DD(10)'s closest friend just turned 8. Her friend's favourite thing in the world to do is have "special" tea parties with anyone who will dress up and join her.
We have a box of antique tea cups and saucers in the attic that has probably not been opened in 20 years. None of them carry any commercial value, but they are family items.
DD's friend is practically family to us - WIBU to give her a special cup and saucer for her birthday? It seems like a better gift to me than plastic branded tat. Maybe that is because I am an old goat, though...