This will be the teen’s fifth time participating in the Carroll County Arts annual PEEPshow. In 2014, her “Maryland Terapeep” [placed second in the audience favorite category](http://www.carrollmediacenter.org/a-display-of-hundreds-of-marshmallow-masterpieces/). Blacksten’s Left Shark will be on display at Carroll Arts Center in Westminster, Maryland, for the current competition until April 6. _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/article/left-shark-peeps) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com)_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3767132/left-shark-peeps/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3767132/left-shark-peeps/"},"headline":"Someone Made Katy Perry's Left Shark Entirely Out of Peeps","datePublished":"2015-04-01T15:50:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:43:31.477Z","description":"The giant, super-sweet Left Shark is made out of 532 Peeps","url":"https://time.com/3767132/left-shark-peeps/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ac058db66bed16d/69878648e53abafad54d85fa/sydney-blacksten-and-left-shark.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kelli Bender / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ac058db66bed16d/69878648e53abafad54d85fa/sydney-blacksten-and-left-shark.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Sydney Blacksten and Left Shark","caption":"left-shark-peeps","creditText":"Carroll Arts Center, Westminster, MD","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3767132/left-shark-peeps/","name":"Someone Made Katy Perry's Left Shark Entirely Out of Peeps"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Reasons TV's Top Shows Are So Addictive","description":"Here's a look at how our favorite TV shows—from \"Game of Thrones\" to \"Scandal\" and \"Breaking Bad\"—keep us coming back for more.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/2RqNgPrk/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-01-16T20:47:22.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2RqNgPrk.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3767132/left-shark-peeps/","duration":"PT2M16S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3767132/left-shark-peeps/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```