How to Decorate Your Appliances This Halloween

Wicked Washing Machines

Forget powder or dirty socks. Fill your washing machine with bloody rags and dismembered limbs instead! Just stain some old bits of cloth with red paint or fake blood and pick up the unfortunate limbs from costume shops or supermarkets in the run-up to Halloween.

For added effect, you can’t go wrong with some bloody fingers hanging out of the soap drawer.

Frightful Fridges

The fridge is a party hotspot; it’s where everyone goes for boos! Give your guests chills by sticking a spooky face on your fridge, be it a ghost, a vampire or Frankenstein’s monster.

Inviting a skeleton to the party and setting him or her up to raid the fridge is also a dead good idea. (Just don’t leave the door open if you’ve got food in there you need keeping cold.)

Eerie Ovens

Unnerve and petrify with a pile of charred bones inside your oven, implying a cannibalistic feast or a fiery fate (Hansel and Gretel style) for one unfortunate soul.

A fearsomely carved pumpkin lantern flickering away inside your oven will also be very effective. Two things though, prop the door open a crack so the lantern has air to keep burning and clean your oven door glass in advance to give people a better view of what’s lurking within.

Devilish Dishwashers

Look out for dishwasher decals (yes, these are a thing) to give your dishwasher the desired spooky effect. There are lots of designs out there to choose from including atmospheric Halloween scenes and evil spirits seemingly emerging from inside your appliance.

Terrifying Tumble Dryers

The spherical door of the tumble dryer means it lends itself well to being turned into a monster with a screaming mouthful of fangs or one huge evil eye.

You could even collect lint from your dryer to make DIY dust bunnies to place strategically around your home.

Fearsome Freezers

At Halloween, you can’t go wrong with a bit of fake blood. We’re thinking bloody handprints all over the outside of the freezer and maybe even a blood-curdling message or some blood dripping down the outside of the door seal for added effect.

Just make sure the “blood” won’t stain, test a small inconspicuous part of your freezer first if you’re not sure.

Creepy Cooker Hoods

You need just two scaring accessories to get your cooker hood Halloween-y: fake spiders and cobwebs. Hang the creepy crawlies down from your cooker hood – the more realistic the spiders the better!

Bonus Appliance Halloween Tip!

Stuck for a costume idea this Halloween? Vacuum cleaner parts like the bin and hose can be used to make a nifty DIY Ghostbusters or astronaut costume. If you don’t want to use parts from your actual cleaner (they may be a little on the dusty side) you can, of course, get spares instead.