Almost free stuff for Halloween: Vespertine and Apple Fall/G

Although Vespertine asks for L$100 for joining, it could be the best money you've spent in SL.  Currently the main store is closed, but the temporary store on the Pea sim, contains all the group gifts.  Everything you can see in the picture below - and more - is included.  Pumpkins, cemetery gates and little pumpkin lights for Halloween, and lots of window lights, hanging lights and wreaths of lights for Christmas.

Pumpkins, lanterns, lights and window lights

Again, I haven't found the group to be intrusive or busy.  The gifts are amazing, and I particularly like the wreaths and window lights.

Apple Fall has announced an autumn/fall gift, in the shape of a pumpkin wreath for your door, in collaboration with Gallant Magazine.  To collect the wreath you have to go to the Gallant sim, join their group (which costs L$99) and click on the box.  So it is free, sort of.

Gallant magazine with Apple Fall pumpkin wreath gift for group members

Free Stuff for Halloween in Second Life 2: attachments and clothing from COCO

COCO is one of my favourite designers in Second Life.  The SLURL for Coco designs is here.  They also have some of the best freebies in Second Life too!  You need to join their group in order to get them, but the group is one of the good ones which doesn't spam you all the time, and relies on you to check the sim from time to time for anything new.

At the SLURL, go into the second doorway from the right (ie not the discount area door) and the wall of freebies is right in front of you.

They have some very good freebies for Halloween, as can be seen from this picture of group gifts.  There is also the awesome pair of ThighHighBoots in vampish red.

Witchy shoes, Wednesday costume, Pumpkin staff and Witch hat from COCO designs.

Free stuff for Halloween in Second Life 1: Pumpkins at Happy Mood

Pumpkins in Happy Mood sim in Second Life

 One of my very favourite shops and sims in Second Life, Happy Mood, currently has a pumpkin treasure hunt across the sim. Beautiful pumpkin lanterns are scattered around - 25 of them - and you only have to find them and claim them.  They are copyable and modable, but not transferable.

Free scarecrow for group members only

There's a gift for group members too, a pair of very lovely scarecrows.  I adore HPMD trees, vines and grasses.  Unlike a lot of the creators making things in SL, these things are not made with photo-real textures, but with a slightly impressionistic feel which looks exactly right in Second Life.  Photo realistic textures can tend to fight very badly with the other things around them.  HPMD trees and foliage blends right in, and thereby looks more realistic in the virtual world.

If you haven't visited the sim and explored, this pumpkin hunt is a very good opportunity! To see more of their beautiful products, there is also a Flickr group to join.

Beautiful trees and grass in Happy Mood sim