What is there to do with dolls?

So in general my children play with all sorts of toys regardless of gender and so they play with dolls…except I find dolls aren’t really fun to play with (maybe I’m biased)...I remember I had dolls when I was little but I don’t remember what I did with them…aside from dressing them and playing tea parties (maybe I’m making assumptions), what else is there to do with them? I mean I can do pretend play but puppets and puppet theatre set-ups are better for that…any ideas?