125 Riddles for Kids (with Answers) ❤️ Funny and Easy Riddles
I have compiled a list of 125 of the best riddles for kids with answers, I could find! If you are an adult, you will also enjoy them, because some of them are quite tricky and hard. But there are also some very easy riddles, fun riddles, and riddles for both younger kids, middle schoolers and teens.
All the riddles have answers below them, so if you don’ want to see the answer, you can shield the screen with your hand or a piece of paper.
To get things started, I have listed my favorite Top 10 Riddles, and added the answers at the bottom of the page. So, you have to scroll down to find them. But after the first 10 riddles, the answer is shown directly below the riddle.
Top 10 Favorite Riddles for Kids.
1) What’s orange and sounds like a parrot?
(See answer at the bottom of the page. Funny riddle).
2) What loses it’s head in the morning and gets it back at night?
(See answer at the bottom of the page).
3) There were 30 cows on a farm and 28 chickens. How many didn’t?
(See answer at the bottom of the page. This one is a bit tricky..)
4) How far can you walk into a forest?
(See answer at the bottom of the page).
5) What’s a room without doors and windows?
(See answer at the bottom of the page. Easy riddle).
6) What word starts with e and ends with e but only has one letter?
(See answer at the bottom of the page).
7) A man leaves home, turns left, then left and left again. He then passes a guy in a mask but knows he’s safe. How does he know he is safe?
(See answer at the bottom of the page).
8) If there’s a bee in my hand, what’s in my eye?
(See answer at the bottom of the page. Funny answer).
9) What question can you never answer yes to?
(See answer at the bottom of the page).
10) What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
(See answer at the bottom of the page).
Popular Riddles for Kids (with Answers).
- Riddle: What gets sharper the more you use it?
Answer: Your brain - Riddle: What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
Answer: A penny - Riddle: What can fill a bathtub but weighs nothing?
Answer: Bubbles - Riddle: What has words, but never speaks?
Answer: A book - Riddle: What has ears but cannot hear?
Answer: A cornfield - Riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it?
Answer: An egg - Riddle: I am a five-letter word, and people eat me. If you remove the first letter, I become an energy form. If you remove the first two letters, I am needed to survive. Scramble the last three letters, and I am a drink. What word am I?
Answer: Wheat - Riddle: What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin - Riddle: What has a ring but no finger?
Answer: A telephone - Riddle: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter ‘M’ - Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps - Riddle: 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 - Riddle: What can you break without touching it?
Answer: A promise - Riddle: If you drop me, I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?
Answer: A mirror - Riddle: What has one eye but cannot see?
Answer: A needle - Riddle: What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
Answer: A piano - Riddle: What can go up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up?
Answer: An umbrella - Riddle: What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Answer: Light - Riddle: I am not alive, but I grow; I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
Answer: Fire - Riddle: What starts with a ‘P’, ends with an ‘E’, and has thousands of letters?
Answer: A post office - Riddle: What has a bottom at the top?
Answer: Your legs - Riddle: I am invisible, weigh nothing, and if you put me in a barrel, it will become lighter. What am I?
Answer: A hole - Riddle: There once were seven dwarfs who were all brothers. They were all born two years apart. The youngest dwarf is seven years old. How old is his oldest brother?
Answer: 19 years old - Riddle: I am a five-letter word, and people eat me. If you remove the first letter, I become an energy form. If you remove the first two letters, I am needed to survive. Scramble the last three letters, and I am a drink. What word am I?
Answer: Wheat - Riddle: It spends most of its day eating white, but when it’s quick enough, it gets to eat fruit and sometimes some blue things. It’s in a dark room, where the walls are blue, it runs from a ghost that roams the halls and haunts it all the time. What is it?
Answer: Pac-Man - Riddle: A man is shown a portrait painting. He looks closely, then yells, “Brothers and sisters have I none, but that man’s father is my father’s son!” Who is the man in the portrait?
Answer: The man’s son - Riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it?
Answer: An egg - Riddle: What belongs to you, but others use it more than you?
Answer: Your name - Riddle: What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Your age - Riddle: Mrs. Jones has four daughters. Each of her daughters has one brother. How many children does Mrs. Jones have?
Answer: Five - Riddle: 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. - Riddle: What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence - Riddle: What can run but not walk, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
Answer: A river - Riddle: What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right hand?
Answer: Your right elbow - Riddle: I fly without wings, I cry without eyes. Whenever I go, darkness flies. What am I?
Answer: A cloud - Riddle: What has words, but never speaks?
Answer: A book - Riddle: What has one head, one foot, and four legs?
Answer: A bed - Riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it?
Answer: An egg - Riddle: What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
Answer: An artichoke - Riddle: What can you break without touching it?
Answer: A promise - Riddle: What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence - Riddle: What is always before you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future - Riddle: What starts with a ‘P’, ends with an ‘E’, and has thousands of letters?
Answer: A post office.
Below, we have added 70 more riddles for kids, and placed them in categories. So, for example, if you want some fun math riddles for kids, then scroll down to ‘Math Riddles’.
Easy Riddles for Kids.
- Riddle: Kate’s mother has three children: Snap, Crackle and ___?
Kate! It’s Kate’s mother, after all. - Riddle: How many months of the year have 28 days?
All of them! Every month has at least 28 days. - Riddle: What has hands and a face, but can’t hold anything or smile?
A clock. - Riddle: It belongs to you, but your friends use it more. What is it?
Your name.
Simple Riddles for Kids.
- Riddle: What’s the capital of France?
The letter “F.” It’s the only capital letter in France. - Riddle: I have a tail and a head, but no body. What am I?
A coin. - Riddle: What has thirteen hearts, but no other organs?
A deck of cards. - Riddle: What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp. - Riddle: What has keys but can’t open locks?
A piano. - Riddle: I go up and down, but never move. What am I?
A staircase. - Riddle: What 2 things can you never eat for breakfast?
Lunch and dinner. - Riddle: There’s only one word in the dictionary that’s spelled wrong. What is it?
The word “wrong.” It’s the only word that’s spelled W-R-O-N-G. - Riddle: What can you catch but not throw?
A cold. - Riddle: If you don’t keep me, I’ll break. What am I?
A promise. - Riddle: What gets wet as it dries?
A towel. - Riddle: You’re running a race and at the very end, you pass the person in 2nd place. What place did you finish the race in?
You finished in 2nd place. - Riddle: I am so simple that I can only point, yet I guide people all over the world.
Compass. - Riddle: Which word becomes shorter when you add 2 letters to it?
The word “short.”
Math Riddles for Kids.
- Riddle: It’s raining at midnight, but the forecast for tomorrow and the next day is clear. Will there be sunny weather in 48 hours?
No, it won’t be sunny because it will be dark out. - Riddle: Zoey has a very big family. She has 20 aunts, 20 uncles and 50 cousins. Each of her cousins has an aunt who is not Zoey’s aunt. How is this possible?
Their aunt is Zoey’s mom! - Riddle: Double it and multiply it by 4. Then divide it by 8 and you’ll have it once more. What number is it?
Any number. - Riddle: What can you put between 7 and 8 to make the result greater than 7, but less than 8?
A decimal point. - Riddle: There are 3 apples in the basket and you take away 2. How many apples do you have now?
You have 2 apples. - Riddle: Two fathers and 2 sons spent the day fishing, but only caught 3 fish. How is this possible?
There were only 3 people fishing: one father, his son, and his son’s son. - Riddle: What 3 numbers give the same result when multiplied and added together?
1, 2, and 3. - Riddle: Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
Neither—they both weigh a ton. - Riddle: Liam was 11 the day before yesterday, and next year he’ll turn 14. How is this possible?
Today is January 1st, and Liam’s birthday is December 31st. - Riddle: When Grant was 8, his brother was half his age. Now, Grant is 14. How old is his brother?
His brother is 10. - Riddle: A new clothing store has a unique method of pricing items. A vest costs $20, a tie costs $15, a blouse costs $30, and underwear costs $45. How much would pants cost?
$25. - Riddle: 81 x 9 = 801. What do you need to do to make this equation true?
Turn it upside down. - Riddle: Using only addition, how can you add eight 8’s to get the number 1,000?
888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000. - Riddle: I am a three-digit number. My tens digit is five more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I?
194. - Riddle: Mrs. Brown has 5 daughters. Each of these daughters has a brother. How many children does Mrs. Brown have?
They have 6 children.
Hard Riddles for Kids.
- Riddle: It’s the only place in the world where today comes before yesterday. Where is it?
The dictionary. - Riddle: It has keys, but no locks. It has space, but no room. You can enter, but can’t go inside. What is it?
A keyboard. - Riddle: What has a mouth but can’t speak?
A river. - Riddle: What kind of room has no walls or corners?
A mushroom. - Riddle: What goes away as soon as you talk about it?
Silence. - Riddle: I make a loud sound when I’m changing. When I do change, I get bigger but weigh less. What am I?
Popcorn. - Riddle: I go all around the world, but never leave the corner. What am I?
A stamp. - Riddle: A bus driver was heading down a busy street in the city. He went past three stop signs without stopping, went the wrong way down a one-way street, and answered a message on his phone. But the bus driver didn’t break any traffic laws. How?
He was walking, not driving. - Riddle: What can run but cannot walk?
Water. - Riddle: If I have it, I don’t share it. If I share it, I don’t have it. What is it?
A secret. - Riddle: Everyone has me but no one can lose me. What am I?
A shadow. - Riddle: You’ll find me in Mercury, Earth, Mars and Jupiter, but not in Venus or Neptune. What am I?
The letter “R.” - Riddle: I’m very tall when I’m young but get shorter as I get older. What am I?
A candle. - Riddle: A railroad crossing without any cars. Can you spell that without any R’s?
T-H-A-T. - Riddle: What starts with T, ends with T, and has T inside it?
A teapot. - Riddle: I have no wings, but I can fly. And I have no eyes, but I can cry. What am I?
A cloud. - Riddle: What do the numbers 11, 69, and 88 all have in common?
They all read the same way when placed upside down. - Riddle: What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right hand?
Your right elbow. - Riddle: There’s a one-story house. Everything in the red house is red, the walls are red, the bathroom is red, the floor is red, the kitchen is red, all of the bedrooms are red. So, what color are the stairs?
There’s no stairs; it’s a one-story house. - Riddle: What kind of coat can be put on only when wet?
A coat of paint.
Funny Riddles for Kids.
- Riddle: What fruit can you never cheer up?
A blueberry. - Riddle: Imagine you are in a room with no windows or doors. How will you get out?
Stop imagining. - Riddle: What question can you never answer yes to?
Are you asleep yet? - Riddle: What do you get if you cross a vampire and a snowman?
Frostbite. - Riddle: An elephant in Africa is called Lala. An elephant in Asia is called Lulu. What do you call an elephant in Antarctica?
Lost. - Riddle: I’m orange, I wear a green hat, and I sound like a parrot. What am I?
A carrot. - Riddle: Where would you take a sick boat?
To the dock. - Riddle: A group of bunnies were having a birthday party. What kind of music were they listening to?
Hip hop music. - Riddle: What has a head but no brain?
A lettuce. - Riddle: What does a ghost use to wash its hair?
Sham-boo! - Riddle: What kind of band never plays music?
A rubber band. - Riddle: What can jump higher than a building?
Anything that can jump — buildings don’t jump! - Riddle: What did the zero say to the eight?
“Nice belt!” - Riddle: Most people think of me as money. But when they find me in the water, they won’t get any money out of me. What am I?
A river bank! - Riddle: What kind of room has no doors or windows?
A mushroom. - Riddle: What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
A joke. - Riddle: What do elves learn at school?
The Elf-abet.
Animal Riddles for Kids.
- Riddle: The English alphabet goes from A to Z, but my name goes from Z to A. What am I?
A Zebra. - Riddle: I can honk without using a horn. What am I?
A goose. - Riddle: I am the fastest animal but cannot climb the tree. What am I?
A cheetah. - Riddle: I hide my treasure in the ground, my tail is big and fluffy. If you spot me in a tree, please don’t call me scruffy. What am I?
A squirrel. - Riddle: I have horns but I can’t beep. I like to bleat but I’m not a sheep. What am I?
A goat. - Riddle: What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?
A kangaroo. - Riddle: I live in a bowl. I can swim. I have a tail. I also have fins and big eyes. What am I?
A goldfish. - Riddle: I have a hole in my back and legs I lack. I live where I can’t breathe and I eat without teeth. What am I?
A whale. - Riddle: I sleep during the day and fly at night, but I have no feathers to aid my flight. What am I?
A bat. - Riddle: I have a thousand needles but I do not sew. What am I?
A porcupine. - Riddle: Why do cats make good warriors?
Because they’ve got 9 lives.
English Riddles for Kids.
- Riddle: I am the beginning of everything, the end of everywhere. I’m the beginning of eternity, the end of time & space. What am I?
The letter E. - Riddle: What happens once in a minute, twice in a moment but never in one thousand years?
The letter “M”. - Riddle: Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?
The letter “C”. - Riddle: What is in seasons, seconds, centuries, and minutes but not in decades, years, or days?
The letter N. - Riddle: What word begins and ends with an E but only has one letter?
Envelope. - Riddle: How many letters are in the alphabet?
11 letters (there’s only 11 letters in the phrase ‘the alphabet’). - Riddle: What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
“Short.”
Christmas and Halloween Riddles for Kids.
- Riddle: Santa has one neighborhood left to visit on his way to the North Pole. In that neighborhood, there’s a blue house made of gingerbread, a red house made of peppermint, and a white house made of vanilla. If Santa flies to the blue house first, then to the red house, and then to the white house, where does he go next?
He goes back to the North Pole. - Riddle: Why do mummies like Christmas so much?
Because of all the wrapping! - Riddle: What kind of ball doesn’t bounce?
A snowball! - Riddle: Which one of Santa’s reindeer can be seen on Valentine’s day?
Cupid. - Riddle: I fall but I never get hurt.
Snow. - Riddle: I come in many colors, so beautiful and bright. I turn homes into a beautiful sight. What am I?
Christmas lights! - Riddle: How does a snowman lose weight?
He waits for the weather to get warmer. - Riddle: I have a body, arms, legs, and a head, but have no heart nor no guts. What am I?
A skeleton. - Riddle: Why were the little ghosts so successful in Little League?
They had plenty of team spirit. - Riddle: I protect, I stand tall. My goal is to strike fear in all. What am I?
A scarecrow. - Riddle: Often buried with fabulous wealth. I’m often called wrapped up in myself. What am I?
A mummy. - Riddle: How do you fix a damaged jack-o-lantern?
You use a pumpkin patch.
Answers to Top 10 favorite Riddles.
1) What’s orange and sounds like a parrot?
Answer: A Carrot
2) What loses it’s head in the morning and gets it back at night?
Answer: A pillow.
3) There were 30 cows on a farm and 28 chickens. How many didn’t?
Answer: 10 (Its a funny riddle. Speak the riddle line as ‘There were 30 cows on a farm and TWENTY ATE chickens. If 20 of the cows ate chicken, then 10 didn’t eat chicken. People hear the number 28 (and then the riddle doesnt make sense), instead of TWENTY ATE. Get it? 🙂
4) How far can you walk into a forest?
Answer: Until the middle, after that you’re walking out of the forest.
5) What’s a room without doors and windows?
Answer: A Mushroom.
6) What word starts with e and ends with e but only has one letter?
Answer: envelope
7) A man leaves home, turns left, then left and left again. He then passes a guy in a mask but knows he’s safe. How does he know he is safe?
Answer: He hit a homerun (baseball). He runs the bases and is safe when he passes the catcher (with the mask).
8) If there’s a bee in my hand, what’s in my eye?
Answer: Beauty (Its a joke riddle: It’s in the eye of the bee-holder (as in the saying ‘Beauty is in the eye of the beholder).
9) What question can you never answer yes to?
Answer: Are you asleep yet?
10) What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future
Which one was the best riddle? Let me know in the comment section.
