In the US, marshmallow Peeps are as famous as the Easter Bunny. Introduced in 1952, the sickly confections were originally only in yellow chick form, hence the name. Now they come in a variety of shapes, colours and flavours, which makes them ideal material for building sickly sweet dioramas. The Washington Post has just judged it’s second annual Peeps Diorama Contest and with over 800 entries, it’s clearly catching on.

TV shows, films or the year’s events inspire many of the entries such as this year’s winner “The Tomb of King Peepankhamun” by Laura Sillers. My favourite however is Sue Hauser’s campfire scene “Suddenly There Was a Peep!” in which four Peep rabbits toast their marshmallows over a fire – surely that’s cannibalism?!