Looking for thought-provoking activities to keep kids engaged without screens? Riddles are a great way to challenge kids and activate their brains while working together and having fun.
From easy riddles kids will be proud to figure out on their own to more challenging riddles you can solve together, it’s time to put your thinking caps on and enjoy these mind-stimulating and funny riddles for kids. Don’t worry about getting stumped — we provide the answers.
Easy riddles for kids
1. What has legs but doesn’t walk?
A table.
2. What has a face and two hands but no arms and legs?
A clock.
3. What has keys but can’t open locks?
A piano.
4. What has ears but cannot hear?
Corn.
5. What goes up but never comes down?
Your age.
6. Which month of the year has 28 days?
All of them.
Hard riddles for kids
7. What has 13 hearts but no other organs?
A deck of cards.
8. What can you catch but not throw?
A cold.
9. What gets wet while it’s drying?
A towel.
10. What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg.
11. What has many teeth but can’t bite?
A comb.
Math riddles for kids
12. What number, when multiplied by any other number, always remains the same?
Zero.
13. What odd number becomes even when you take away one letter?
Seven.
14. What’s a math teacher’s favorite dessert?
Pi.
15. If you add five to nine, how is it possible to get two?
Measuring in hours, five hours after 9 a.m. is 2 p.m.
16. If one bag has a pound of sugar and the other bag has a pound of dirt, which will be heavier?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.
Animal riddles for kids
17. Why are teddy bears never hungry?
Because they are always stuffed.
18. What do you call a bear with no teeth?
A gummy bear.
19. What animal can carry a house on its back?
A snail.
20. What has a trunk but is not a car?
An elephant.
21. What’s a bird that cannot fly?
A penguin.
‘What am I?’ riddles for kids
22. I have a tail and head but no body. What am I?
A coin.
23. I can fill a room, but I take up no space. What am I?
Air.
24. I’m tall when I’m young, but I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle.
25. I’m not alive, but I can grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
A fire.
26. I have a neck but no head. What am I?
A bottle.
