5 Fun and Easy Waffles for Kids

Waffles for kids are a simple and fun way to serve breakfast. Make it a healthy well rounded breakfast with tips for choosing a healthy frozen waffle for kids and using whole fruits and healthy fats to increase the nutrition.

This post was originally posted on May 25, 2017 and was last updated December 5, 2020.

In general, I enjoy making things myself rather than buying them pre-made. But the reality is, I’m no super mom.

Which brings us to frozen waffles. Frozen waffles are pretty much the perfect base for fun kid food. They’re super versatile, but still a waffle which kids love.

They’re relatively affordable and these days you can find so many different kinds out there that will fit your needs – gluten-free, whole grain, packed with hidden veggies, chocolate chip, blueberry – whatever your little heart desires, it’s probably out there.

5 Fun and Easy Waffles for Kids

Needed :

• 1 strawberry
• 1 banana
• Raisins or chocolate chips
• Waffle
• Optional: strawberry cream cheese

Mrs. PacMan Waffle

Needed :

• 1 strawberry
• 1 banana
• Raisins or chocolate chips
• Red candy
• Waffle

Toast your waffle and cut a triangle out of the side. Cut a strawberry into 2 triangle slices. Place on the top of the waffle with a red candy in the middle to create a bow.

Create an eye with a chocolate chip, raisin, or chocolate candy. Finally, add circle fruits in front of the ‘mouth’ to ‘feed’ Mrs. PacMan.

Sunshine Waffle for Kids

Needed :

• Strawberries
• Clementine
• Banana
• Raisins, chocolate chips, or brown candies
• Waffle

While your waffle toasts, segment a clementine or mandarin orange. Slice a strawberry into triangle shapes. Around the waffle, alternate clementine segments and strawberries to create rays of the sun.

Add a segment for the mouth and 2 slices of banana topped with chocolate candy as eyes.

Flag Waffle

Needed :

• Strawberries
• Blueberries
• Whipped cream, plain cream cheese, or bananas
• Waffle

Toast your waffle and cut 2 or 3 strawberries into strips to expose the red skin. In the upper left hand corner, place blueberries into the waffle holes over one-fourth of the waffle.

Stripe strawberries and whipped cream (you could also use plain yogurt or cream cheese, or banana slices instead) to create an American flag.

Owl Waffle

Needed :

• Banana
• Orange segment
• Nut butter
• Raisins or chocolate chips
• Apple slices
• Corn flake/bran cereal
• Round cereal

Toast your waffle and slice a small triangle out of a clementine. Continue cutting your fruits by cutting a circle from the side of an apple and cutting it in half, and slicing a banana.

Spread your waffle with nut butter and place the apple halves on each side of the waffle as wings. Layer round cereal onto the belly of your owl and make banana eyes with the slices and raisins and a beak with the clementine.

Use apple scraps to create a sprout of fur at the your of your owl’s head, heart shaped cereal for feet (I used Kashi) and flake cereal layered over the wings as feathers.

Tip: If you don’t have the right shaded cereal for feet, try more orange triangle.

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Tips for buying frozen waffles for kids

Sold on the ease of frozen waffles and want to try some of these fun takes with your own kids? Here are some tips for choosing frozen kids waffles.

• Keep an eye on the sugar. Like with all processed foods, make sure you grab an option with minimal sugar. I usually try for 3 grams or less unless it has an added benefit like hidden veggies or something.
• Whole grains. When possible, I grab a whole wheat variety. Waffles are fun, but they aren’t the most nutrient-packed breakfast option.
• Other bonuses. Some brands offer different ‘bonuses’ in their waffles. Added vitamins, gluten free, flax, etc. Garden Lite makes one that has hidden veggies that my boys adore.

I love this taste test!

Simple, right? None of these kids waffles take more than 2 minutes to put together and it will help encourage your kiddos to eat their fruit!

So tell me – do you like making your kids’ food fun? What are you favorite ways to do so? Let me know in the comments!

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