Alice In A Disney Easter Wonderland

The characters from the 1951 Walt Disney animated version of Alice in Wonderland are logical ambassadors of a springtime celebration. In 1996, The Disney Catalog featured lively Easter merchandise starring Alice and the White Rabbit.

If you use real eggs with the egg holder, be sure you remember to remove the eggs before you put the Easter decorations back in the attic.

Uh-oh! This egg has been broken in two! That's OK, because there's a scene from Alice in Wonderland inside, and you'll want to see it.

Are there scenes inside the Fantasy Eggs With Stands? Let's break them open and find out.

Whoops! There isn't anything inside of them.

Give your friend or family member a ceramic White Rabbit bag filled with clippings from your yard.

I'd rather have the White Rabbit Candy Dish, filled with Palmer Bunny Money and Cadbury Mini Creme Eggs.


Yes, they make Easter ornaments! These Radko collectibles were created in honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Disney's Alice in Wonderland.

These were not made specifically for Easter. They'll look nice on a Christmas Tree, or a Halloween Tree, or even a Fourth of July Tree.


I'm not sure if the White Rabbit could be trusted to deliver eggs on time.

Even with the new watches, he'd probably be late.

How do you get to Wonderland? The best way is to go to Disneyland in California and head to Fantasyland. There, you'll find the Alice in Wonderland dark ride.


Board a Caterpillar ride vehicle and take an animated trip on an attraction you'll only find at Disneyland in California.

In Walt Disney Comics Digest Number 53 from Whitman, readers can help Alice avoid the crazies to get to the other crazies at the Mad Tea Party.

Visitors to Disneyland Paris in France can find a trickier maze called Alice's Curious Labyrinth in Fantasyland (it's exclusive to the French park---oooh la la!).

Alice in Wonderland theme park attractions feature three dimensional figures of the characters. They don't really look like these Harmony Kingdom Box figures, but they are cool.

The Cheshire Cat one is my favorite.

In 1999, The Disney Gallery stores had some fancy Alice kitchenware.

I bet these were made to be seen, and not used.


The Alice in Wonderland Chess Set, available as part of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Disney Alice film, is one of the most interesting collectibles I've ever seen. The characters look like a mix of the John Tenniel illustrations from Lewis Carroll's book and the Disney versions of the characters.

I would love to see an animated (maybe CGI) Alice in Wonderland project featuring these character designs.

Happy Easter!

Alice Through The Disney Funhouse Looking Glass

Walt Disney's animated version of Alice in Wonderland continues to have a life beyond the 1951 film. The characters appear in commercials, television shows, theme parks, movies, and merchandise. "Not your ordinary looking glass" is from a series of Funhouse mirror shirts sold in the Disney Catalog years ago (the line also featured a shirt featuring the Seven Dwarfs and one featuring Mickey Mouse and friends).

The Disney Catalog and Disney Store rarely missed a chance to celebrate a film's anniversary. Or its un-birthday, in the case of Alice in Wonderland.


Everyone will know that you are a little bit mad when you hang this on your front door. Or that you are a Disney fanatic. Or a Lewis Carroll groupie.

Don't let the Mad Hatter or the March Hare near this dish. They'll break it, and it is a collector's item.

Don't eat off this plate. Just look at it.

This lamp will help you read in the golden afternoon, or at night.


These flower characters along with the Tiger Lilly, Daffodil and Dandelion would be great mascots for the annual Walt Disney World Flower and Garden Festival.

The Cheshire Cat is major merchandising character. The White Rabbit is not seen as much, because he is always late to meetings with Disney Consumer Products.

These toys are from 1996. I think this is one of the best Cheshire Cat plushes I've seen.

The Alice in Wonderland characters have a good sense of humor, which is a good thing to see on a T-shirt.


How about "Alice in Down Under Land," with the characters dressed for a trip in the Outback?

It's pretty easy to build your own Wonderland with snow globes.


You can find some high-roller collectibles, too!

How about a Swarovski Cheshire Cat pin to wear to the fanciest restaurant in town? Or maybe a high-society cat show?

The Cheshire Cat is one of Alice's best frenemies.

Who needs a GPS system when you have directions like these to work with?

Martha Stewart would approve of a dinner served on these Alice in Wonderland dishes. Or maybe she wouldn't. Who cares?


The large figures of the Mad Hatter and the White Rabbit (with the watch) are a bit of a mystery, as they are not mentioned in the Catalog.

If you have the Queen of England over for tea, she'll get a kick out of your Alice in Wonderland cookie jar and tea set.

I love the character designs here!

There's also a fancy, classy Jenga-like stacking tea set, too.

Here's a courtroom scene snow globe! I think this is from the short-lived Disney TV series, "Alice McBeal." Calista Flockhart played Alice, Judge Judy provided the voice of the Queen of Hearts and James Spader was the voice of the White Rabbit.

If you've ever wanted one of the figures from Disneyland's Alice in Wonderland ride, this is probably the closest thing you can get.

If you get this, you might want to warn any guests sleeping over that the eyes and teeth glow in the dark at night.

Here's a "Drink Me" snow globe.

I wonder why they didn't make a snow globe based on the plot point where Alice had to eat something...

Hasbro released some Disney Wild Racers die cast cars of the Mad Hatter and Cheshire Cat in 2002.

Hat Rod (the Mad Hatter) and Invisible Incinerator (Cheshire Cat) were tough to find!

Disney Wild Racers were dropped from retail toy store chains at about the same time these characters were released. Disneyland and Walt Disney World later sold these cars packaged individually as Disney Racers.

The cars were later re-released as a two-pack at the Disney Parks and Disney's online store for the debut of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland in 2010.

A simple paint job transforms the original Disney Mad Hatter into Johnny Depp's character, and Sterling Holloway's Cheshire Cat into the blue CGI version from the newer movie.


The Mock Turtle and Gryphon were not in any of Disney's films, but they starred in a Disney Jell-O commercial in the 1950s!

The Mock Turtle character was based on a real dish from author Lewis Carroll's time. "Mock Turtle Soup" was made using a calf's head. That is kind of gross, but the character has always been appealing to me. I'd love to see Disney revive the Gryphon and the Mock Turtle!

Pluto and the Cheshire Cat Christmas Pet Stockings

When I was a kid, my Mom made our dog a stocking shaped like a dog biscuit (she even stitched "Milk Bone" on it), and toy mouse shaped stockings for our cats. I always thought this was fun, though I don't know if our pets ever took notice of being included in the stocking tradition. I do know that our dog loved Halloween because of the candy corn.

In 2004, the Disney Catalog had these cool personalized pet stockings. Pluto and the Cheshire Cat have been seen on quite a few pet-related Disney items over the years.

I do wonder how long it took the photographer to get this picture for the Disney Catalog.

The Cheshire Cat's Roger Rabbit Cameo And The Who Replaced Roger Rabbit Film (SPOILER: CGI Characters Did It!)

I was watching Who Framed Roger Rabbit a few days ago, and with the recent release of Disney's Alice in Wonderland, I remembered the almost subliminal cameo appearance the Cheshire Cat makes in Roger Rabbit's ToonTown finale.

I was only aware of this cameo because I own the Sotheby's catalog/book "The Art of Who Framed Roger Rabbit." This showcased artwork that was up for auction on June 28, 1989. I bought this book for $15 at the local Disney Store way back then. Production cels in this collection featured characters created for the Roger Rabbit film, as well as Disney characters, Warner Brothers characters, and Betty Boop. Droopy Dog (Turner Entertainment) and Woody Woodpecker (Universal) were not included in any of the artwork for sale.

The last piece for sale in the catalog features Porky Pig and Tinkerbell, and in the background you can see the grinning Cheshire Cat riding on the back of Benny the Cab.

Through the magic of DVD, we can see that this particular single frame of film is not actually in the movie!



Check out the photo of the production cel up for auction, then notice how the Porky Pig drawing and the Tinkerbell drawing are actually in two completely different shots in the movie. The background is also different.

Part of the Cheshire Cat's head, body and tail is very briefly visible in the crowd of Toons at the end of the movie (you can see Tweedle Dum or Dee here, too). Further shots of the Cheshire Cat are blocked by Pegleg Pete and Porky Pig.



Since Roger Rabbit's story is set in 1947, I think it's pretty clever how the ending features some characters that would make their film debuts in the 1950s.

Be sure to click on the pictures so you can get a good look at the characters!

UPDATE April 7, 2014:

I have an idea for a sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit called Who Replaced Roger Rabbit.  Set in modern times, computer animated characters start to take over ToonTown.  Realistic computer animated people mix and mingle with humans, and plot to take over the world and destroy the human race.  Roger Rabbit discovers their downfall when he opens an email from a "Nigerian Prince" and unleashes a computer virus.  My dream would be for the main villains to be the children from The Polar Express.