We had a wafer cookie air show at my house last weekend! We made wafer cookie airplanes and wafer cookie helicopters, and if the kitty wasn’t crying for attention, we probably would have gone on to make a whole fleet of aircraft.
I bought every variety my store had (and I may or may not have bought more than one of each). A girl needs color, filling and flavor options when it comes to making wafer cookie airplanes and wafer cookie helicopters. Umm, she does.
There’s no right or wrong when making wafer cookie crafts… just have fun! And nobody’s gonna be mad if you taste a little along the way. I mean, wafer cookies are pretty irresistible, and you might accidentally (wink, wink) break a cookie while you’re creating.
First, we made a biplane, and I think this is my favorite.
Then we made a helicopter.
And finally we made a jumbo jet.
A tutorial on how to make each of these would burn a hole in my brain, so I’m just going to give you an overall guideline of how to get crafty with your wafer cookies. You can copy what we did from the photographs, create from your own imagination or follow a diagram from a book.
Tips for making Wafer Cookie Airplanes and Wafer Cookie Helicopters
Use frosting as an adhesive.
To make wings, pull apart the wafer cookie into halves.
Cut cookies with a sharp knife into desired shapes.
Make sure the joints overlap (as if building a brick wall).
Use the weight of full cookies to secure the weight of the lighter wing sections.
Notch cookies with a knife to secure tail pieces.
Use pretzel sticks and mini marshmallows for wheels and axles.
For airplane propeller blades, push two thin strips of cookie into a mini marshmallow and use a pretzel stick to attach to the body of the plane.
Aren’t they fun? I can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with!
If you have leftover cookies, use them to make these chocolate caramel wafer bars!
Lisa Favre says
My father-in-law would SO have an appreciation for this! He flies model planes and this would be a great DIY/recipe for him for his birthday.
Toni | BoulderLocavore.com says
These are so cool! Would be perfect for birthdays or just a fun after school snacks!
Beeb Ashcroft says
My daughter is full grown and strawberry wafer cookies are still her favorite. This would be a great idea for all kinds of parties or classes or just a great mom-kid craft. Thanks for sharing!
Rebecca West says
Adorable! Thanks for linking up with us at Welcome Home Wednesdays! Hope you’ll stop by again this week!
Brett @ This Mama Loves says
We love wafer cookies here- these will be fun to make with the kiddos!!Thank you for joining us at Delicious Dishes- hope to see you again this week!
Jennifer H says
How creative and fun! I’m going to have to pick some up for my boys and see what they can come up with. 🙂
Shaylee Field says
Whoa! Who knew you could make such cool things with wafer cookies! I’m thoroughly impressed!
Marielle Altenor says
This is one of those moments when it is completely ok to play with your food! lol I remember eating these wafers as a kid. My favorite is vanilla. I bought some not too long ago and hmmm doesn’t really taste the same lol
Camesha | Mama Motivator says
Can I tell you how much I LOVED these cookies as a kid! I haven’t seen them in so long. I’m going to have to really look for them the next time I’m at the store. These airplanes are the cutest!
Taylor Ebner says
This is precious! I cannot wait to do this with my son!
Tracey says
This is so awesome and so creative! Great afternoon snack activity for kiddos!
Enricoh Alfonzo says
holy spatula!!! i love love waffle cookies!!! this is such a brilliant idea i cant wait to try it out
Rosey says
Digging the helicopter. And I agree, a girl must have color options for wafer creations. 🙂
Jenna says
These are so clever! I do t think we have so many different coloured wafers in the U.K.?!
Helen at Casa Costello says
These are too cute! I think we can only get the strawberry wafers here in the UK but would love to try the helicopter.
Berlin says
This wafer idea is so cool. No doubt my boys would appreciate this very much. Haha. I will surely buy a bag full of wafer and create cars and airplanes, too. Or a soccer field since my boys are into soccer and its easier to make.
Lisa Rios says
My goodness, this is cute, I am loving that simple yet beautiful looking wafer cookie airplanes & helicopters. The biplane is my favorite as well & I would love to try this one for my kids & they are going to love it.
Maya says
Haha so cute! My nana used to eat these allll the time! I’ll have to make on in her honor 🙂
wendy says
These are too cute! This would be great to do with your kids at home or a project for school! I think it is fun to eat your creations!
Bee says
I’ll try making this for my Nephew. He loves aeroplanes. Thanks for the tips cause I wouldn’t know how to put it together
tp kean says
Awe that’s so cute. I know my two boys would love this and would have air-attacks on the dog, who would win the day and snatch it from their hands. Fun.
Jessica says
How creative you are. Wafers are easy to break but you even made helicopter from it.
Alyssa C says
What a cool idea! I love wafers and I would totally love to make this with my daughters!
victoria says
Omg this is so cool and fun. I love this so colorful
Dreammerin says
What a great idea! The weekend is coming! Thanks for an inspiration to all of us!
Nikki Jenner says
Nice wafer cookie airplanes and helicopters, I like your creativeness! Hope I can make my own.
Tanya Brannan says
What a great idea! And if you make a mistake, you just eat it and do it again! What a bonus
Michele D says
I love wafer cookies. We buy them all the time. Such a cute idea making airplanes with them. My kids would love it!
Working mum Blog says
This is great Liz! I love that you can eat the creation afterwards. I can’t wait to make this with my son when he is older.
Charli Bruce says
These have got to be the coolest creations! You’ve definitely inspired me to get creative with my daughter, who knew you could make such fun things out of biscuits! x
Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says
Oh my gosh, I am so in awe of your creativity! These are fantastic!!
Ana says
Wow! It looks awesome as well as Yum! Have pinned your post and I will share it with my friend who is going to plan a birthday party for her daughter next week. Maybe we can have this awesome kids DIY activity!
Louisa says
That looks awesome. I love the pale yet rich colors of the wafers and your shots are just excellent. What an interesting contest.
Rebecca Bryant says
You are so creative and you really have fun with your food. I need to come over and enjoy your cooking process.
Kenia says
Wow you’re creative, I can’t imagine how much fun it was eating the wafers after 🙂
suchi says
This is so creative and such a fun idea! would love to try it for my daughter!
mya.k says
I love eating these so I think this wold be hard for me to do this by myself haha. But I would love to do this with my mom or sister some time soon, It would be so much fun.
mya.k says
I love eating these so I think this wold be hard for me to do this by myself haha. But I would love to do this with my mom or sister some time soon, It would be so much fun.
Amanda Love says
This is just too cute and now Madison who was watching while I was reading your post now wants me to make them. While I’d prefer to just eat them like that, guess I’ll be making airplanes with my wafers soon. 🙂
Kristen says
I loved those wafer cookies when I was a kid!
This looks like a fun project to do with my niece.
Lori Felix says
Your wafer cookie airplanes and helicopters are so cute and creative. These would be great treats for a party.
Nayna Kanabar says
How very cute and so creative too. They look great.
Miss Kitty Kaos says
These look so cool! Mine would come out a complete mess so I am really impressed x
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Ana De- Jesus says
So imaginative, your wafer cookie airplanes would be a brilliant idea for my nephews upcoming birthday party!
Melanie Edjourian says
brilliant, i think my girls would love making those, great idea thanks for sharing x
Julie Syl Kalungi says
Lololllllooooolest at burning a hole in your brain. Do you know how much fun lots of big kids would enjoy watching you on video creating those cookie planes and eating the lot lolol! Go on make my day 🙂
Lee says
My friend Gloria works in the Kidergarten room and is always looking for fun crafts. This is just too cute and edible. Thank you!
Lee
Emily says
Haha these are so cute and fun!! Can I eat it when I’m done creating it 😉 tehe
Tori Gabriel says
These are awesome creations. I love wafers which appears to be unusual. Most of the time wafers are left forlornly in the biscuit barrel. Oh well, I’m not complaining.
mary says
My youngest son loves to build. Blocks, Legos, KNex, anything. He will LOVE THIS
laura londergan says
OMG – these are amazing and would be a perfect snack/ craft activity to do for the kids – they could make their own.
Inspiring Kitchen says
How creative! Those wafer cookies are too cute. This will be a hit with kids.
tara pittman says
These are yummy cookies. I would have to buy lots of packages so that we also had some for eating.
Ann Bacciaglia says
This is a great idea. My kids will love it. I will have to make some this weekend,
Fomo Queen says
What a fun ideal to do with kids! Now if only they could fly. lol.
Tonya C says
Now this is the ultimate play with your food! My kids would love this! Thanks for sharing!
Kathy says
That is such a cute idea. My daughters would have fun making these. They already love wafer cookies, so I know they’d enjoy this.
Carol Cassara says
Very very cute! I used to love wafer cookies as a kid. YOu could use this design for other things, like vegetables, I’ll bet….
Dawn says
These are so neat looking. As a child, wafers were one of my favorite treats! I bet kids would also love making this tasty helicopter!
Nicole Escat says
I want to try this, my son loves airplanes and helicopters. He also loves wafers so what a perfect combination!
Terri Beavers says
I bet my grand kids would love to make wafer cookie airplanes. I’ll have to let them try and encourage them to make other things as well.
Rachel Mouton says
These are adorable and they look so easy to make! I know my kiddos would love them 🙂
Tiina A says
What a funny idea to make from water cookies! My nephew is a fan of airplanes and wants to be a pilot – this is what I will do with him next time 🙂
Seattle Travel Blogger says
I love your pictures.
They kind of remind me of a tasty game of Jenga!
Laura H says
These are some really impressive pieces! It would be such a shame to eat them though after making something so cool 🙁 I’m impressed you managed to make them balance!
Rakel says
What a funny and great idea! It looks so nice and delicious! Thanks for sharing!!!
Danne Reed says
Wow, you are very creative! I like decorating with wafers, all the colors look so fun!
Rachel says
This is so clever and they look so good, as someone who loves wafers I would never have time to make the airplanes as I would be eating them x
Akhil Sharma says
Wafers are my favorite from childhood and I still crave for them. Transforming them into toys and airplanes is really creative and require efforts. These are really amazing. You helicopter is mouth watering, can I eat it 😛
Nikki says
I love wafer cookies! I love those colors and this cool idea. You are such a creative person!
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says
How cute are these! I bet that kids would have so much fun making them. Even adults would have fun making them 🙂
Karlaroundtheworld | Karla says
Right on! That’s how you eat those fun lil’ snacks, and I don’t see it as “making fun of it”. Voortman is also a great choice!
Margot C says
That’s amazing, When my brother and I were kids we used to meticulously try to cut those cookies up and build stuff with ’em (in a pre-lego era).
Angie Scheie says
This is such a great idea!! Those turned out really nice! Too cool to eat 😀
Alison says
I love a good wafer but I have always just eaten them and not built something cool like you did! I may need to play with my food a little more before just eating it!
Shelley Joy P says
So creative and adorable! I know my kids would enjoy this fun activity 🙂 Thanks!
Elizabeth O. says
This sounds like a fun activity for the kids this summer! Who knew you could make airplanes with wafers. You get to play and eat, I have no qualms about that for sure! I love that they have a lot of flavors as well.
Bella B (xoxoBella) says
Oh my goodness…how fun and clever is this. I need to pull out the wafers!
Carrie says
These are adorable! I think my son would love this and okay if Im being honest my husband too! 🙂
Adriana Lopez Martin says
I love those cookies they are so tasty and your DIY using them is genius, hoping all is well with you amiga long time no see =)
Nancy at Whispered Inspirations says
These are so cute and creative. I know that my kids would love to create them and eat them!
mya.k says
I love these and it’s so amazing to see people make things out of them rather than eating.
CourtneyLynne says
Omg!!! How cool are these airplanes?!?! My daughter would go absolutely insane if she saw these. Might just have to get some waffers and build with them!
Jocelyn @ Hip Mama's Place says
We love wafers in our house! Those plane designs look fun! I love the biplane most!
Carol Bryant says
I still eat these and am not ashamed to say it. Now I need to try this airplane project with them. Yum!
Theresa says
I haven’t had these wafer cookies in years. Mom used to buy them all the time. I need to go pick up a few packs for summer snacking and crafting now. Your planes are adorable!
Megan Elford says
They make Orange Cream flavour?? How did I not know that? We LOVE wafer cookies — I’m thinking ours wouldn’t last long enough to re-create any of these wonderful planes. We’d eat them too fast!
Cindy Ingalls says
How cute and yummy!
Ashley @irishred02 says
These look like they were fun to make and eat! So colorful!
Scott says
Those look super easy to build with. I’d bet they’d make an awesome ‘gingerbread’ house for the holidays!
Kimberly says
Your creations are so cool!! My daughter was addicted to these wafers when she was little. She loved them!!
Lois Alter Mark says
Those are the cutest things ever! And I love that you can eat your mistakes 🙂
Audrey Kidwell says
This takes playing with your food to a whole other level! Such a fun activity for children!
Vera Sweeney says
I want to eat my cookies this way!! What a fun way to eat cookies, I know m youngest would love this i we did it.
Marcie W. says
What a fun (and delicious) activity idea. This would be a great way to kick off summer vacation!
Alessia says
What an amazing post! You’re an artist, I’m in love !!!
Xxx
Lee says
That is a super thing to create with kids. The only problem is…I love wafer cookies so I may eat them all before anything gets built.
Denise C says
Those are super cute. I haven’t had a wafer cookie in forever!
Jeanine says
Oh my goodness. These are SO creative. My kids would for sure love making these, they are also awesome I adore wafer cookies!
Neely (@Neelykins) says
Oh my goodnesss this is such a cute idea. Plus I love wafer cookies!
Fashion and Style Police says
Same here. I will eat them all. Lol.
Angela Tolsma says
haha these are awesome! Guarantee I’d eat them before being able to create anything!
Robin Rue (@massholemommy) says
Hahaha, same here. I am addicted to wafer cookies.
Cori says
Cool! My brother would have loved to do this when he was younger.
Annemarie LeBlanc says
Your wafer airplanes are so cute! My grand daughter would love to “eat” those airplanes. We’ll have to make these when she comes over to visit this weekend.
Life as Mum says
Ha! My girls would love to make this!
Tracy @ Ascending Butterfly says
I would probably eat more than I craft! LOL 🙂
Rhian Westbury says
You must have had such patience to create these, they almost look too good to eat haha x
Dia All The Things I Do says
Haha this is so random! I love it! I love wafers, haven’t had them in a long time!
Emma Bee (@Emmabuzzybee) says
i love the pink ones, never knew there were other colours and flavours too!
looks like fun, shame to eat them afterwards!
Alissa Apel says
These are fun. I think it would be a blast to make them for a party. Then everyone could choose to eat what they’ve made, or keep it.
Candy says
What a fun eatable craft.
Jenn @ EngineerMommy says
What a fun treat! Those helicopters look like so much fun! And my whole family really loves those wafer cookies. I’d love to try to make these helicopters.
Elena says
That looks pretty creative. Kids would love this idea
Jolina says
OMG this is too cute! My nephew would love this (if I can stop him long enough from eating the wafers lol)
Stacie @ Divine Lifestyle says
That’s so cool! I love all the variety of planes you made, too. The bi-plane is the best.
Mj says
I love wafers and these are just so cute. My toddler would probably devour them before we could make these cute creations but I will give this a try. So fun.
StressedMum says
Oh wow they are really good, I have never seen anything like this before, but what a great idea x
Kita says
OMG! How cute is this? I love wafers. Now I want to buy a bag and make fun designs with my kids. They would love this.
Alli Smith says
My grandson is spending the day with me and I showed him these wafter airplanes and helicopters and he said that we need to make these ASAP. Wafter cookies have been a favorite since my childhood. They are so light and crispy and delicious. These planes are awesome!
Ana Elizabeth says
This can be a great activity for kids. Creativity plus delicious wafer, that would be too cute. Kids will surely love this.
LaShawn says
I have not had waffers in SO long! LOL. these are so cute! I would almost hate to destroy them by eating them!
Robin Rue (@massholemommy) says
Those are almost too cute too eat! What a fun way to “play” with your food 🙂