Fun Riddles for Kids

Brain Teasers, Tricky Questions & Clever Puzzles

Put on your thinking caps! These riddles for kids will challenge young minds and spark creative thinking. Whether you're looking for a fun way to pass the time or want to stump your friends and family, these clever brain teasers are sure to entertain.

Our collection features 50 kid-friendly riddles including classic brain teasers, tricky "what am I?" questions, and clever puzzles with surprising answers. These clean, family-friendly riddles are perfect for kids ages 4-12 and are great for road trips, classroom activities, or family game nights. From "What has hands but can't clap?" to mind-bending word puzzles, there's something to challenge every young thinker! 🤔💡🧩

  1. Q: What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
    A: A clock!
  2. Q: What has a head and a tail but no body?
    A: A coin!
  3. Q: What can you catch but not throw?
    A: A cold!
  4. Q: What has legs but doesn't walk?
    A: A table!
  5. Q: What has ears but cannot hear?
    A: A cornfield!
  6. Q: What goes up but never comes down?
    A: Your age!
  7. Q: What gets wetter the more it dries?
    A: A towel!
  8. Q: What has a thumb and four fingers but is not a hand?
    A: A glove!
  9. Q: What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
    A: A stamp!
  10. Q: What has teeth but cannot bite?
    A: A comb!
  11. Q: What has one eye but can't see?
    A: A needle!
  12. Q: What is full of holes but still holds water?
    A: A sponge!
  13. Q: What can you break without touching it?
    A: A promise!
  14. Q: What has keys but no locks?
    A: A piano!
  15. Q: What building has the most stories?
    A: A library!
  16. Q: What has a neck but no head?
    A: A bottle!
  17. Q: What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks?
    A: A river!
  18. Q: What has words but never speaks?
    A: A book!
  19. Q: What can fill a room but takes up no space?
    A: Light!
  20. Q: What goes up and down but doesn't move?
    A: Stairs!
  21. Q: What can you hold without ever touching it?
    A: Your breath!
  22. Q: What month of the year has 28 days?
    A: All of them!
  23. Q: What is always in front of you but can't be seen?
    A: The future!
  24. Q: What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
    A: Your name!
  25. Q: What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish?
    A: A map!
  26. Q: What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
    A: A hole!
  27. Q: What invention lets you look right through a wall?
    A: A window!
  28. Q: What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
    A: A joke!
  29. Q: What has four wheels and flies?
    A: A garbage truck!
  30. Q: What is orange and sounds like a parrot?
    A: A carrot!
  31. Q: What has a bottom at the top?
    A: Your legs!
  32. Q: What's black and white and red all over?
    A: A newspaper (read all over)!
  33. Q: What can you serve but never eat?
    A: A tennis ball!
  34. Q: What has 88 keys but can't open a single door?
    A: A piano!
  35. Q: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
    A: The letter M!
  36. Q: What tastes better than it smells?
    A: Your tongue!
  37. Q: What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary?
    A: Wrong!
  38. Q: What disappears the moment you say its name?
    A: Silence!
  39. Q: What begins with an E and ends with an E but only contains one letter?
    A: An envelope!
  40. Q: What can go through glass without breaking it?
    A: Light!
  41. Q: What has a bed but never sleeps?
    A: A river!
  42. Q: What has branches but no fruit, trunk, or leaves?
    A: A bank!
  43. Q: What can be long or short, grown or bought, painted or left bare, round or square?
    A: Fingernails!
  44. Q: What two things can you never eat for breakfast?
    A: Lunch and dinner!
  45. Q: What room can no one enter?
    A: A mushroom!
  46. Q: What goes through towns and over hills but never moves?
    A: A road!
  47. Q: What has a ring but no finger?
    A: A telephone!
  48. Q: What is at the end of a rainbow?
    A: The letter W!
  49. Q: What can honk without using a horn?
    A: A goose!
  50. Q: It can't be seen, can't be felt, can't be heard, and can't be smelled. It lies behind stars and under hills, and empty holes it fills. What is it?
    A: The dark

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