Fun (and history) with Peeps

After seeing the Peeps dioramas in the Washington Post, the kids were dying to make their own crafty-sweet versions. I agreed to let them go wild, under one condition: They had to make a scene depicting something we'd covered so far this year in history. And we got their two friends who do history with them involved too. 


I think what they came up with is pretty great. . .


Columbus sailing to the New World by my son, age 7:

 

Here are the native people waiting for his arrival:

 

Poor Verrazano meeting an unfortunate end with a bunch of hungry cannibals, by my friend's son, age 8 (I love him in the pot over the fire!):

Pocahontas saving John Smith, by my friend's daughter, age 11:

 

Pilgrims working hard on their new land, by Jilly, age 9:

And, finally, the Salem Witch Trials, by Belly, age 11:

(look at the poor googly-eyed "witch"!)

And, yes, many Peeps were harmed in the making of these scenes. (burp)