Riddles are like little puzzles for the brain—and kids love them! Whether you’re five or twelve, solving riddles can make you think in new ways, spark creativity, and build those all-important problem-solving skills. Plus, they’re just plain fun! Whether you’re cracking jokes on a car ride, puzzling over a riddle at recess, or stumping your family at dinner, riddles bring giggles and “aha!” moments to kids of all ages.
In this playful collection, you’ll find 120 riddles that range from super easy to just a little tricky, perfect for curious young minds. We’ve grouped them into fun categories like Animal Riddles, Food Riddles, Nature Riddles, Silly Riddles, and Classic Riddles. Each one comes with a clear answer, so no one stays stumped for long!
Let’s get your brain buzzing and your laughter rolling—are you ready?
Animal Riddles
What has four legs, a tail, and goes “moo” but isn’t a cow?
Answer: A cow costume
What flies around during the day but sleeps upside down at night?
Answer: A bat
I hop and I jump, I croak and I leap. What am I?
Answer: A frog
What has a horn but doesn’t honk?
Answer: A rhinoceros
Why did the duck get a job?
Answer: To make a little extra bill money
What animal can you always find at a baseball game?
Answer: A bat
What do you call a sleeping bull?
Answer: A bulldozer
What’s black and white and read all over?
Answer: A newspaper (or a zebra with a library card)
I have a long nose, big ears, and like peanuts. Who am I?
Answer: An elephant
What do you get when you cross a sheep and a kangaroo?
Answer: A woolly jumper
What do you get if you cross a dog with a calculator?
Answer: A friend you can count on
What kind of animal needs to wear a wig?
Answer: A bald eagle
Which animal always knows the time?
Answer: A watchdog
What do you call an alligator in a vest?
Answer: An investigator
Why are fish so smart?
Answer: Because they live in schools
What animal can you never trust?
Answer: A cheetah
Why did the cat sit on the computer?
Answer: To keep an eye on the mouse
Which animal has more lives than a cat?
Answer: A frog—it croaks every night
Why did the chicken join a band?
Answer: Because it had the drumsticks
What animal is best at baseball?
Answer: A bat
Food Riddles
I’m yellow and curved, and monkeys love me. What am I?
Answer: A banana
What has a crust, sauce, and cheese, but isn’t for your shoes?
Answer: Pizza
What kind of nut isn’t a nut?
Answer: A doughnut
What’s orange, sounds like a parrot, and is good for your eyes?
Answer: A carrot
Why did the tomato turn red?
Answer: Because it saw the salad dressing
What’s full of holes but holds cheese?
Answer: A mouse trap
What kind of beans never grow in a garden?
Answer: Jelly beans
I melt in the sun but taste great in a cone. What am I?
Answer: Ice cream
What do ghosts eat for dessert?
Answer: Ice scream
What’s round and rolls and might make you cry when sliced?
Answer: An onion
What runs but never walks, and is sometimes full of juice?
Answer: A nose
What’s sweet, sticky, and loved by bees?
Answer: Honey
Why did the grape stop in the middle of the road?
Answer: Because it ran out of juice
What comes with a wrapper, melts in your mouth, and starts with C?
Answer: Chocolate
What food is smart and always answers questions?
Answer: A brain muffin (okay, this one’s silly)
Why can’t you trust tacos?
Answer: Because they tend to spill the beans
Why didn’t the cookie go to school?
Answer: Because it felt crummy
What vegetable do librarians like?
Answer: Quiet peas
Why did the banana go to the doctor?
Answer: It wasn’t peeling well
What do you call cheese that isn’t yours?
Answer: Nacho cheese
Nature Riddles
What falls but never gets hurt?
Answer: Rain
I rise in the morning and disappear at night. What am I?
Answer: The sun
I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
Answer: A candle
What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: Footsteps
What has roots but never grows?
Answer: A mountain
What comes down but never goes up?
Answer: Rain
What has branches but no leaves or fruit?
Answer: A bank
What has a face and hands but no arms or legs?
Answer: A clock
What gets wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel
What blows but never speaks?
Answer: The wind
What can you hold without touching it?
Answer: Your breath
What grows down instead of up?
Answer: An icicle
What shines but isn’t hot?
Answer: The moon
What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
Answer: A hole
What can’t be burned in fire or drowned in water?
Answer: Ice
I’m seen in the sky and come out at night, but I’m not alive. What am I?
Answer: A star
What lives in winter, dies in summer, and grows with its roots upward?
Answer: An icicle
What has a ring but no finger?
Answer: A tree
What covers the ground but never moves?
Answer: Grass
Silly Riddles
What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle
Why did the bicycle fall over?
Answer: Because it was two-tired
What has hands but can’t clap?
Answer: A clock
What’s always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future
Why did the kid bring a ladder to school?
Answer: Because they wanted to go to high school
What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Your age
What building has the most stories?
Answer: The library
What has one eye but can’t see?
Answer: A needle
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter M
Why don’t eggs tell jokes?
Answer: They’d crack each other up
Why was the broom late?
Answer: It swept in
What’s full of keys but can’t open a door?
Answer: A piano
Why did the scarecrow win an award?
Answer: Because he was outstanding in his field
What has a bottom at the top?
Answer: Your legs
What kind of room has no doors or windows?
Answer: A mushroom
What do you call a bear with no teeth?
Answer: A gummy bear
What can you break without touching it?
Answer: A promise
What is harder to catch the faster you run?
Answer: Your breath
Why did the computer go to the doctor?
Answer: Because it had a virus
What gets louder the more you silence it?
Answer: A secret
Classic Riddles
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
Answer: An echo
What belongs to you but is used more by others?
Answer: Your name
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for long. What am I?
Answer: Your breath
What can travel around the world while staying in the same spot?
Answer: A stamp
I go up and down, but I don’t move. What am I?
Answer: A staircase
What has keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano
What has a bed but never sleeps, and a mouth but never eats?
Answer: A river
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Answer: Light
What gets broken without being held?
Answer: A promise
I’m not alive, but I 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
What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
Answer: A teapot
What has many teeth but can’t bite?
Answer: A comb
What has an eye but can’t see?
Answer: A hurricane
What runs all day but never gets tired?
Answer: A clock
What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
Answer: A palm
What has cities but no houses, roads but no cars, and rivers but no water?
Answer: A map
What comes down but never goes back up?
Answer: Snow
What gets sharper the more you use it?
Answer: Your brain
What begins with an E, ends with an E, but only contains one letter?
Answer: An envelope
What has one head, one foot, and four legs?
Answer: A bed
Last 40 riddles
What has a tail, a head, is brown, and has no legs?
Answer: A penny
What kind of band never plays music?
Answer: A rubber band
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
What kind of cup can’t hold water?
Answer: A hiccup
What comes at the end of everything?
Answer: The letter G
What is white when dirty and black when clean?
Answer: A chalkboard
What has ears but cannot hear?
Answer: A cornfield
What’s easy to lift but hard to throw?
Answer: A feather
What gets smaller every time you take a bite out of it?
Answer: A cookie
What’s something you can’t touch, but you can break just by saying it?
Answer: Silence
What has legs but doesn’t walk?
Answer: A table
What starts with a P, ends with an E, and has thousands of letters?
Answer: The post office
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
Answer: A window
What’s always running but never gets tired?
Answer: A refrigerator
What comes in through a keyhole but can’t unlock a door?
Answer: A breeze
What can’t be used until it’s broken?
Answer: An egg
What type of bow can’t be tied?
Answer: A rainbow
What comes in pairs and helps you walk but isn’t alive?
Answer: Shoes
What do you throw out when you want to use it and take in when you don’t?
Answer: An anchor
What’s the coldest kind of music?
Answer: Chill music (or an ice band!)
What has stripes and goes up and down but never moves?
Answer: A zebra crossing
What’s filled with letters but can’t write?
Answer: A mailbox
What’s always behind you but you can’t see it?
Answer: Your shadow
What begins with a whistle and ends with a cheer?
Answer: A football game
I’m always on the dinner table but you never eat me. What am I?
Answer: A plate
What do you call two bananas?
Answer: A pair of slippers
What room do ghosts avoid?
Answer: The living room
What starts out tall but gets shorter as the day goes on?
Answer: A candle (or a pencil when you sharpen it)
What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke
What comes in the middle of March and April but not at the beginning or end?
Answer: The letter R
What’s big, scary, and has no teeth?
Answer: A big yawn
What has pages but isn’t a magazine, words but isn’t a conversation, and knowledge but isn’t a teacher?
Answer: A book
What kind of key opens no doors?
Answer: A monkey
What’s full in the middle but empty at the ends?
Answer: A donut
I fly without wings and cry without eyes. What am I?
Answer: A cloud
What never asks a question but always gets answered?
Answer: A doorbell
What has one horn and gives out milk?
Answer: A milk truck
What is heavy forward but not backward?
Answer: The word “ton”
What begins with Z and has thousands of animals in it?
Answer: A zoo
We hope these 120 fun and clever riddles brought you lots of smiles, giggles, and “aha!” moments. Don’t forget to try stumping your parents, teachers, or friends with your favorites. And who knows? Maybe you’ll even be inspired to create your own riddles too!
Keep guessing, keep laughing, and keep those brain gears turning!