43 Awesome Riddles for Kids [+ Answers] 

 
Easy riddles for kids
1. How many months of the year have 28 days?
2. What has hands and a face, but can’t hold anything or smile?
3. It belongs to you, but your friends use it more. What is it?
4. Kate’s mother has three children: Snap, Crackle and ___?
5. If you don’t keep me, I’ll break. What am I?
6. There’s only one word in the dictionary that’s spelled wrong. What is it?
7. 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?
8. I have a tail and a head, but no body. What am I?
9. What 2 things can you never eat for breakfast?
10. Which word becomes shorter when you add 2 letters to it?
11. What’s the capital of France?

Hard riddles for kids 

1. I go all around the world, but never leave the corner. What am I?
2. You’ll find me in Mercury, Earth, Mars and Jupiter, but not in Venus or Neptune. What am I?
3. What can go up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up?
4. I make a loud sound when I’m changing. When I do change, I get bigger but weigh less. What am
I?
5. 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?
6. It has keys, but no locks. It has space, but no room. You can enter, but can’t go inside. What is it?
7. I can fill a room, but I take up no space. What am I?
8. It’s the only place in the world where today comes before yesterday. Where is it?
9. If I have it, I don’t share it. If I share it, I don’t have it. What is it?
10. What goes away as soon as you talk about it?
11. A railroad crossing without any cars. Can you spell that without any R's?
 
Funny riddles for kids 
1. What can jump higher than a building?
2. An elephant in Africa is called Lala. An elephant in Asia is called Lulu. What do you call an
elephant in Antarctica?
3. Imagine you are in a room with no windows or doors. How will you get out?
4. A group of bunnies were having a birthday party. What kind of music were they listening to?
5. Where would you take a sick boat?
6. ​What kind of room has no doors or windows?
7. I’m orange, I wear a green hat and I sound like a parrot. What am I?
8. What fruit can you never cheer up?
9. What did the zero say to the eight?

Math riddles for kids 

1. When Grant was 8, his brother was half his age. Now, Grant is 14. How old is his brother?
2. Two fathers and 2 sons spent the day fishing, but only caught 3 fish. This was enough for each of
them to have one fish. How is this possible?
3. Liam was 11 the day before yesterday, and next year he’ll turn 14. How is this possible?
4. Mrs. Brown has 5 daughters. Each of these daughters has a brother. How many children does
Mrs. Brown have?
5. It’s raining at midnight, but the forecast for tomorrow and the next day is clear. Will there be sunny
weather in 48 hours?
6. There are 3 apples in the basket and you take away 2. How many apples do you have now?
7. What can you put between 7 and 8, to make the result greater than 7, but less than 8?
8. 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?
9. 81 x 9 = 801. What do you need to do to make this equation true?
10. Double it and multiply it by 4. Then divide it by 8 and you’ll have it once more. What number is it?
11. What 3 numbers give the same result when multiplied and added together?
12. 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?
 Answer Key 
 
Easy riddles for kids 
1. ​All of them. 2. A clock. 3. Your name. 4. Kate.

5. A promise. 6. The word “wrong.” 7. 2nd place. 8. A coin.

9. Lunch and dinner. 10. The word “short.” 11. The letter “F.”

Hard riddles for kids 

1. A stamp. 2. The letter “R.” 3. ​An umbrella. 4. Popcorn.

5. He was walking. 6. A keyboard. 7. Light. 8. The dictionary.

9. A secret. 10. Silence. 11. T-H-A-T

 

Funny riddles for kids 

1. Anything. Buildings 2. ​Lost. 3. ​Stop imagining. 4. ​Hip hop music.
don’t jump!

5. ​To the dock. 6. A mushroom. 7. A Carrot. 8. A blueberry.

9. “Nice belt!”
 

Math riddles for kids 

1. His brother is 10. 2. One father, his son, 3. Today is Jan 1st. 4. 6 children.
and his son's son (3 Liam’s birthday is Dec
people) were fishing. 31st.

5. No. In 48 hours, it 6. 2 apples. 7. A decimal point. 8. $25. They charge

will be midnight. $5 for each letter used
to spell the item.

9. Turn it upside down. 10. Any number. 11. 1, 2, and 3. 12. Their aunt is
Zoey’s mom!