Disney Wall Murals

Winnie the Pooh was created by the English writer A. A. Milne. Milne named the bear after his son’s toy stuffed bear Winnipeg. His son’s other toys eventually lent their names to Winnie the Pooh’s friends: Tigger, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, and Piglet. Owl, Rabbit, and Gopher were added later on. Milne’s son, Christopher Robin Milne, was the inspiration for the character Christopher Robin.

Winnie the Pooh made his debut in 1926 in the children’s book Winnie-the-Pooh, illustrated by E.H. Shepard. Three other Winnie the Pooh books followed. The lovable bear was originally intended to be the “bear of little brains.” Forever on the search for honey, Pooh joins his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood.

In 1930 illustrator/producer Stephen Slesinger adapted the Winnie the Pooh character for use in radio, TV, and in story-telling records with Gene Kelly and Jimmy Stewart.

By 1961, Walt Disney Productions obtained motion picture rights on Winnie the Pooh and friends. Disney successfully adapted the Pooh stories into four movies: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966), Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968), Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974), and Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983). Other films followed, and in 2005, the Disney Channel on TV began featuring Pooh and Tigger.

The Disney Princesses

Snow White made her screen debut in the 1937 Walt Disney animated feature “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” She was a lovely princess with the infamous, albeit, beautiful Queen, her wicked stepmother. Snow White manages to escape from the Queen’s castle where she worked dressed in rags and as a scullery maid. In the forest, she befriends the Seven Dwarfs, and happily lives in a small cottage. One day, the handsome Prince finds the lovely girl and the Magic Mirror informs the Queen. The Queen transforms herself into a hag and entices Snow White to eat a poisoned apple. Moments from death, Snow White is awakened with a magic kiss from the Prince. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the highest grossing film in 1938.

The Walt Disney animated feature “Sleeping Beauty” debuted in 1959. Sleeping Beauty is the story of Princess Aurora, her three good fairy godmothers Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather, and the wicked fairy Maleficent. Maleficent curses the infant princess so that when she becomes a beautiful woman on her sixteenth birthday, she will prick her finger on a spinning wheel and die. Merryweather bestows a gift unto the princess whereby the prick will not cause Aurora to die, but to fall into a deep sleep that can only be broken by a kiss from her true love. Sleeping Beauty’s true love is Prince Philip. He gallantly fights and kills an evil dragon in order to get to his Aurora. Once he kisses her, both she and the whole dreary castle awaken. They happily waltz together in the festive castle as the movie ends. Disney spent almost ten years making the film “Sleeping Beauty” and the musical score is adapted from Tchaikovsky's ballet.

Walt Disney released the animated feature “Cinderella” in 1950. Cinderella is a beautiful girl with a wicked stepmother and two ugly and vain stepsisters. She is oppressed and tormented as a kitchen maid, given a daily list of impossible and unending tasks to perform. Her animal friends include bluebirds and a troop of mice, notably, Gus. Meanwhile, the King of the land is eager to find a fair maiden for his son, who has no interest in the women of the palace. He arranges a ball, and, with the help of her Fairy Godmother, Cinderella easily captures the heart and hand of Prince Charming.

Belle is the beautiful heroine of “Beauty and the Beast,” released in 1991 by Walt Disney. This is the tale of a selfish young prince, who is transformed into a hideous beast. He is doomed to remain a beast unless he can learn to love again. Belle is a spirited beauty, who lives with her father Maurice, and eventually finds herself in the Beast’s enchanted castle. Belle is initially repelled by the Beast, seemingly more for his personality than his looks. As the story progresses, her fondness for the Beast grows. Once the Best learns that Maurice’s life is in danger, he releases Belle from his castle. His empathy and charm eventually win her over. She returns to the castle and professes her love for the now dying Beast, both saving him from death, and transforming him back to his original princely self.

Finding Nemo Sharks Bruce, Anchor, and Chum are the friendly, fiendish sharks from “Finding Nemo.” They are featured in the misadventures of Nemo on his quest back home to his father. Released in 2003, this Disney/Pixar film went on to receive an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film. The Disney characters are known and beloved worldwide. Their likenesses can be found on everything from clothing, lunch boxes, toys, watches, jewelry, and wall murals.

Paint By Number Wall Murals-Use a Grid to Easily Create Your Own Paint By Number Wall Murals

Although paint by number wall murals aren’t expensive, you may still want to make your own pattern to make it even more unique. Using a grid is one of the ways this can be done. Of course more work is involved, but your wall mural will only be the cost of the paint and the paint brushes, plus your time.

This kind of paint by number wall murals method is best if you use a coloring book page, or a drawing from something with a clear white background.

Since many coloring book pages are about 8″x 11″, the scale of your wall mural will be 8′x 11′. Now most ceilings aren’t 11 feet from the floor. So what you can do before you get started making your grid, is trim from the top and bottom of the coloring book page until you get it to the height that you want your paint by number wall murals to be.

If you trim your paper until it’s 8 inches x 8 inches, then your wall mural is going to end up being 8 feet x 8 feet. Now take a ruler or something straight, and lightly, draw horizontal and vertical lines over the coloring book page. Make sure all the lines are exactly 1 inch apart. You will then end up with a grid that looks something like a checker board.

Now, at the wall that you chose for your paint by number wall murals, draw an 8 foot x 8 foot square first, then make the horizontal and vertical lines 1 foot apart until you end up with a checker board look.

Use your coloring book page as a guide to draw in the squares on your wall. It’s very easy and accurate because you’re only working with one foot at a time. Plus you have plenty of start and stop points in each square to guide you.

Now you have a great big drawing on your wall to have fun with to paint whatever color you choose.

For even more control of your drawing, it may help to draw the grid in half inch increments on the page, and six inch increments on the wall. Be sure make a couple of copies of the page that you will be making in the event you make a mistake while drawing your grid.

Go ahead and try it on a sheet of paper first to see how easy it will be to draw it just how you want it.