Ice Cream Scoop Coloring Page

Alfred L. Cralle patented his ice cream scoop in 1897 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He worked at a drugstore and a hotel there, and the story goes that he noticed how hard it was to serve ice cream when it stuck to a spoon and both hands were busy.

His scoop could be used with one hand. A little scraper pushed the ice cream out of the round bowl in one neat ball, which is the same idea the scoops in ice cream shops still use today.