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Doughnuts have been enjoyed in one form or another for centuries — fried dough treats appear in the culinary traditions of many cultures around the world. The ring-shaped donut as we know it today was popularized in the United States in the 19th century. One popular story credits a ship captain's son, Hanson Gregory, with inventing the hole in 1847 so that the center would cook evenly without leaving a raw doughy middle. Today the United States alone has tens of thousands of donut shops, and they are eaten as breakfast treats, snacks, and desserts around the world.
Coloring ideas: give the left donut pink frosting and the right one chocolate brown frosting, then scatter the sprinkles in lots of contrasting colors — red, blue, green, yellow, and purple. Or try making both donuts the same frosting color but with different sprinkle color schemes. The centers (the holes) can be left white.
For toddlers, practice making small dash marks with the crayon to color each tiny sprinkle. This is good fine motor practice. Count the sprinkles on one donut together before starting to color, then compare which donut has more.
