These riddles for kids may also have older problem-solvers scratching their heads!
Kids love riddles and a good riddle can be fun for friends and family alike. Experts state “we can probably say that riddling is a universal art” as they are used in hundreds of different cultures. It seems that people who like great riddles include the Finnish, Hungarian, American Indian, Chinese, Russian, Dutch and Filipinos amongst others.
Below you will find such amusing and easy riddles for kids with answers. These puzzles and jokes are especially designed for children, but may also have older problem-solvers scratching their heads in a confusion of bewildered delight!
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Q: Who hates water but at the same time absolutely loves fish?
2
Q: Even when you cut off my skin I don’t bleed. What am I?
3
Q: Today children want to play with me, but tomorrow I can make even adults run away. Who am I?
4
Q: What has wings even though it can’t fly?
5
Q: I am one of America’s favorite foods, even though I’m named after a European country. What am I?
6
Q: What type of institution do fish attend even though they can’t read books?
7
Q: What is extremely bright at night but totally invisible in the day?
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Q: What treat do children like sucking on, even though it doesn’t taste sweet?
9
Q: What type of lunch is pleased to have you eat it?
10
Q: I am a type of maize, but if you put me in front of a chicken, he won’t eat me. What am I?
11
Q: What can you use to bake bread made of wonderful colors yet it will get you sick if you eat it?
12
Q: What do you call a rodent that talks and doesn’t eat cheese?
13
Q: I can be used to cleaning your kitchen sink, but I also tell really funny jokes. Who am I?
A: Spongebob Squarepants.
14
Q: What is made of 100% beef yet sounds like it is made of 100% pork?
15
Q: Who carries a shield when he goes into battle yet never carries a sword?
16
Q: Who lives in a cave and only comes out at night yet is not a vampire?
17
Q: I’m always in China or America but never in both at the same time. Who am I?
18
Q: Who is a foreigner in all nations and a citizen of none?
19
Q: What can be used to make a delicious pizza yet also a sweet, tasty pastry?
20
Q: What won’t break if you squeeze it yet will shatter if it falls just six inches?
21
Q: What doesn’t come from a plant, is not hard nor has a shell yet is still labeled a nut?
22
Q: Which color tastes absolutely delicious?
23
Q: What is like a chunk of gold yet is made out of tender white meat?
24
Q: What has hands that can’t hold anything yet can still use them count?
25
Q: What can hold water yet doesn’t have hands or any kind of container?
26
Q: What type of web do people all over the world actually go out of their way to get entangled in?
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Q: What is used by average people to go down yet by superheroes to go up?
28
Q: Some people eat me, while others use me to hide from danger. Who am I?
29
Q: People are always calling me, even when I’m not home. Who am I?
30
Q: What type of company is full of hardcore professionals yet they get paid to play?
31
Q: What do you call a cross between your favorite music and your favorite grain?
32
Q: When is a dog more like a plant than an animal?
33
Q: What do you call it when a tree takes a vacation?
34
Q: What does a cat say when he injures himself?
35
Q: People get a kick out of watching me get kicked. What am I?
36
Q: What can travel around the world even without an airplane or shipping ticket?
37
Q: What type of furniture is made completely out of leaves?
38
Q: What do people use to add style to their teeth?
39
Q: What do you call a wound on Godzilla?
40
Q: What do you call someone who has given up on social media?
41
Q: What do a planet and a star call their child?
42
Q: What do you call a really focused sports player?
43
Q: What was the favorite lullaby of prehistoric children?
44
Q: How do you know when a train is out of control?
A: When it’s moving in a loco motion.
45
Q: What is a bank teller’s favorite type of nuts?
46
Q: How do you know if a bicycle is excited?
47
Q: Why does the head feel superior to all other parts of the body?
A: He has all the brains.
48
Q: What do you call it when a snake and a chicken get into a fight?
49
Q: What do you call it when the letter A dares the letter B to a challenge?
50
Q: What is a blossoming flower’s favorite exercise?
51
Q: What do you call a place where insects are cultivated?
52
Q: What do you call someone who makes fun of a person’s cerebellum?
53
Q: What always comes back up no matter how many times people put it down?
54
Q: What always spins 24 hours a day, 365 days a year?
55
Q: Why was the camera admitted into a mental institution?
56
Q: What’s the name of the State that sells the smallest drinks?
57
Q: What made the camel believe that he could win the lottery?
58
Q: What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
59
Q: I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold me for more than 5 minutes. What am I?
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Q: I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter but can’t go outside. What am I?
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