101 Best Riddles For Kids That Won't Be Too Hard To Solve

Not every riddle is an easy riddle, but there are plenty of riddles for kids that all ages can appreciate and maybe even solve. A riddle will ask an (often quirky) question, which requires an answer and might even leave you scratching your head. In fact, some riddles can take days or weeks to figure out because they’re just so thought-provoking and profound. But since these are for your little chicken nuggets, we’ve decided not to do that. Instead, we’ve scoured the internet for the best kid-friendly, brain-teasing verbal puzzles we could find. Even though they’re designed for little ones, this doesn’t mean you won’t be stumped (which is a good thing). Answering riddles is a brain exercise, sure. Doing them with your kids, though, is like rolling around in a bouncy house. It’s a bit of a workout, but a good time.

If you’re looking for some fun ways to pass the time with your kiddos and have already gone through fun facts, jokes for kids, and knock-knock jokes, then you’ve come to the right spot. Here are the absolute best riddles to test you and your kids’ skills.

Easy Riddles for Kids

1. What begins with “T,” ends with “T,” and has “T” in it? A teapot.
2. What begins with an “E” but only has one letter? An envelope.
3. What has words but never speaks? A book.
4. What’s full of holes but still holds water? A sponge.
5. What goes up but never comes back down? Your age.
6. Where do you find keys that won’t work in a lock? On a piano.
7. What can travel around the world without leaving its corner? A stamp.
8. What room doesn’t have any windows? Mushroom.
9. What has a thumb and four fingers but is not a hand? A glove.
10. What has legs but can’t walk? A table.
11. What has teeth but can’t bite? A comb.
12. What invention lets you look right through a wall? A window.
13. What gets wet when drying? Towel.
14. What do you taste twice a day but never eat? Toothpaste.
15. What is white, cold, see-through, and says, “Boo”? A ghost.

Animal Riddles for Kids

1. Why do ducks have tail feathers? To cover their buttquacks.
2. Where do cows go for entertainment? The moo-vies.
3. What has a thousand needles but doesn’t sew? A porcupine.
4. Where do fish keep their money? In the riverbank.
5. Where do monkeys get their exercise? The jungle gym.
6. What’s black, white, and blue? A melancholy zebra.
7. What is one but with 100 legs? A centipede.
8. If a rooster lays an egg on the exact peak of a barn, which side does it fall? Roosters don’t lay eggs.
9. I’m the king of dinosaurs, but I’m definitely not the biggest. Who am I? T-Rex.
10. What three-letter word is a mousetrap? Cat.
11. How can you keep an elephant from charging? Take away its credit card.
12. What is as big as a hippo but weighs nothing at all? A hippo’s shadow.

Funny Riddles for Kids

1. What does a cloud wear under its rain jacket? Thunderwear.
2. Why are ghosts such bad liars? You can see right through them.
3. Why couldn’t the moon finish his meal? He was full.
4. What do you call a grandfather clock? An old-timer.
5. Which letter of the alphabet has the most water? The “C.”
6. Where did one wall meet the other wall? On the corner.
7. Why can’t you give Elsa a balloon? She will “Let It Go.”
8. What kind of tree can you carry in your hand? A palm.
9. If you threw a yellow stone into a blue sea, what would it become? Wet.
10. When is a door not a door? When it’s ajar.
11. Why did the boy bury his flashlight? Because the batteries died.

Food Riddles for Kids

1. What gets cracked before you use it? An egg.
2. What do you call a sad strawberry? A blueberry.
3. What are two things people never eat before breakfast? Lunch and dinner.
4. What is one but made up of a hundred smalls? Corn on the cob.
5. What type of cheese is made backward? Edam.
6. People buy me to eat but never eat me. What am I? A plate.
7. I have a pearl white chest without a key or lid, inside of which golden treasure is hid. What am I? An egg.
8. It stands on one leg with its heart in its head. What is it? A cabbage.
9. What kind of nut has no shell? A doughnut.
10. I have a heart, but no other organs. What am I? An artichoke.
11. What’s green, has a hat, and doesn’t fit in the kitchen sink? Broccoli.
12. What has an eye but never cries, and shows up in every soup pot? A potato.

“What Am I?” Riddles

1. It belongs to you, but your friends use it more. What is it? Your name.
2. What goes up and down the stairs without moving? A carpet.
3. I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I? Breath.
4. What’s always in front of you but cannot be seen? The future.
5. What is tall when it’s young and short when it’s old? A candle.
6. What has four legs but only one foot? A bed.
7. What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs? A clock.
8. What has a neck but no head? A bottle.
9. If you don’t keep me, I’ll break. What am I? A promise.
10. You can touch me, but I can’t touch you back. You can see me, but I only reflect you and can never reject you. What am I? A mirror.
11. I am always running, but never get tired or hot. What am I? The refrigerator.
12. I do not have wings, but I can fly. I don’t have eyes, but I will cry! What am I? A cloud.
13. What can travel at nearly 100 miles per hour but never leave the room? A sneeze.
14. What has a tail and a head but no body? A coin.
15. What do you throw out when you want to use it but take in when you don’t want to use it? An anchor.
16. I have 1000 legs but cannot stand and a long neck but no head. What am I? A broom.
17. If you feed it, it lives. If you water it, it dies. What is it? Fire.
18. I don’t have eyes, ears, nose, and tongue, but I can see, smell, hear, and taste everything. What am I? A brain.
19. It has one eye but cannot see. What is it? A needle.
20. They come out at night without being called and are lost in the day without being stolen. What are they? Stars.

Math & Number Riddles for Kids

1. How can you make the number seven even? Remove the letter “S.”
2. Which month has 28 days? All of them, of course.
3. How many letters are there in the alphabet? Eleven: T-H-E-A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T.
4. How do you make the number “one” disappear? Add a “g” and it is “gone.”
5. If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what are four and five? Nine.
6. What’s the only number spelled with the same number of letters as its value? Four.
7. How many times can you subtract 5 from 25? Once. After that you’re subtracting from 20.
8. What number becomes zero when you subtract 15 from half of it? 30.
9. What three positive numbers give the same answer when you add them or multiply them? 1, 2, and 3.
10. A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 run away. How many are left? Nine.

Hard Riddles for Kids

1. What tire doesn’t move when the car turns right? The spare tire.
2. What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary? Wrong.
3. What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it? Silence.
4. What gets bigger when more is taken away? A hole.
5. If the red house is on the right and the blue house is on the left, where is the white house? Washington D.C.
6. What is orange on the outside, green on top, and yellow on the inside? A pumpkin.
7. When does Friday come before Thursday? In the dictionary.
8. A girl throws a ball as hard as she can. It comes back to her, even though nothing and nobody touches it. How? She throws it straight up.
9. What happens once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in one thousand years? The letter “M.”
10. If an electric train is traveling south, which way is the smoke going? There is no smoke; it’s an electric train!
11. What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? Short.
12. Kate’s mother has three children: Snap, Crackle, and ___? Kate, duh!
13. You’re running a race and, at the very end, you pass the person in second place. What place did you finish the race in? You finished in second place.
14. There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs? There aren’t any — it’s a one-story house.
15. You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible? All the people on the boat are married.
16. Take away my first letter, and I still sound the same. Take away my last letter, I still sound the same. Even take away my letter in the middle, I still sound the same. I am a five-letter word. What am I? Empty.
17. What is the one thing everyone can agree is between heaven and earth? The word “and.”
18. A cowboy rides into town on Friday. He stays three days, then rides out of town on Friday. How? His horse’s name was Friday.
19. It has been around for millions of years, but it is no more than a month old. What is it? The moon.
20. A precious stone, as clear as diamond. Seek it out while the sun’s out shining. Though you can walk on water with its power, try to keep it, and it’ll vanish in an hour. What am I? Ice.
21. Walk on the living; they don’t even mumble. Walk on the dead; they mutter and grumble. What am I? Leaves.

Which ones stumped your family?