Riddles for Kids

It doesn't live within a house, nor does it live without.
Most will use it when they come in, and again when they go out.

Which side of a cat has the most fur?

As your ideas grow, I shrink. What am I?

Use me to reward good behavior. What am I?

What has fingers and a thumb but no hand?

The strangest creature you'll ever find: Two eyes in front and many many more behind.

What has one eye but cannot see?

Men walk over me but boats go under me. What am I?

What type of drink is usually added to cereal in the morning?

I defend without weapons, stand without legs, wound without force, and I am harder to fight than to kill. What am I?

What is full of holes but still holds water?

I have cities with no people, forests with no trees, and oceans with no water. What am I?

Often cooked as fillet, this meat comes from an animal that swims underwater.

Passed from father to son and shared between brothers,
its importance is unquestioned though it is used more by others.

I am pinched by grandmas. What am I?

What is the end of everything?

Why did Mickey Mouse go to outer space?

I can help you to mend. I hide my body but never my head. What am I?

Everyone has it.
Those who have it least don't know that they have it.
Those who have it most wish they had less of it,
But not too little or none at all.

It is a cat but not a kitty,
You'll never catch on in a city.
Its fangs are huge and so its claws,
A death machine with paws and jaws.
In its own way a royal fellow,
Striped with black and clothed in yellow.

Everyone has me but nobody can lose me. What am I?

What is used by man, tossed by trees, everywhere but unseen?

I'm a green veggie that looks like a tiny tree.

What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?

A close relative of ketchup that people often spread on their dog.

What can you not eat for breakfast?

What lives when it eats and dies when it drinks?

What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

How do you spell candy in 2 letters?

Not my sister nor my brother but still the child of my mother and father. Who am I?

What comes once a day but leaves every morning?

Salty water everywhere but not sea in sight.

I produce wool and spit a lot. What am I?

Which vehicle is spelled the same forwards and backwards?

Though I wander the earth, I am no longer here.
I am pale and I chill everyone near.
Who am I?

When we stand up it lies flat. When we lie back it stands up.

What leaps one time out of four?

What 11-letter English word is always pronounced incorrectly?

I can wake you up in the morning but I require no electricity or winding. What am I?

What lives where it cannot breathe and has a hole in its back?

Why do mummies like Christmas so much?

When I point up it's bright, but when I point down it's dark. What am I?

What kind of key do you use on Thanksgiving?

It is the transportation of choice for princesses to attend balls.

I stare at you, you stare at me.
I have three eyes, yet can't see.
Every time I blink, I give you commands.
You do as you are told, with your feet and hands.
What am I?

Guided, I am scraping along, leaving behind my snow-white dust against that which I am scraping, for when I am scraping, I must. What am i?

This is a plant named after a light source. What is it?

What makes a loud noise when changing its jacket, becomes larger but weighs less?

I go around and in the house, but never touches the house. What am I?

In the fields a frightful thing. Watch it and you will find, it has a pitchfork in the front, and a broom back behind.

Add me to myself and multiply by 4. Divide me by 8 and you will have me once more. What number am I?

Some adults still use these to count.

The famous royal young lady who had several short men following her.

Which bow can't be tied?

How many seconds are in a year?

Thirty white horses on a red hill,
First they champ,
Then they stamp,
Then they stand still.

He's small but he can climb a tower.

I am soldier and I really hate one month. Which month I am talking about?

Although I'm far from the point, I'm not a mistake. I fix yours. What am I?

It's only good if people laugh at it.

What goes up and down the stairs without moving?

The alphabet goes from A to Z. What goes from Z to A?

What always goes to bed with its shoes on?

Never resting, never still.
Moving silently from hill to hill.
It does not walk, run or trot.
All is cool where it is not.

This on this.
That on that.
Growing tall,
But never fat.
What am I?

What is in the middle of the sky?

We are little airy creatures,
all of different voice and features,
one of us in glass is set.
One of us you'll find in jet.
Another you may see in tin.
And the fourth a box within.
If the fifth you should pursue,
it can never fly from you.
What are we?

I touch your face, I'm in your words, I'm lack of space and beloved by birds. What am I?

What goes up when rain comes down?

What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

I can be as thin as a picture frame but my insides have many things you can see.

What instrument can make any sound and be heard but not touched or seen?

Tall when seated, short when standing.

A king wears one on his head.

I'm a food made of flour, water, and yeast or another leavening agent, mixed together and baked. You need me to make a sandwich.

All about, but cannot be seen,
Can be captured, cannot be held,
No throat, but can be heard.
Who am I?

A monkey, a squirrel, and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree. Who will get the banana first, the monkey, the squirrel, or the bird

What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

This breakfast food is thin, flat cake or batter, usually fried and turned in a pan. It is often enjoyed with butter and syrup.

You do this into someone's ear when you want to be discreet.

I have a head, tail, but no arms and legs. What am I?

I am at your hand when it is dark and hidden away in the light. What am I?

How does a dog cross a river without getting wet?

A cloud was my mother, the wind is my father, my son is the cool stream, and my daughter is the fruit of the land. A rainbow is my bed, the earth my final resting place, and I'm the torment of man.

Though it is not an ox, it has horns; Though it is not a donkey, it has packed-saddle; And wherever it goes it leaves silver behind.

What do you get if you milk a cow after an earthquake?

Where does a snowman keep his money?

Canine children. What am I?

I am gentle enough to soothe your skin, light enough to fly in the sky, strong enough to crack rocks. What am I?

You can drop me from the tallest building and I'll be fine, but if you drop me in water I die. What am I?

The more you take from me, the bigger I get. What am I?

Hide me from your parents if you have done bad academically this year. What am I?

What stays where it is when it goes off?

Do they have a 4th of July in England?

What must be looked through in order to see?

I have a neck but no head. I have a body but no arm. I have a bottom but no leg. What am I?

Although a human shape I wear,
Mother I never had;
And though no sense nor life I share,
in finest silks I'm clad.
By every miss I'm valued much,
beloved and highly prized;
still my cruel fate is such
by boys I am often despised.

White fat and fluffy,
May even look like a puppy.
Seems heavy but is light,
Floats about without a worry,
But if it turns dark you have to hurry!

What fruit is always sad?

I pass before the sun, yet make no shadow. What am I?