When it is time for snack, why not make it fun! I did this with my son the other day to mix things up a bit.
I got a pipe cleaner and bent the end:
Then I told him to string the cheerios onto the pipecleaner, and once he had them strung he could take them off and eat them.
He took it very seriously. It made out to be a good excercise for hand eye cordination too!