--- title: DIY Peeps Belle Figure Made for Westminster Peep Show description: In case you haven't had your fill of Peeps this spring yet, consider this life-size Belle figure made completely out of Peeps. canonical: https://time.com/4737139/peeps-belle-contest/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-12T21:19:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:45.699Z og:title: There's Now a Life-Size Belle Made Out of 1,500 Peeps og:description: Beauty and the Peep og:url: https://time.com/4737139/peeps-belle-contest/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4417d5dac1a9b311/6988c285196cf44d0603fa2c/peeps-belle-contest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Yellow Marshmallow Chicks in Rows og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: There's Now a Life-Size Belle Made Out of 1,500 Peeps twitter:description: Beauty and the Peep twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4417d5dac1a9b311/6988c285196cf44d0603fa2c/peeps-belle-contest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Beauty and the Peep': Someone Made a Life-Size Belle Figure Out of 1,500 Peeps > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 12, 2017 9:19 PM UTC  Paul Poplis—Getty Images/StockFood  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 12, 2017 9:19 PM UTC In case [Peeps on pizza](http://time.com/4723557/peeps-pizza/) isn’t quite to your taste, feast your eyes on this fantastical creation from Maryland’s Carroll County Arts Council’s 10th annual PEEP Show: a life-size figure of Belle complete with a rose, from [_Beauty and the Beast_ ](http://time.com/4702119/beauty-and-the-beast-differences-original-version/)made out sugary, marshmallow Peeps. The annual contest is in its 10th year and was inspired by the [_Washington Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/peeps-spring-eternal-just-not-in-the-post/2017/03/17/a05cae36-08f5-11e7-bd19-fd3afa0f7e2a%5Fstory.html?utm%5Fterm=.3a886f6fd45a)‘s now-retired Peeps diorama competition; besides Belle, which [_Delish_](http://www.delish.com/food-news/news/a52486/disney-princess-belle-peeps-contest/) reports took nearly 1,500 Peeps to create, there’s are nearly 150 other entries, which includes a “Mr. Peep-tato Head” and a “Peepington Bear.” For [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4728984/game-of-thrones-cersei-prophecy-cleganebowl-theory/) super fans, there’s even a “Mother of Peeps” dragon that would make Khaleesi proud. Fans of the Peeps art can vote for their favorites at the reasonable price of $1 a vote, with all proceeds going to support the arts in the area. 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