11 Creative Christmas Morning Breakfast Pancakes Kids Will Love!

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Need Christmas morning breakfast pancakes ideas or fun winter breakfast ideas for kids? These easy breakfast Christmas morning treats are great for North Pole breakfast ideas, school Christmas party breakfast food ideas, or even a holiday Christmas in July party!

Best Christmas Morning Breakfast Pancakes For Kids

These are the best Christmas pancakes for kids. They can even be all day breakfast pancakes for a holiday pancake bar / breakfast bar (which is great fun for Christmas morning meals). Have fun with these Christmas pancake ideas and kids Christmas breakfast recipes!

Christmas Pancake Breakfast Ideas

Holiday Pancakes for Kids:

• Homemade Rudolph pancakes
• Stacked star pancake tree
• Hot chocolate pancakes
• Pancake Christmas tree
• Christmas cookies pancakes
• Easy pancake angels
• Easy Santa pancakes
• Reindeer face pancake
• Dusted sugar pancakes snowy scene
• Snow owl pancake
• Snowman pancake
• Christmas morning pancakes in a jar (great for make ahead breakfast pancakes!)

See how to make the Christmas day pancakes and all the fun ideas for pancakes below. KEEP SCROLLING for the cute Christmas breakfast ideas! (Great for Christmas eve breakfast or any holiday breakfast menu / holiday themed breakfast ideas!)

 

What To Serve At Pancake Breakfast

Pancake bars make fun Christmas breakfast ideas!

What to have for breakfast with pancakes:

• Pancakes
• Pancake toppings
• Different flavored syrups
• Whipped cream
• Sausage
• Bacon
• Yogurt
• Ham
• Hashbrowns
• Fruit salad
• Cheese cubes
• Fresh berries
• Raisins
• Dried fruit
• Honey
• Nuts
• Sprinkles
• Powdered sugar
• Sugared cranberries
• Pomegranate arils

These are all great for a pancake bar for a Christmas themed breakfast, Santa breakfast ideas, or Christmas breakfast party ideas, too!

 

Let’s get to how to have fun with pancakes for Christmas and holiday pancakes recipe ideas with these easy breakfast ideas kid friendly treats! 

If you’re wondering what to cook for Christmas breakfast or Christmas morning food ideas, you’ll have fun with these holiday festive breakfast ideas!

How To Make Christmas Pancakes For a Fun Christmas Morning Breakfast (Creative Pancakes Ideas)

If you want to make ahead breakfast for Christmas morning, you can make the pancake shapes (or any of these holiday pancake recipes) and leave the toppings off.

Then, heat up the pancakes in the microwave or air fryer, decorate them, and serve them for a quick and easy holiday breakfast!

(Or, let the kids decorate their fun pancakes shapes!)

 

Christmas Morning Pancake Ideas #1: Pancake Christmas Tree

Pancake ingredients:

• Pancake mix (plus ingredients stated on the mix)
• Green food coloring
• Cheese or sliced apple
• Confectioners sugar (powdered sugar)
• Vegetable oil
• Star cookie cutter

 

To make Christmas tree pancakes:

1. Make pancake batter according to package directions.
2. Add green food coloring to pancake batter and stir to mix.
3. Drop pancake batter circles in hot oil, make large to smallest. (You can make as many as you want.) Cook according to package directions.
4. To assemble: place largest pancake on bottom and stack other pancakes on top (to smallest).
5. Dust with powdered sugar to look like snow.
6. Using a small star cookie cutter, cut a star out of cheese or an apple slice.
7. Place star on top of pancakes Christmas tree.

RECIPE TIP: You can also add blueberries, dried cherries, or sugared cranberries like this to look like Christmas tree decorations!

 

Christmas Morning Pancake Ideas #2: Stacked Star Pancakes

Pancake ingredients:

• Pancake mix (plus ingredients stated on the mix)
• Strawberries
• Powdered sugar
• Whipped cream
• Star cookie cutters of different shapes

 

To make stacked star Christmas pancakes:

1. Make pancake batter according to package directions.
2. Drop pancake batter circles in hot oil. (You can make as many as you want.) Cook according to package directions.
3. Using different size star cookie cutters, cut pancakes into stars. (You can also just cut them into stars with a knife.)
4. To assemble: place largest star pancake on bottom and stack other pancakes on top (to smallest star on top), turning each star layer so that the pointed tips do not align.
5. Dust with powdered sugar to look like snow.
6. Spray a dollop of whipped cream on top.
7. Place strawberry on top of star pancake Christmas tree.

This is a fun Christmas breakfast because you can let the kids assemble their own Christmas tree pancake! (Fun for pancake crafts for preschoolers and up!)

 

Christmas Morning Pancake Ideas #3: Easy Pancake Angels

Pancake ingredients:

• Pancake mix (plus ingredients stated on the mix)
• Confectioners sugar (powdered sugar)
• Vegetable oil
• Angel cookie cutter

 

To make Christmas angel pancakes:

1. Make pancake batter according to package directions.
2. Drop large pancake batter circles in hot oil. Cook according to package directions.
3. To assemble: place cooked pancake circles on cutting board. Using an angel cookie cutter, cut angel pancakes out of each pancake.
4. Dust with powdered sugar to serve.

 

Christmas Morning Pancake Ideas #4: Snowman Pancake

Pancake ingredients:

• Pancake mix (plus ingredients stated on the mix)
• Strawberries
• Chocolate chips
• Chocolate syrup
• Vegetable oil

 

To make Christmas snowman pancakes:

1. Make pancake batter according to package directions.
2. Drop pancake batter circles in hot oil, one large one and one small one for head. Cook according to package directions.
3. To assemble cooked pancakes: place largest circle pancake on plate. Place smaller circle pancake above for head. 
4. Use chocolate chips for eyes and buttons.
5. Use strawberries to make hat, scarf, and nose.
6. Make snowman arms out of chocolate syrup on plate.

These snow people are fun Christmas breakfast ideas to read along with snowman books for kids or snowman breakfast for a snow theme party, too!

 

Christmas Morning Pancake Ideas #5: Snow Owl Pancake

Pancake ingredients:

• Pancake mix (plus ingredients stated on the mix)
• Apples
• Raspberries
• Oranges
• Banana
• Blueberries
• Marshmallow
• Whipped cream
• Vegetable oil

 

To make Christmas owl pancakes:

1. Make pancake batter according to package directions.
2. Drop large pancake batter circles in hot oil. Cook according to package directions.
3. To assemble: place large pancake on bottom. 
4. Cut a whole apple slice and then cut in two. Make wings for owl.
5. Cut two banana slices and place for eyes. Place blueberries in middle of banana slices.
6. Cut orange slices to make a nose and two feet.
7. Use thin apple slices to make a scarf.
8. Spray a line of whipped cream above the eyes. Place raspberries above whipped cream in a triangle. Place marshmallow on tip of triangle.

 

Christmas Morning Pancake Ideas #6: Santa Pancake

Pancake ingredients:

• Pancake mix (plus ingredients stated on the mix)
• Strawberries
• Chocolate chips
• Whipped cream
• Vegetable oil

 

To make Christmas Santa face pancakes:

1. Make pancake batter according to package directions.
2. Drop a large pancake batter circles in hot oil. Cook according to package directions.
3. To assemble: place large pancake on plate.
4. Spray whipped cream all the way around to form beard and hair.
5. Place chocolate chips as Santa eyes.
6. Cut a piece of strawberry as nose.
7. Place strawberries above whipped cream (on Santa’s head) and arrange them trailing off to side. Space a whipped cream ball on the end of the strawberries.

 

Christmas Morning Pancake Ideas #7: Reindeer Pancakes Christmas Ideas

Pancake ingredients:

• Pancake mix (plus ingredients stated on the mix)
• Fried bacon
• Whipped cream
• Blueberries
• Cherry tomato or cherry
• Vegetable oil
• Star cookie cutter

 

To make reindeer pancakes / Rudolph pancake:

1. Make pancake batter according to package directions.
2. Drop a large pancake batter circle in hot oil. Drop a smaller (connected) pancake circle next to it for the nose. Drop two more small pancakes (not connected) for the ears. Cook according to package directions.
3. To assemble: place large pancake (with the connect mouth pancake) on plate. Place smaller pancake on top under the large pancake for an ear. Place last small pancake on top of large pancake as other ear.
4. Spray a dollop of whipped cream as the eye. Place blueberry in whipped cream as pupil.
5. On top of the pancake head, make fried bacon antlers.
6. Use a piece of the bacon for the mouth.
7. Place a red cherry tomato or cherry as a Rudolph’s nose.

These are fun pancakes to make after you read or watch Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer!

If you want to stay with a holiday cartoon breakfast theme ideas, grab the Grinch pancake pan, too!

 

Christmas Morning Pancake Ideas #8: Dusted Snow Pancakes

Pancake ingredients:

• Pancake mix (plus ingredients stated on the mix)
• Confectioners sugar (powdered sugar)
• Vegetable oil
• Christmas cookie cutters

 

To make Christmas snow scene pancakes:

1. Make pancake batter according to package directions.
2. Drop pancake batter circles in hot oil, make large to smallest. (You can make as many as you want.) Cook according to package directions.
3. To assemble: place pancake on plate.
4. Place a cookie cutter in the middle of the pancake (do not cut, just place it on top as a stencil).
5. Dust with powdered sugar all around the cookie cutter (but not in the middle).
6. Remove cookie cutter and serve.

You can also use holiday stencils like this.

 

Christmas Morning Pancake Ideas #9: Hot Chocolate Pancakes

Pancake ingredients:

• Chocolate pancake mix (plus ingredients stated on the mix)
• Chocolate syrup
• Mini marshmallows
• Crushed peppermint candy canes (optional)
• Vegetable oil

 

To make hot chocolate pancakes:

1. Make pancake batter according to package directions.
2. Drop large pancake batter circles in hot oil. Cook according to package directions.
3. To assemble: place pancakes in stack on a plate.
4. Drizzle chocolate syrup over pancake stacks.
5. Top with mini marshmallows and crushed candy canes (optional).
6. Drizzle with a little more chocolate syrup.

This Christmas breakfast recipe is a great idea for Christmas breakfast for adults, too!

 

Christmas Morning Pancake Ideas #10: Cookie Cutter Mini Christmas Pancakes

Pancake ingredients:

• Pancake mix (plus ingredients stated on the mix)
• Powdered sugar
• Christmas cookie cutters

 

To make mini Christmas pancakes:

1. Make pancake batter according to package directions.
2. Drop a pancake batter circle in hot oil. Cook according to package directions.
3. To assemble: place cooked pancake circles on cutting board. Using a Christmas cookie cutter, cut shapes out of pancakes.
4. Dust with powdered sugar to serve.

These pancakes shapes ideas are only limited by the cookie cutter shapes you want to use! They almost look like a pancake Christmas ornament!

These small pancakes are great if you’re looking for Christmas finger foods for toddlers (or even breakfast ideas for 4 year olds / preschoolers) because kids can easily eat them with their hands.

They make great Christmas morning snacks, breakfast snacks for party, or even finger foods for Christmas brunch.

 

Christmas Morning Pancake Ideas #11: Christmas Mouse Pancake Shape

Pancake ingredients:

• Pancake mix (plus ingredients stated on the mix)
• Blueberries
• Apple sticks
• Blue candy piece (like a blue M&M) or another blueberry (for nose)
• Whipped cream
• Blue and white candy sprinkles (optional)
• Powdered sugar (optional)
• Vegetable oil

 

To make Twas Night Before Christmas mouse pancakes:

1. Make pancake batter according to package directions.
2. Drop pancake batter circles in hot oil, one large one for face and two small one for ears. Cook according to package directions.
3. To assemble cooked pancakes: place largest circle pancake on plate. Place smaller circle pancake above for ears. 
4. For the face: use blueberries for eyes, apple sticks for whiskers, and another blueberry or blue M&M for nose.
5. Spray a whipped cream triangle at top of head for a winter hat.
6. Sift powdered sugar over plate. (optional)
7. Finish by sprinkling with white and blue candy sprinkles. (optional)

This is one of my favorite Christmas pancakes ideas because you can read Twas The Night Before Christmas on Christmas Eve and then make Not a Creature Was Stirring Christmas pancakes for Christmas morning breakfast!

 

MORE HOLIDAY FUN FOR KIDS:How To Make Homemade Hot Chocolate

 

Have fun with these easy Christmas breakfasts!

Let us know which Christmas morning breakfast pancakes you choose to make with kids!

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