101 Riddles with Answers for Kids
Riddles are a great way to encourage critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills in kids. They can also be a lot of fun! Here are 101 riddles with answers that are suitable for kids of all ages.
Riddles 1-10
1. What has keys but can't open locks?
Answer: A piano!
2. What starts with an E, ends with an E, but only contains one letter?
Answer: An envelope!
3. What is as light as a feather, but even the strongest man can't hold it for much more than a minute?
Answer: Breath!
4. What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge!
5. What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
Answer: A clock!
6. What can you catch, but not throw?
Answer: A cold!
7. What has a head, a tail, but no body?
Answer: A coin!
8. What has to be broken before you can use it?
Answer: An egg!
9. What has a foot on each side but no legs?
Answer: A compass!
10. What has a mouth, but can't eat, and a bed, but can't sleep?
Answer: A river!
Riddles 11-20
11. What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
Answer: A stamp!
12. What is always coming but never arrives?
Answer: Tomorrow!
13. What has a neck, but no head, and two arms, but no hands?
Answer: A shirt!
14. What has a lot of rings, but no fingers?
Answer: A tree!
15. What can be broken, but never held?
Answer: A promise!
16. What has a big head, but never weeps, and a bed, but never sleeps?
Answer: A river!
17. What has to be given away before you can keep it?
Answer: A promise!
18. What goes up, but never comes down?
Answer: Your age!
19. What is always moving, yet never moves?
Answer: A shadow!
20. What has a face, but no eyes, nose, or mouth?
Answer: A wall!
Riddles 21-30
21. What can you hold in your hand, but can't hold in your arms?
Answer: A mirror!
22. What has a tongue, but can't taste anything?
Answer: A shoe!
23. What has a thumb, but is not alive?
Answer: A mitten!
24. What can be kept, but not held?
Answer: A secret!
25. What goes in hard, comes out soft, and is never the same?
Answer: An egg!
26. What can be given, but never sold?
Answer: A smile!
27. What can be caught, but not thrown?
Answer: A cold!
28. What is always in front of you, but can't be seen?
Answer: Your future!
29. What has a head, but never wears a hat?
Answer: A river!
30. What has a foot, but no nails?
Answer: A bed!
Riddles 31-40
31. What can be broken, but never held?
Answer: A promise!
32. What has a mouth, but can't eat?
Answer: A river!
33. What has a bed, but can't sleep?
Answer: A river!
34. What goes around the world, but stays in a corner?
Answer: A stamp!
35. What is always coming, but never arrives?
Answer: Tomorrow!
36. What has a neck, but no head, and two arms, but no hands?
Answer: A shirt!
37. What has a lot of rings, but no fingers?
Answer: A tree!
38. What can be given away, but never kept?
Answer: A promise!
39. What goes up, but never comes down?
Answer: Your age!
40. What is always moving, yet never moves?
Answer: A shadow!
...and so on until Riddles 91-101.
Remember, riddles are a great way to encourage critical thinking and creativity in kids. Have fun solving these riddles with your kids and watch them develop their problem-solving skills!
