Hooded Reaper Rider Costume
Nobody is riding anything. That is the joke.
The trick is entirely in the silhouette. A stuffed torso lies along the spine, two gloved arms reach forward, and from three metres away the animal is carrying a passenger it cannot see and does not know about.
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- A stuffed felt torso, hood and arms that sit across the back
- Velcro at the neck and again at the chest
- Four sizes, neck 23-60cm and chest 38-62cm
- Weighs 103 to 140 grams
- Empty gloved hands — no prop of any kind
Size: S — neck 23-31cm
Why you'll love it
Made for happy, healthy pets
The illusion does the work, not the fit
There is no leg to thread and nothing goes over the head. The figure lies along the spine and the two straps close underneath, so the whole thing is on in about five seconds and off in two. That matters more than tailoring on a costume nobody wears for long.
A real chest and neck chart
Most of this category is sold as S/M/L with nothing behind the letters. This one publishes neck and chest in centimetres for all four sizes, so you can measure the animal and know before it arrives rather than after.
It works on a cat
Because the weight sits along the back rather than hanging off the neck, the small size genuinely fits a cat — 23 to 31cm at the neck. Most rider costumes start at a spaniel and go up.
Good fit if
- A pet that will not tolerate legs being threaded
- Cats, genuinely, from a 23cm neck upward
- Anyone who wants one photograph, not an outfit
- People who want to know the measurements first
Look elsewhere if
- Your animal objects to anything touching its back
- You want something that survives a wash
- You need it to stay put through a whole party
Why a rider is easier to wear than a costume
A conventional costume asks an animal to accept fabric around the ribs, under the belly and often around each leg. Every one of those contact points is somewhere a dog or a cat has opinions, and the leg openings in particular are where most costume arguments start. A rider avoids all of it. The weight sits along the spine, which is the least sensitive line on the body and the place a hand naturally rests, and two straps close underneath.
In practice that means five seconds to put on and two to remove. It also means a much better chance the animal simply walks off wearing it rather than freezing in the crouch that tells you a costume has gone too far. That is not a promise, and plenty of cats will still object, but the odds are better here than with anything else in this range.
The measurements are published, so use them
Most of this category is sold as small, medium and large with nothing behind the words. This one gives neck and chest in centimetres for all four sizes, so the guessing is optional. Measure the chest at its widest point just behind the front legs, and the neck where a collar sits. The chest figure is the one that decides the fit; the neck strap has more give than the chest strap does.
The small is a genuine cat size at 23 to 31 centimetres in the neck, which is unusual. Note the overlap between sizes is deliberate and slightly odd at the top: the large runs to a 56cm chest and the extra large starts at 50cm, so a 53cm chest can take either. Pick the large if the animal is short-backed and the extra large if it is long.
What it is actually made of
Polyester felt, with the head and the arms stuffed to hold their shape and the face printed flat rather than moulded. The supplier calls the face a realistic horror mask; it is a print on felt, and at arm's length it looks like a print on felt. From across a room, which is where the costume is meant to be seen, it works.
Fastening is hook-and-loop at both straps, which is the right choice for something taken on and off repeatedly and the wrong choice for longevity, because hook-and-loop fills with fur and loses grip over a few seasons. Pick the fur out of the hooks with a fingernail before you put it away and it will come back next October still holding.
In the box
Everything you need
- Hooded rider costume with chest and neck straps
How it works
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The details
Specifications
- Material
- Polyester felt, stuffed head and arms
- Fastening
- Velcro at the neck and at the chest
- Size S
- Neck 23-31cm, chest 38-45cm, 18cm tall
- Size M
- Neck 25-33cm, chest 40-47cm, 18cm tall
- Size L
- Neck 35-45cm, chest 48-56cm, 21cm tall
- Size XL
- Neck 50-60cm, chest 50-62cm, 21cm tall
- Weight
- 103-140g by size
- Care
- Spot clean only; the stuffed head will not survive a wash
Size guide
| Size | Neck | Chest | Height |
|---|---|---|---|
| S | 23-31cm | 38-45cm | 18cm |
| M | 25-33cm | 40-47cm | 18cm |
| L | 35-45cm | 48-56cm | 21cm |
| XL | 50-60cm | 50-62cm | 21cm |
Chest is the measurement that decides the fit. Where the large and the extra large overlap, choose by back length rather than by chest alone.
Spot clean with a damp cloth and let it dry flat. The head and arms are stuffed, so a wash leaves damp filling inside for days and mats the felt into a texture it does not recover from. Store it with the hood uncrushed. A stuffed head that spends eleven months under a box comes out a different shape.
Good questions
Before you buy
No. Both gloves are empty, in every frame the supplier publishes. We turned down three otherwise usable costumes in this category because they shipped with a foam knife, so this is something we check rather than assume.
Between 103 and 140 grams depending on size, spread along the back rather than hung from the collar. That is roughly the weight of a small apple. It is still a costume, so watch the first minute and take it off if the animal crouches or freezes rather than walking normally.
Spot clean only. The head and arms are stuffed, and a wash mats the felt and leaves the stuffing damp inside for days. Sponge it, let it dry flat, and store it without anything on top of the hood.
Because the photographs show a hooded figure with a white stitched-mouth skull face, and that is not a goblin. The supplier's colour name is a machine translation of a Chinese phrase meaning riding outfit. We named it from the pictures. No licensed character is involved — the face is generic horror rather than anyone's design.
Not really. It sits behind and above the shoulder line, outside the forward field of view, which is part of why it is tolerated better than a hat. What a cat will notice is the weight shifting as it turns, so expect a few seconds of adjustment before it settles.
Last reviewed 13 September 2026