Try These Fun Riddles for Kids to Get Your Little Ones Thinking Outside the Box
Finding ways to entertain kids can seem difficult these days. While children of yesteryear loved spending time outside more than anything else, kiddos today have screens to keep them endlessly entertained inside. So, what can you do to amuse and enthrall your little ones without electronics? We suggest adding a few tried-and-true riddles for kids to the conversation.
Unlike knock-knock jokes and other jokes for kids, whose purpose is primarily laughter, riddles are designed to get the mental cogs moving, which can help teach your kids to become deeper thinkers. Of course, that's not to say all riddles for kids are a serious learning experience—some are just plain goofy and fun.
To help you unveil the wonders of riddles to your little one, ahead you'll find 31 riddles for kids. With answers ranging from easy to hard, funny to thought-provoking, they are bound to make your child think outside the box, and—more importantly—the screen.
Fun Riddles for Kids with Answers
Q: What do you call a bear with no teeth?
A: A gummy bear.
Q: What has to be broken before you can use it?
A: An egg.
Q: I jump when I walk and sit when I stand. What am I?
A: Kangaroo
Q: Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How?
A: They are a grandfather, father, and son.
Q: If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
A: Nine.
Q: What question can you never answer yes to?
A: Are you asleep yet?
Q: What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A: A promise.
Q: What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
A: A river.
Q: What goes through cities and fields, but never moves?
A: A road.
Q: People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?
A: Money.
Q: What starts with a P, ends with an E, and has thousands of letters?
A: The post office.
Q: What do you call a pig that does karate?
A: A pork chop.
Q: What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?
A: Day, and night.
Q: What is the end of everything?
A: The letter “g”.
Q: How many seconds are in a year?
A: Twelve — January 2nd, February 2nd, March 2nd…
Q: What kind of lion never roars?
A: A dandelion.
Q: What do you call a dog magician?
A: A labracadabrador.
Q: I’m lighter than a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
A: Your breath.
Q: What would you find in the middle of Toronto?
A: The letter “o.”
Q: What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?
A: A deck of cards.
Q: What has hands and a face, but can’t hold anything or smile?
A: A clock.
Q: It belongs to you, but your friends use it more. What is it?
A: Your name.
Q: What can you catch but not throw?
A: A cold.
Q: Where would you take a sick boat?
A: To the dock.
Q: What is made of water, but if you put it into water it vanishes?
A: An ice cube.
Q: I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
A: Seven.
Q: What goes up but never comes back down?
A: Your age.
Q: What word begins with E and ends with E, but only has one letter?
A: Envelope.
Q: A cowgirl road into town on Friday. Three days later, she left on Friday. How is that possible?
A: Friday is the name of her horse.
Q: Ms. Smith has four daughters. Each daughter has a brother. How many kids are there in total?
A: Five, there are four daughters and one son. Each daughter has the same brother.
Q: I am always hungry and will die if not fed, but whatever I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
A: Fire.
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