79 Riddles for Kids (With Answers)

Who says riddles can't be funny? In this section, we've got a collection of fun riddles that will have the littles thinking and giggling at the same time.

From playful word tricks to silly scenarios, these funny riddles are sure to spark some smiles. Some might even leave you scratching your head — especially when the answer is only one word or something spelled differently than expected.

So, get ready for a round of riddles where humor and wordplay come together for a good laugh.

1. Which fish costs the most?

Answer: A goldfish.

2. Why are teddy bears never hungry?

Answer: Because they are always stuffed.

3. What happens when a sheep studies karate?

Answer: A lamb chop.

4. What kind of band never plays instruments?

Answer: A rubber band.

5. What building has the most stories?

Answer: A library.

6. Why don't skeletons fight each other?

Answer: Because they don't have the guts.

7. What kind of tree fits in your hand?

Answer: A palm tree.

8. What's really easy to get into and hard to get out of?

Answer: Trouble.

9. Where would you take a sick boat?

Answer: To the dock.

10. Bobby's mother has three children: Snap, Crackle and ___?

Answer: Bobby.

11. Imagine you are trapped in a closet with a locked door. How do you get out?

Answer: Stop imagining.

12. What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire?

Answer: Frostbite.

13. What room do ghosts avoid?

Answer: The living room.

14. Why don't eggs tell jokes?

Answer: Because they might crack up.

15. What's orange and sounds like a parrot?

Answer: A carrot.

16. Why did the student eat his homework?

Answer: Because his teacher told him it was a piece of cake.

17. What has hands but can't clap?

Answer: A clock.

18. Why was the math book sad?

Answer: Because it had too many problems.

19. What runs but never gets tired?

Answer: A refrigerator.

20. Why did the bicycle fall over?

Answer: Because it was two-tired.

Ready for some quick and fun brain teasers? In this section, we've gathered easy riddles that are perfect for younger kids or anyone just getting started with riddles. These simple puzzles will help boost problem-solving skills while providing a sense of accomplishment.

1. What has a face but can't smile?

Answer: A clock.

2. What has legs but doesn't walk?

Answer: A chair.

3. What can you catch but not throw?

Answer: A cold.

4. What has keys but can't open locks?

Answer: A piano.

5. What has a head and a tail but no body?

Answer: A coin.

6. What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?

Answer: Silence.

7. What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?

Answer: Teapot.

8. What is full of holes but still holds a lot of weight?

Answer: A sponge.

9. The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

Answer: Darkness.

10. What can travel around the world while staying in the corner?

Answer: A stamp.

11. What goes up but never comes down?

Answer: Your age.

12. What comes down but never goes up?

Answer: Rain.

13. I'm tall when I'm young and short when I'm old. What am I?

Answer: A candle.

14. I sometimes run but I cannot walk. What am I?

Answer: A nose.

15. What has a neck but no head?

Answer: A bottle.

Think you've mastered the easy ones? In this section, we've included a mix of hard riddles that will challenge even the sharpest minds.

These puzzles require a little more thinking and creativity, pushing kids to approach problems from new angles. The hardest riddles can get the whole family working together to solve!

1. In a one-story house, there is a green chair, green bed, green computer, green couch, green flowers, green carpet and green table. What color is the staircase?

Answer: There is no staircase. It's a single-story house.

2. If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea, what does it become?

Answer: Wet.

3. If a red house is made with red bricks, and a blue house is made with blue bricks, and an orange house is made with orange bricks, what is a greenhouse made of?

Answer: Usually glass, so plants can grow more easily.

4. What has four fingers and a thumb but isn't alive?

Answer: A glove.

5. You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don't see a single person on the boat. Why not?

Answer: They're all married.

6. How many animals did Moses take on the ark?

Answer: Zero. Noah took them.

7. How many letters are there in the alphabet?

Answer: There are 11: three in "the" and eight in "alphabet."

8. I'm light as a feather, yet most people can't hold me for five minutes. What am I?

Answer: Your breath. (Fun fact: The longest breath hold was almost 25 minutes long!)

9. What starts with a 'P,' ends with an 'E' and has thousands of letters?

Answer: Post office.

10. Grandpa went for a walk, and it started raining. He forgot to bring an umbrella and didn't have a hat. When he got home, his clothes were soaking wet, but not a hair on his head was wet. How was this possible?

Answer: Grandpa is bald.

11. What word begins with E and ends with E but only contains one letter?

Answer: Envelope.

12. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, and has a bed but never sleeps?

Answer: A river.

13. What English word has three consecutive double letters?

Answer: Bookkeeper.

14. What is always in front of you but can't be seen?

Answer: The future.

15. What can be cracked, made, told and played?

Answer: A joke.

16. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

Answer: The letter "m."

17. What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?

Answer: Your right elbow.

18. What has one head, one foot and four legs?

Answer: A bed.

19. I'm not alive, but I can grow. I don't have lungs, but I need air. I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?

Answer: Fire.

20. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

Answer: Footsteps.

This list includes creative puzzles about all kinds of creatures, from the smallest bugs to the biggest beasts. The kids in your life can practice critical thinking while learning a bit more about the animal kingdom.

1. What's a frog's favorite game?

Answer: Leapfrog.

2. What kind of lion never roars?

Answer: A dandelion.

3. What's black, white and blue?

Answer: A sad zebra.

4. What do you call a bear with no teeth?

Answer: A gummy bear.

5. What has a thousand needles but cannot sew?

Answer: A porcupine.

6. The alphabet goes from A to Z, but I go Z to A. What am I?

Answer: A zebra.

7. I have wings, but I can't fly. I have legs, but I can't walk. I'm small, but I can leap high. What am I?

Answer: A grasshopper.

8. Why do bees have sticky hair?

Answer: Because they use honeycombs.

9. A rooster is sitting on the roof of a barn facing west. If it laid an egg, would the egg roll to the north or to the south?

Answer: It's impossible; roosters don't lay eggs.

10. A cowboy rode into town on Friday. Three days later, he left on Friday. How is that possible?

Answer: Friday is the name of his horse.

11. I grow down as I grow up. What am I?

Answer: A goose. (Goose feathers are called down.)

12. What animal can you always find at a baseball game?

Answer: A bat.

13. I have a long neck and love to eat leaves from tall trees. What am I?

Answer: A giraffe.

14. I have a shell, but I'm not a snail. I can swim, but I'm not a fish. What am I?

Answer: A tortoise.

Ready to solve some math mysteries? In this section, we've got a collection of math riddles that make numbers and equations both fun and challenging. These puzzles will get kids thinking creatively while, in some cases, also practicing their math skills.

1. Sarah goes to the supermarket and buys 10 tomatoes. Unfortunately, on the way back home, all but nine get ruined. How many tomatoes are left in a good condition?

Answer: Nine.

2. Mrs. Jones has four daughters. Each daughter has a brother. How many kids are there in total?

Answer: Five, there are four daughters and one son. Each daughter has the same brother.

3. Mrs. Brown has five daughters. Each of these daughters has a brother. How many children does Mrs. Brown have?

Answer: Six children. Each daughter has the same brother. There are five daughters and one son.

4. If there are seven oranges and you take three away, how many oranges do you have?

Answer: Three, since that's how many you took.

5. You have a basket that's 1 foot in diameter and 1 foot deep. How many apples can you fit in the empty basket?

Answer: None, because once you place anything inside, the basket isn't empty anymore.

6. When Rebecca was eight years old, her little brother, Bob, was half her age. If Rebecca is 20 years old today, how old is Bob?

Answer: 16.

7. I am an odd number. Take away one letter, and I become even. What number am I?

Answer: Seven. (Take away the "s," and you're left with "even.")

8. If two's company and three's a crowd, what are four and five?

Answer: Nine.

9. I am a number. When you multiply me by any other number, the answer is always the same. What number am I?

Answer: Zero.

10. How many months have 28 days?

Answer: All of them. (Every month has at least 28 days; most have more.)

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