Halloween Costumes for Cats

While we admit that most cats probably wouldn't tolerate wearing a full costume for more than a few minutes, let alone all of Halloween, the outfits and costume pieces featured here are perfect in short bursts and make fun props for holiday photos. Be sure to check out the review photos for fun images of pets in costume.

Halloween is at the end of October. Get your costume early so kitty can become accustomed to wearing it when the big day arrives. Here are some of our favorite Halloween and cosplay looks for kitty.

1 Adorable Cat Halloween Lion Mane Photo Prop

Found on Amazon

This lion mane headpiece is a fun costume prop that works especially well with orange tabby cats like Timmy and William. The piece has a Velcro strap and can be adjusted for the most comfortable fit.

2 Tacocat

Found on Amazon

Kitty can dress up as the ultimate palindrome with this cute backpack style taco costume, modeled here by a pooch. Available in size small for kitties. 

Palindromes are words, phrases, or numbers that read the same way both backwards and forwards. Some favorites:

  • Do Geese See God?
  • Madam, I'm Adam
  • Tacocat

3 Santa Hat With Beard For Cats

Found on Amazon

This costume can go double duty -- use it for both Halloween and Christmas! The beard acts as a strap and can be adjusted by Velcro to ensure a perfect fit. Pick this cat Santa hat up for your family Christmas photos! The customer photos on this product are especially precious -- be sure to check them out!

4 Funny Kitty Cop Halloween Costume

Found on Amazon

This costume is available in a variety of sizes so you can pick up an outfit for every furry member of your family and make a hilarious group photo. The costume pieces (vest and dickey collar) are easily adjusted with Velcro closures. The costume also includes the hat. Hilariously, the main product image for this costume seems to be an old photoshop mockup rather than an actual cat wearing the costume. Look through customer review photos to see real animals wearing this costume and others available via the same link. Clearly, people love taking photos of their pets in these costumes!

5 Pirate Cat Halloween Costume

Found on Amazon

This fun outfit makes your kitty look like a little person! And not just any person -- kitty is a pirate! Use Velcro to ensure a snug and comfortable fit. This costume comes with a shirt piece, which has little "arms", one of which has a hook for a hand, as well as a matching pirate hat.

6 Little Sailor Halloween Costume for Cats

Found on Amazon

This cute two-piece costume comes with a sailor hat with anchor motif and sailor bow-tie collar. This cat sailor costume has a lot of positive reviews -- 2,462 and counting at 4.4/5!

7 Super Cute Bat Wings Costume Accessory for Cats

Found on Amazon

This simple piece is among the most likely to be tolerated by kitty for the longest amount of time -- especially if kitty is already used to wearing a collar or harness. Like a typical harness, this bat wing costume piece has a strap around the neck and an additional strap across the chest for added security. Both straps are adjustable with Velcro -- be sure to keep kitty supervised when wearing this costume. Looks awesome especially on black or tuxedo cats. See the product reviews and photos for some really cute Halloween bat-kitties!

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