W Is for Waffling Walrus

Snacks that start with W - Waffling Walrus

You don’t have to visit the zoo to plan a play date with this walrus!

He may have some scary-looking tusks, but our friendly walrus is coming to your breakfast table and he’s ready for some fun!

Made from delicious ingredients, this nutritious breakfast treat is bound to please even the most persnickety preschooler. And there’s no waffling about it—a tasty waffle, crunchy cereal, cream cheese, and some berries are always a winning combination.

And just like all our ABC Snacks, this waffling walrus is easy for little hands to make and yummy for little mouths to eat. Our young friends sure seemed to enjoy it!

So, what are you waiting for? Isn’t it time to invite a waffling walrus to your house for breakfast?

Children spreading cream cheese on a waffle

Waffling Walrus Waffle

Print Recipe

Here’s what you’ll need to make this snack for one child:

1 round waffle
2 tablespoons cream cheese or nut butter
3 blackberries or blueberries
2 narrow apple wedges
¼ cup O’s cereal

Directions:

Prepare a round waffle.
Spread cream cheese or nut butter on prepared waffle.
Position berries to create eyes and nose.
Position apple wedges to form walrus tusks.
Cover bottom half of waffle with O’s cereal to form walrus beard.

Blueberries and apple slices added to waffle

Teaching Tips

While you create your waffling walrus, practice saying /w/–/w/–waffling walrus with your child.
How many words can you think of that start with the sound of /w/ as in walrus?
Help find the runaway walrus in this delightful wordless picture book!
Download ABC Snacks: Tips for Working on Pre-Reading Skills for more teaching tips.

Child and preschooler enjoying ABC snack

Want More Snacks that Start with W?

For snacks that start with W and many more, get the entire series of ABC Snacks Cookbooks with more than 40 snack recipes for your preschoolers!

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LeAnna Conley

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June 10, 2020 at 5:21 pm

how adorable are these! I can’t wait to make them!

Robin E.

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June 11, 2020 at 12:25 pm

Thank you, LeAnna. I hope you have lots of fun with them.

Lisa

June 7, 2016 at 10:37 pm

Love it!

Katie

April 28, 2016 at 10:58 am

I can’t say enough how much this program has helped my daughter!

Nicole

April 28, 2016 at 10:38 am

I’ll have to give this a try?

Sara k.

April 28, 2016 at 8:02 am

We have been working our way through the cookbook. Our kids love to cook and this helps with planning an activity for different letters.

Wanda

April 28, 2016 at 7:53 am

Food and learning go great together.

Amiee H

April 28, 2016 at 7:41 am

I love all of these ABC snacks! So cute plus bonus of having little teaching tips and most of them are easy enough to do on their own. We will definitely be making many of these.

Jenny

April 28, 2016 at 7:33 am

Cute idea! I’m considering starting my preschool son in pre reading this fall. He would love these type of activities.

Anna Van Gundy

April 28, 2016 at 7:31 am

I have a daughter with dyslexia. I have looked at all your books and would love to use all about reading. She is a slow reader and I read with her. We are a home school family. I was told to hold her back in second grade and I made the choice to homeschool. She didn’t need to be held back. The school was slow in helping her with her dyslexia.

Rachel

April 28, 2016 at 7:30 am

We love this curriculum!

Ashlen

April 28, 2016 at 7:22 am

That is a great way to get them excited for learning!

Amanda Wright

April 28, 2016 at 7:15 am

My son is going to love this! We are going to be starting a letter of the week to reinforce the letters he already knows and some that he needs to work on.

Kelly

April 28, 2016 at 7:13 am

Learning and eating are a perfect team in this house!

Autumn

Love incorporating food into learning!

Deirdre

April 27, 2016 at 4:32 pm

That is a very cute idea!

Kristin

April 27, 2016 at 3:54 pm

Great idea!

Crystal Combs

April 27, 2016 at 2:03 pm

Neat idea! Thanks!

Cora

April 27, 2016 at 9:59 am

Learning and eating right: a great combination!

Krystle Dunton

April 26, 2016 at 10:14 pm

Love it.

Jennifer S

April 25, 2016 at 10:58 am

My daughter loves creating with waffles! What a fun idea!

Marisa Williams

April 25, 2016 at 7:53 am

Love the snack ideas!

Lynsie

April 24, 2016 at 9:38 pm

I love the idea of using snacks to teach the alphabet! Will definitely be looking up other recipes!

Jane Logan

April 24, 2016 at 4:46 pm

I am a Nana homeschooling our Grandson with the help of Papa. Our youngest is 31. Anyways, I was really glad to see this website a while back and we have decided to use the reading/phonics program. He is very much into the reading and trying sounding out words. Thank you for making our life much easier.