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Tiger Backpack
A tiger backpack gives the animal the biggest canvas of any accessory: the whole front panel, printed from edge to edge with a single scene. The designs in this collection range from tigers stepping out of tall grass or wading through streams to white tigers, cubs, rainbow-painted tigers, a saber-toothed cat and a tiger in a cowboy hat, with a plush tiger head and a few school bundles alongside them.
Scenes across a tiger backpack
Most of the packs share one shape, a black backpack with the picture filling the front, so the artwork does the talking. On the Running Tiger Backpack, a tiger pushes out of tall green grass, head low and eyes level with the viewer, painted in loose strokes of green, gold and white. The lotus cub design is gentler: a young tiger sits on a giant lily pad with its tail hanging over the edge, pink water lilies in front of it, dragonflies overhead and its reflection in the pond below.
White tigers appear on several designs. One walks toward the viewer in front of the Stars and Stripes, with a second, ghostly tiger face fading into the flag, and another scene gathers a family of white tigers resting on a rock in shades of gray and teal. The White Tiger holds a special place in East Asian legend as one of the Four Symbols, and our article on white tiger mythology follows it through China, Japan and Korea.
For pure color, the painted designs turn to rainbow brushwork: one green-eyed tiger looks out from swirls of blue, red, orange and gold, and another head is splashed in neon blue, pink and green.
A cowboy, a saber-tooth and a rider
Some designs lean on character. The 3D Cowboy Tiger Head Backpack shows a white tiger with pale blue eyes under a black cowboy hat with a studded band, a patterned bandana knotted at its neck, and on another pack an orange tiger in dark glasses wears a black suit, a white shirt and a red tie. The Saber Tooth Tiger Backpack fills the panel with a roaring face and two long ivory fangs that reach almost to the bottom edge. The animal behind it is the saber-toothed cat of the Ice Age, often called a saber-toothed tiger even though it was only a distant relative of the tiger. In the warrior scene, a rider with red flowers in her hair sits astride a roaring tiger as it charges through smoke and flame.
Other prints play with the eye. On one, a tiger peers out between rusted iron bars set into a cracked stone wall, as if the animal were shut inside the bag; on another, the whole head is drawn in flame-orange strokes against pure black, with the stripes doing the work of the outline.
The plush tiger head
The Tiger Head Plush Backpack leaves printing behind altogether. The whole bag is a stuffed tiger head in soft fur, with rounded ears marked by white spots, amber eyes, a pink nose and a thick white ruff under the chin, carried on two black straps. It comes in orange or in white, chosen in the options, and sits halfway between a bag and a soft toy.
Bundles with a matching bag and pencil case
A few designs come as a set. In the Bundle: Japanese Tiger Backpack, the backpack travels with a smaller bag that has its own carry handle and a zip pencil case, all three printed with one scene: a tiger wading through a shallow stream toward the viewer, rocks and white flowers on the banks, butterflies in the air and mountains under a glowing sky. The same picture is sold as a backpack on its own, and the other bundles repeat the idea with their own tigers, white ones among them.
Straps, pockets and size
The printed packs share a practical frame: two wide black shoulder straps, a carry loop at the top and a zipped main compartment, and designs such as the tiger in the grass add mesh pockets on both sides. Each backpack is sold in a single size, so the choice comes down to the picture, and for the plush head, the color.
Gentle prints and bold ones
The mood of the print sets the tone of each pack. Cubs, lily pads and rainbow tigers have a gentle, storybook feel, while the saber-toothed roar, the warrior charge and the cowboy tiger carry more edge and look as at home on a commute as in a school corridor. With a smaller bag and a pencil case in the same print, the bundles make a ready-made back-to-school set.
A backpack is a practical present that still shows the animal off. Our list of top 10 tiger gift ideas rounds up presents for adults and for children, from clothing and wall art to masks and patches.
More tiger gear to go with the pack
The packs belong to our wider range of tiger accessories, where phone cases, keychains and mugs carry the same theme. For something smaller, a tiger purse offers saddle-style crossbody bags with a printed flap, as well as zip-around wallets. A tiger patch adds an embroidered tiger head to a jacket or a second bag, and a tiger beach towel, printed with orange fur stripes or a painted face, takes the theme down to the sand.
The video below gives a quick tour of the backpack designs.
Backpack details people ask about
Do the backpacks come in different sizes?
No. Every design comes in one size, and the plush tiger head is the only one with a choice to make, between orange and white.
What is included in a bundle?
The backpack, a smaller bag with a carry handle and a zip pencil case, all printed with the same design.
Which backpacks show a white tiger?
Several, among them the cowboy tiger, the tiger walking in front of the American flag and the family resting on a rock, and the plush head comes in white as well.