Smart and Fun Riddles for Kids and Families
Solving riddles is both fun and educational for children and adults! Here we have collected 50 clever and fun riddles for kids that are guaranteed to get them thinking and laughing. Perfect for family time, car journeys or any time you want a little challenge! Read through and see how many of these riddles you can figure out!
What is a riddle?
A riddle is a question or statement that requires a clever or unexpected answer. Often it takes a little extra thought to find the answer - and that's what makes riddles so fun and engaging. Here you'll find both easy and more difficult riddles suitable for all ages.
Riddles with Mr Mattema
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I'm always on the table, but you can never eat me. What am I?Answer: Plates and cutlery.
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What two things can you never eat for breakfast?Answer: Lunch and dinner.
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When I am ripe I am green, when you eat me I am red, and when you spit me out I am black. What am I?Answer: A watermelon.
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I have a hat but I am not a person. What am I?Answer: A sponge.
Riddles with word tricks
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There is only one word in the dictionary that is spelt wrong. What is it?Answer: The word "wrong". It is spelt F-E-L.
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What has a hundred holes but can still hold things in place?Answer: A net.
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What can fill a room but takes up no space?Answer: Light.
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What has teeth but never needs to go to the dentist?Answer: A saw.
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What is something that is always in the air but never gets wet?Answer: Your breath.
Riddles of Nature and Everyday Life
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I have no wings, but I can fly. And I have no eyes, but I can cry. What am I?Answer: A cloud.
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What can take off without wings?Answer: A balloon.
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What is always there but you can never touch it?Answer: Horizons.
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What is something that belongs to you but others use more?Answer: Your name.
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What has an eye but never sees?Answer: A needle.
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What goes up but never comes down?Answer: Your age.
Tricky Riddles for the Family
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What has four legs but cannot walk?Answer: A table.
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What can fill a bathtub but weighs nothing?Answer: bubbles.
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What has feathers but cannot fly?Answer: A cushion.
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What has a head but no body?Answer: A nail.
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What has no wings but still flies?Answer: Time.
More Imaginative and Logical Riddles
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What has teeth but cannot chew?Answer: A comb.
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What is hot on the outside and cold on the inside?Answer: A refrigerator.
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What has a head but no thoughts?Answer: A hammer.
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What is as big as an elephant but weighs nothing?Answer: The shadow of an elephant.
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What does your body lose when night turns into day?Answer: The shadow.
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What can grow without being planted?Answer: Rumours.
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What comes at night without being invited?Answer: Darkness.
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What can grow without getting wet?Answer: Your hair.
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What has a heart but no other organs?Answer: A deck of cards.
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What can you throw but never bounce back?Answer: A glance.
Extra Difficult Riddles for Thinkers
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What can travel the world but never leave its place?Answer: A postage stamp.
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What can you always count on, but has no numbers?Answer: Fingers.
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What has no wings but can still fly?Answer: A dream.
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What is always invisible but felt all the time?Answer: Wind.
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What is always in front of you but you can never see it?Answer: The future.
Closing Riddles that Challenge the Imagination
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What disappears if you say its name?Answer: The silence.
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Who gets paid without working a single day?Answer: The person working at night.
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Two men are sitting in a rowing boat. One is rowing north, the other east. Which way is the boat moving?Answer: North, because the other man eats cheese.
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What can you hold in your left hand but never in your right?Answer: Your right hand.
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What is something that belongs to you but others use more?Answer: Your name.
Challenging children with puzzles like these is not only fun, but also a great way to strengthen their logical thinking and problem-solving skills.
