Who Won Minnesota Patch's Easter Peeps Contest?

Did "Captain Peeperpants" or "Peeps at the Beach" receive the highest number of votes from Patch users?

Captain Peeperpants swooped in to take first place. The diorama of yellow Peeps chicks by Sarah Larsen of Mendota Heights received 23 votes in Minnesota Patch's Easter Peeps contest. "Peeps at the Beach" by Elizabeth Lindrud of St. Michael received 16 votes for second place. Larsen will receive a bag of products from Peeps & Company at the Mall of America. Thank you to Larsen and Lindrud for entering, and to everyone who voted. 

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Vote For The Best Peeps Creation in Minnesota

Two people entered Patch's Peeps Easter Contest. Now you get to decide who should win a Peeps prize package.

It's "Captain Peeperpants" against "Peeps at the beach." Two people have entered Minnesota Patch's Peeps Contest. The entry period ended Easter Sunday. Now it's time to vote for your favorite Peeps art. Sarah Larsen of Mendota Heights submitted "Captain Peeperpants." She created the diorama of yellow Peeps chicks with 6-year-old Tommy. Sarah wrote: Our entry is the first time we've tried Peep art as a family, or any of us had tried it at all. We used traditional yellow peep chicks, and turned them into a scene from the Captain Underpants book series, which is our son's favorite. Thanks! Elizabeth Lindrud of St. Michael created "Peeps at the Beach" with several colorful Peeps bunnies, some Goldfish, drink umbrellas and wafer cookies. …

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Today is the Last Day to Enter Patch's Peeps Contest

Take a photo of your Easter creation and upload it to this story.

IGH Church Hosting Free Easter Breakfast at 9 a.m. Sunday

The event hosted by New Heights Community Church will be at Veterans Memorial Community Center, 8055 Barbara Ave.

Enter Patch's Easter Peeps Contest

If you've got a creative streak and a passion for Peeps, enter Patch's Easter Peeps contest for a chance to win a great prize package.

You Only Have Five Days Left to Enter Patch's Peeps Contest

Create something with the marshmallow chicks and bunnies and upload a picture to our gallery. You could win a Peeps prize package.

Enter Patch's Easter Peeps Contest

If you've got a creative streak and a passion for Peeps, enter Patch's Easter Peeps contest for a chance to win a great prize package.

Peeps, those famous marshmallow bunnies and chicks, aren't just for eating anymore. These days, crafty Peeps creations are all the rage, from the White House front lawn, to re-creations of children’s books, historical settings and other unusual situations. Think you can invent something fun with Peeps? Now's the time to show us! Enter Patch's Easter Peeps photo contest. Here's how: Read the complete contest rules here (or in the attached PDF).

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12:54 pm on Thursday, March 28, 2013

Our entry is the first time we've tried Peep art as a family, or any of us had tried it at all. We used traditional yellow peep chicks, and turned them into a scene from the Captain Underpants book series, which is our son's favorite. Thanks!   more ›

PHOTOS: Hundreds Take Part in Easter Egg Hunt

More than 300 kids and families came to the Rich Valley Athletic Complex on Saturday afternoon for an Easter Egg Hunt.

More than 300 children age 3-10 participated in an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday at the Rich Valley Athletic Complex. With the help of  the Inver Grove Heights Ambassadors and Recreation Coordinator Nick Thompson, several special golden eggs were placed throughout the grounds.   The golden eggs entitled the finder to special prizes like piggy banks and stuffed animals. The event was sponsored by Heartland Credit Union.

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Viewfinder: Spring Has Sprung, at Least Indoors

Area florists and garden centers get ready for busy Easter weekend, start of spring planting season.

While they won't see anything like the wild crush before Valentine's Day or Mother's Day, area florists and garden centers have been busy this week preparing for Easter and the beginning of spring planting. Picking up a bouquet of flowers for grandma at Easter is a lost art, area florists said. But florists and designers were still keeping busy creating Easter arrangements for area churches and spring table displays and bouquets in a vast range of styles, colors and sizes. Pure white Easter lilies are obviously the traditional Easter flower and remain popular. But the kind and colors of flowers, bouquets, arrangements and plants keeps growing every year. Any-Time Flowers in West St. Paul features the must-see-to-be-believed "tie-dyed" or "…

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