We had a doll party with my sisters, sisters-in-law and their daughters. My Mom has collected a lot of dolls over the years and she was ready to give some away to her granddaughters.
Or you could have everyone bring their own doll. Grandma shared briefly why she started collecting dolls.
The program compared a photo of the doll's face to the granddaughter's ancestors and gave some possible matches. Each granddaughter chose a female ancestor that matched.
I had also preprinted a few ancestor stories that if someone had chosen that ancestor, she could add the story to the back of the card.
Dessert was berry filled tarts from the girls' Great-Grandmother Brimhall's recipe.
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