Do your kids love to challenge things, always asking ‘why’ to everything you say? Do they also love puzzles and figuring things out? Then how about you challenge them to solve some riddles for kids!
Encourage their creative thinking or use them in a fun dinnertime conversation – some are even jokes for kids too! They can even tell their friends at school too and maybe they’ll all start solving riddles.
Funny Riddles for Kids
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg!
What has a neck but no head?
A bottle!
What’s really easy to get into but hard to get out of?
Trouble! (a great one for kids!)
Three men are in a boat. It capsized, but only two got their hair wet. Why?
One man had no hair!
What kind of tree can you hold in the palm of your hand?
A palm! Get it?
What can make an octopus laugh?
Ten tickles (tentacles).
Why are teddy bears never hungry?
Because they are always stuffed!
What is black, white, and pink all over?
An embarrassed zebra!
Why did Mickey Mouse become an astronaut?
He wanted to visit Pluto!
If you drop a blue hat in the Red sea, what does it become?
Wet!
Tricky Riddles For Kids
What can you hear, but not see or touch, even though you control it?
Your voice!
There’s a one-story yellow house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What colour are the stairs?
There aren’t any—it’s a one-story house. (this may be a little tricky for them, but give them time and we bet they’ll have the answer!)
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness!
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise (you can teach them about kindness here!)
Adam’s father has three sons: Aaron, Andrew, and what’s the third one’s name?
Adam!
How do you make the number ‘one’ disappear?
Add the letter G and it’s ‘Gone’.
What has words, but never speaks?
A book.
I sometimes run, but I cannot walk. You always follow me around. What am I?
Your nose!
What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Your name.
It often follows you and copies your every move. Yet you can never touch it or catch it. What is it?
A shadow! If it’s a sunny day, demonstrate this riddle outside too and make it a learning opportunity!
Classic Riddles For Kids
What has hands, but can’t clap?
A clock!
What gets wet while drying?
A towel.
What has legs but can’t walk?
A table or a chair.
What has keys but can’t open a single lock?
A piano!
What can you catch, but not throw?
A cold.
What has a head and a tail but no body?
A coin!
What kind of room has no doors or windows?
A mushroom!
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window.
What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
A staircase.
A mixture of funny riddles, out of the box thinking riddles and even a Disney riddle!
Even we didn’t know the answers to some of these, so it’ll be a fun challenge for your kiddies. See how they get on!
If you’re in need of other activities to do with your kids, read more on our blog:
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