Here is a big mix of easy and medium riddles for kids, and every single one comes with its answer. From animals and food to nature and school, there is a riddle here for every curious mind. Guess first, then check the answer and see how you did.
150 Riddles for Kids with Answers Riddles
What has a face but never talks, and you can hang it on your wall?
Answer: A picture.
What can you open only once and never close again?
Answer: An egg.
What gets bigger when you take more away from it?
Answer: A hole.
What can run all day but never gets tired?
Answer: A river.
What has a collar but no neck and buttons down the front?
Answer: A shirt.
What has many letters but never reads a word?
Answer: A mailbox.
What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge.
What goes up and down all day but never moves from its spot?
Answer: Stairs.
What has words but never speaks?
Answer: A book.
What has a spine but no bones?
Answer: A book.
What has a bank but no money?
Answer: A river.
What runs around a yard all day but never moves?
Answer: A fence.
What has a mouth but never eats?
Answer: A river.
What has a tongue but cannot talk?
Answer: A shoe.
What has a foot but no legs?
Answer: A ruler.
What has a bark but never bites?
Answer: A tree.
What has ears but cannot hear?
Answer: Corn.
What has eyes but cannot see?
Answer: A potato.
What has a shell but is not a nut?
Answer: An egg.
What has a trunk but never packs a suitcase?
Answer: A tree.
What has stripes but is not a tiger?
Answer: A zebra.
What has spots but is not a leopard?
Answer: A ladybug.
What has wings but cannot fly?
Answer: A penguin.
What has eight arms but no hands?
Answer: An octopus.
What has a pouch but is not a bag?
Answer: A kangaroo.
What has a long neck and eats leaves from tall trees?
Answer: A giraffe.
What animal is the king of the jungle?
Answer: A lion.
What animal says moo and gives us milk?
Answer: A cow.
What animal hops and carries its baby in a pocket?
Answer: A kangaroo.
What animal is black and white and eats bamboo?
Answer: A panda.
What animal howls at the moon?
Answer: A wolf.
What animal is orange with a bushy tail?
Answer: A fox.
What animal has antlers and runs through the forest?
Answer: A deer.
What animal swings in trees and eats bananas?
Answer: A monkey.
What animal sleeps in a gum tree all day?
Answer: A koala.
What animal jumps out of the waves and smiles?
Answer: A dolphin.
What animal is the biggest in the sea?
Answer: A whale.
What animal has sharp teeth and a big fin?
Answer: A shark.
What animal walks sideways on the beach?
Answer: A crab.
What animal carries its house on its back?
Answer: A snail.
What animal has a hard shell and lives a very long time?
Answer: A turtle.
What animal is red with black spots?
Answer: A ladybug.
What animal glows at night in the garden?
Answer: A firefly.
What animal is tiny but very strong?
Answer: An ant.
What animal wiggles in the soil?
Answer: A worm.
What fruit is red and sweet with seeds on the outside?
Answer: A strawberry.
What fruit is big and green outside and red inside?
Answer: A watermelon.
What fruit is yellow and sour?
Answer: A lemon.
What fruit is soft and fuzzy with a stone inside?
Answer: A peach.
What vegetable is orange and grows under the ground?
Answer: A carrot.
What vegetable grows under the ground and can be mashed?
Answer: A potato.
What vegetable looks like a tiny green tree?
Answer: Broccoli.
What vegetable is round and red and grows on a vine?
Answer: A tomato.
What food is yellow and melts on hot toast?
Answer: Cheese.
What food is baked in an oven and used for sandwiches?
Answer: Bread.
What food is small and sweet with chocolate chips?
Answer: A cookie.
What food pops in a hot pot at the movies?
Answer: Popcorn.
What food is brown and sweet and melts in your mouth?
Answer: Chocolate.
What drink is white and comes from a cow?
Answer: Milk.
What drink is squeezed from fruit?
Answer: Juice.
What food has bread on top and bottom with something yummy inside?
Answer: A sandwich.
What food is hot and steamy in a bowl?
Answer: Soup.
What food is long and wiggly and you twirl it on a fork?
Answer: Spaghetti.
What food is round and flat and sits in a bun?
Answer: A hamburger.
What food is round with a hole in the middle?
Answer: A donut.
What food is a little cake in a paper cup?
Answer: A muffin.
What is a quiet place full of shelves and stories?
Answer: A library.
What has swings and slides for children to play on?
Answer: A playground.
What is a big box of sand for building castles?
Answer: A sandbox.
What goes back and forth in the air when you pump your legs?
Answer: A swing.
What do you climb up and then whoosh down?
Answer: A slide.
What makes you bounce high into the air?
Answer: A trampoline.
What is soft and cuddly and sleeps in your bed?
Answer: A teddy bear.
What has pretty clothes and hair you can brush?
Answer: A doll.
What comes in many pieces that you put together?
Answer: A jigsaw puzzle.
What is a long rope you jump over again and again?
Answer: A jump rope.
What is round and black-and-white and you kick it into a goal?
Answer: A soccer ball.
What is small and white with red stitches?
Answer: A baseball.
What is big and orange and you shoot it through a hoop?
Answer: A basketball.
What is brown and pointy and you throw it for a touchdown?
Answer: A football.
What is small and yellow and you hit it over a net?
Answer: A tennis ball.
What has six strings and you strum it?
Answer: A guitar.
What do you bang with sticks in a band?
Answer: A drum.
What is shiny and gold and you blow into it?
Answer: A trumpet.
What has four strings and a bow?
Answer: A violin.
What drifts across the sky, soft and white like cotton?
Answer: A cloud.
What paints a colourful arch after the rain?
Answer: A rainbow.
What rises in the morning and keeps us warm?
Answer: The sun.
What glows at night and changes shape all month?
Answer: The moon.
What twinkles in the night sky?
Answer: A star.
What leaves grey marks on paper?
Answer: A pencil.
What has pages full of stories but never talks?
Answer: A book.
What is big and yellow and carries children to school?
Answer: A school bus.
What has a long trunk and big ears?
Answer: An elephant.
What has a very long neck and eats leaves from tall trees?
Answer: A giraffe.
What slides on its belly across the ice?
Answer: A penguin.
What swims in a glass bowl and blows bubbles?
Answer: A goldfish.
What starts as a caterpillar and ends with wings?
Answer: A butterfly.
What buzzes from flower to flower and makes honey?
Answer: A honeybee.
What has eight legs and spins a web?
Answer: A spider.
What is round and red and grows on a tree?
Answer: An apple.
What is yellow and monkeys love to eat?
Answer: A banana.
What is orange and rabbits love to eat?
Answer: A carrot.
What is round and cheesy and cut into triangles?
Answer: A pizza.
What is cold and sweet and served in a cone?
Answer: Ice cream.
What is sweet and frosted and you sing to it on a birthday?
Answer: A birthday cake.
What floats up into the sky when you let go?
Answer: A balloon.
What dances in the wind at the end of a string?
Answer: A kite.
What has two wheels and pedals and a bell?
Answer: A bicycle.
What rides on tracks and goes choo-choo?
Answer: A train.
What flies above the clouds with metal wings?
Answer: An airplane.
What floats on water and has big white sails?
Answer: A sailboat.
What opens up when it rains to keep you dry?
Answer: An umbrella.
What is built in winter from three white balls?
Answer: A snowman.
What flows over rocks and under bridges?
Answer: A river.
What is tall and rocky with snow on top?
Answer: A mountain.
What is big and blue and salty?
Answer: The ocean.
What grows from an acorn into a giant tree?
Answer: An oak tree.
What is tall and yellow and turns toward the sun?
Answer: A sunflower.
What falls from clouds and makes puddles?
Answer: Rain.
What is the loud boom after a flash in the sky?
Answer: Thunder.
What is a bright zigzag flash in the sky?
Answer: Lightning.
What shows you your own face?
Answer: A mirror.
What is small and metal and unlocks doors?
Answer: A key.
What opens and closes so you can walk into a room?
Answer: A door.
What is made of glass and lets sunshine in?
Answer: A window.
What do you sleep on at night with four legs?
Answer: A bed.
What is soft and fluffy and you rest your head on it?
Answer: A pillow.
What keeps you warm at night up to your chin?
Answer: A blanket.
What has bristles and scrubs your teeth?
Answer: A toothbrush.
What is slippery and bubbly and washes your hands?
Answer: Soap.
What do you wear on your foot with laces?
Answer: A shoe.
What is soft and warm and hides inside your shoe?
Answer: A sock.
What sits on your head and blocks the sun?
Answer: A hat.
What wraps around your neck in winter?
Answer: A scarf.
What sits on your nose and helps you see?
Answer: Glasses.
What clicks and flashes and keeps memories?
Answer: A camera.
What sits in the living room and shows cartoons?
Answer: A television.
What has a keyboard and a screen for games and learning?
Answer: A computer.
What do you hold to your ear to talk to a friend?
Answer: A telephone.
What is cold inside and keeps milk fresh?
Answer: A refrigerator.
What gets very hot and bakes cookies?
Answer: An oven.
What helps you eat soup?
Answer: A spoon.
What do you use to pick up food from your plate?
Answer: A fork.
What is flat and round and holds your dinner?
Answer: A plate.
What do you pour juice into and drink from?
Answer: A cup.
What has four legs and a back for sitting?
Answer: A chair.
What has a flat top where your family eats?
Answer: A table.
What stands in the corner and lights a room?
Answer: A lamp.
What has a handle and bristles for sweeping?
Answer: A broom.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do all of these riddles have answers?
Yes, every riddle in this collection has its answer included. Just tap Show Answer on the page to reveal it after you guess.
Are these riddles good for a family game night?
Yes, they are perfect for game nights. Read a riddle out loud, let everyone guess, and give a point to whoever gets it right first.
How hard are these riddles?
They are a mix of easy and medium. Younger kids will enjoy the easy ones, and older kids will love the trickier ones that make them think a little more.
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