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5 Fun and Easy Waffles for Kids

December 5, 2020 By Morgan Last Updated: December 5, 2020

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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.

pinable image with pictures of fun kids waffles. One is a waffle made to look like a ic with strawberries, bananas and raisins on a blue back ground, and the other is a sunshine waffle using orange segments, strawberries, bananas and raisins on a blue plate on a wooden picnic table.

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

A kids waffle made to look like a pig using bananas and strawberries on a blue plate

Needed :

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

Time needed: 5 minutes.

Pig Waffle for Kids

  1. Prep your Strawberry

    Slice the top off of a strawberry and then slice width wise once again to create the nose. Use a large, wide strawberry to get the best shape. Slice what remains of the strawberry in half to make the ears.

  2. Cut and place your banana.

    Take 2 slices of banana and place on a toasted waffle as eyes. Top banana eyes with raisins or chocolate chips or chocolate candies.

  3. Finish it up!

    Set the oval strawberry centered below the eyes and top with 2 more chips or raisins. To make a pink pig waffle, use strawberry cream cheese

    Tip: if using raisins, squish it lengthwise to create a small circle.

a waffle for kids on a blue plate on a wooden table using a whole wheat waffle, strawberries and bananas made to look like Mrs. Pacman

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.

a whole wheat kids waffle made to look like a sun with orange segments, strawberries, and bananas on a blue plate and ona wooden table.

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.

an american flag on a waffle using whipped cream, strawberries, and blueberries, on a blue plate and a wooden table.

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.

a waffle for kids that uses cereal bananas, orange and banana to make it look like an owl on a blue plate.

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.

Want more breakfast options? Check out this post:  Breakfast Recipes for Kids – kids breakfast recipes

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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Comments

  1. Logan says

    May 25, 2017 at 5:45 pm

    My kids love waffles so I will have to try some of these! So cute!

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  2. Casey the College Celiac says

    May 25, 2017 at 8:45 pm

    The pacman waffle is absolutely adorable! What easy ways to make breakfast fun for kids!

    Reply
  3. Kanani says

    May 26, 2017 at 3:42 am

    I just told my kids that this weekend I wanted to buy a waffle maker and now I’m gonna def. do that. Yummy recipes. Do you have a specific waffle recipe you use? Not gonna lie, I’ll likely be using boxed! LOL!

    http://www.totallymommedit.com

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  4. Heather @ Polyglot Jot says

    May 26, 2017 at 7:47 am

    So cute!! I love the owl one best. I’ve really been randomly obsessed with all things owls lately. I don’t even love birds that much?! hahaha

    Reply
  5. Bre Paulson says

    May 26, 2017 at 12:06 pm

    My daughter LOVES waffles, thanks for the fun ideas! I especially love the owl one, so cute 🙂

    Reply

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