maybe propose “Craft Friday”–instead of shopping on Black Friday, you get together with friends and make stuff
it wouldn’t even necessarily be stuff intended as gifts
the only rule is, since it’s an anti-consumerist kinda thing, all craft supplies are things you already have.
WIP or UFO? make some progress on it.
project you bought supplies for long ago and never tried? now’s the time
supplies left over from a project you did finish, or decided you never would actually do? everybody brings theirs and things are freely exchanged
people probably do this already