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The Best 18 Riddles for Children that Aren’t too Hard to Solve

Riddles for Children

There’s a good reason why riddles have underpinned folk tales and superhero sagas riddles are not only for weirdos or batman villains, just about all kids love riddles. They’re a wonderful way to get the mind out of its cognitive routine and stimulate creative thinking in adults, kids, and mythic heroes alike. 

Just like the best jokes for kids, the best riddles for kids are fun and challenging word puzzles that force kids to think outside the box while also encouraging them to engage with language and have fun in the process. 

There’s certainly a fine line between riddles that are too easy and the ones that will make your children frustrated trying to figure them out. The best riddles for kids should and can provide a playful way to tackle truly challenging questions.

Most children have a natural aptitude for the type of thinking riddles need and will startle you with how well they take on a stumper. The best type of riddles engage a kid's natural problem-solving skills and get them laughing during the process. 

These 18 funny riddles and answers for kiddies sway from being easy to hard and are wonderful for kids of all ages to solve and have a blast while at it. 

So if you are searching for some fun ways to pass the time away, more especially during quarantine, and have already gone through jokes for kids, knock-knock jokes, and fun facts, then you’re in the right place.  

In this article, we have summarised the best riddles that you can use to test your kid's skills. Check them out below!

 

1. What starts with “T,” ends with “T” and has a “T” inside it?

 

Teapot

 

2. Which food item gets cracked before you use it?

 

An egg

 

3. What starts with an “E” but only has a single letter?

 

An envelope

 

4. What item has words but doesn’t ever speak?

 

A book

 

5. What does a cloud put on under its rain jacket?

 

Thunderwear

 

6. Why do you think ducks have tail feathers?

 

To hide their but quacks

 

7. What item has holes all over yet is still able to hold some water?

 

A sponge

 

8. What in your life goes up but never comes down?

 

Your age

 

9. Which place do cows go-to for entertainment?

 

The moo-vies

 

10. Why are ghosts so bad at lying?

 

Because you see straight through them

 

11. What name do you give a sad strawberry?

 

A blueberry

 

12. Where can you get keys that can’t work in a lock?

 

On a piano

 

13. Why was the moon not able to finish its meal?

 

It was full

 

14. If you tossed a yellow stone inside a blue sea, what would it change to?

 

Wet

 

15. Tell me how to make the number “one” vanish?

 

Add a “g” and it is “gone.”

 

16. What type of tree are you able to carry in your hand?

 

A palm

 

17. What is as large as a hippo but weighs nothing?

 

A hippo’s shadow

 

18. They go out at night without anyone calling and can become lost in the day without being stolen, do you know what they are?

 

Stars