There’s a reason that riddles are the bedrock of ancient folk tales and superhero sagas. Riddles are a great way to knock the mind out of its cognitive ruts and to stimulate creative thinking in kids, adults, and mythic heroes alike. The best riddles for kids, like the best jokes for kids, are challenging, fun word puzzles that push kids to think outside the box while encouraging them to have fun with language itself. Of course, there’s a fine line to strike between riddles that are too easy and those that will make your kid get red in the face from frustration. The right riddles for kids can and should offer a playful way to wrestle with truly challenging questions.
Most kids have a natural aptitude for the type of thinking riddles require, and will surprise you with how well they tackle a stumper. The best riddles engage a kid’s natural problem-solving skills and make them laugh along the way. These 40 funny riddles and answers for kids — ranging from easy to hard — are great for kids of all ages to solve, and have fun while doing so.
- Riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it?
Solution: An egg. - Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Solution: Footsteps - Riddle: If two’s company, and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
Solution: Nine! - Riddle: After a train crashed, every single person died. Who survived?
Solution: All of the couples. - Riddle: A boy and his father get into a car accident. When they arrive at the hospital, the doctor sees the boy and exclaims “that’s my son!” How can this be?
Solution: The doctor is the boy’s mother. - Riddle: Four legs up, four legs down, soft in the middle, Hard all around.
Solution: Bed - Riddle: What can you catch but not throw?
Solution: A cold! - Riddle: What begins with T, finishes with T, and has T in it?
Solution: A teapot. - Riddle: If a brother, his sister, and their dog weren’t under an umbrella, why didn’t they get wet?
Solution: It wasn’t raining. - Riddle: I am so simple, that I can only point yet I guide men all over the world.
Solution: Compass - Riddle: What goes up but never comes back down?
Solution: Your age! - Riddle: What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Solution: Shorter. (Short + ‘er’) - Riddle: What travels around the world but stays in one spot?
Solution: A stamp. - Riddle: When things go wrong, what can you always count on?
Solution: Your fingers. - Riddle: Mr. Blue lives in the Blue house. Mrs. Yellow lives in the Yellow House. Mr. Orange lives in the orange house. Who lives in the White House?
Solution: The President - Riddle: A word I know, six letters it contains, remove one letter and 12 remains, what is it?
Solution: Dozens. - Riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water?
Solution: A sponge. - Riddle: How many letters are there in the English alphabet?
Solution: 18: 3 in ‘the’, 7 in ‘English,’ and 8 in ‘alphabet.’ - Riddle: If a red house is made of red bricks, and a yellow house is made of yellow bricks, what is a greenhouse made of?
Solution: Glass, all greenhouses are made of glass. - Riddle: What begins with an E but only has one letter?
Solution: An envelope. - Riddle: You draw a line. Without touching it, how do you make it a longer line?
Solution: Draw a short line next to it and now it’s the longer line. - Riddle: How can a leopard change its spots?
Solution: By moving from one spot to another. - Riddle: What is easy to get into but hard to get out of?
Solution: Trouble. - Riddle: Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother — how many children does Mary have?
Solution: Five, each daughter has the same brother. - Riddle: David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle and…?
Solution: David! - Riddle: You bought me for dinner but never eat me. What am I?
Solution: Cutlery. - Riddle: I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old, what am I?
Solution: A candle. - Riddle: What answer can you never answer yes to?
Solution: Are you asleep yet? - Riddle: What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Solution: Silence. - Riddle: I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Solution: Seven. - Riddle: What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
Answer: A penny. - Riddle: What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Solution: The future. - Riddle: What’s black and white and blue?
Solution: A sad zebra. - Riddle: What has four eyes but can’t see?
Solution: Mississippi. - Riddle: Where can you find cities, towns, shops, and streets but no people?
Solution: A map. - Riddle: What has a neck but no head?
Solution: A bottle. - Riddle: What word is spelled wrong in the dictionary?
Solution: Wrong. - Riddle: If you took two apples from a pile of three apples, how many apples would you have?
Solution: The one apple you took - Riddle: Light as a feather, there’s nothing in it, but the strongest man can’t hold it much more than a minute.
Solution: Breath - Riddle: What room do ghosts avoid?
Solution: The living room. - Riddle: What belongs to you, but other people use it more?
Solution: Your name - Riddle: What happens once in a lifetime, twice in a moment, but never in one hundred years?
Solution: The letter “M” - Riddle: What becomes wetter the more it dries?
Solution: A towel. - Riddle: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Solution: The letter “m”. - Riddle: What has hands but doesn’t clap?
Solution: A clock. - Riddle: What belongs to you but is used more by your friends?
Solution: Your name - Riddle: How many months in the year has 28 days?
Solution: All months in the year have at least 28 days. - Riddle: What begins with an E and has only one letter?
Solution: An envelope - Riddle: I have legs but cannot walk, what am i?
Solution: A chair - Riddle: What is the capital in France?
Solution: The letter F is the only capital letter in France - Riddle: I can fill up a room without taking any space what am i?
Solution: Light - Riddle: What has legs but cannot walk?
Solution: A chair
