Riddles for Kids

I have a thousand wheels, but move I do not. Call me what I am, call me a lot.

More rare today than long ago. There's a salutation from friends written below. What am I?

I weaken all men for hours each day.
I show you strange visions while you are away.
I take you by night, by day take you back.
None suffer to have me, but do from my lack.

I'm where yesterday follows today and tomorrow is in the middle. What am I?

It's always above the negatives
Yet it's lower than the first prime
no matter how you multiply
it's the same every time.

According to many students, dogs have an appetite for this paper item.

A gentleman whose offspring have successfully produced offspring of their own.

What has a green top, red on its belly, seeds on the outside, and tastes great in jelly?

It is something you will never see again.

Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?

It moves around in circles.
We see it as we turn.
It keeps us always warm.
Always alive and always dying,
Across the sky we see it flying,
But touch it and we burn.

Food can help me survive, but water will kill me. What am I?

What's always coming, but never arrives?

I invade your home once a year... but only if you've been good. What am I?

I am seen in the water and in the sky. I am in the rainbow and a jay's feather. What am I?

He has a genie to thank for the fact that he married a princess.

What gets broken when you don't hold it?

I belong to you but others use me more often than you do. What am I?

Always well dressed, but I never fly.
Black and white, sometimes in a tie.
I swim and slide, and dance and glide,
With one person by my side.
What am I?

Raise your right appendage high above your head. Turn your head to the right and you will smell this.

Born in the ocean and white as snow. When I fall back to water I disappear without a trace. What am I?

What goes up and down without moving?

Hands she has but does not hold,
teeth she has but does not bite,
feet she has but they are cold,
eyes she has but without sight.
Who is she?

A piece of paper that determines the academic fate of kids everywhere.

An image taken from real life.

Double my number, I'm less than a score.
Half of my number is less than four.
Add one to my double when bakers are near.
Days of the week are still greater, I fear.

I have a tail. I can fly. I'm covered in colorful feathers. I can whistle and I can talk.

How do rabbits travel?

I spin and hum,
I'm your summer tool.
Just flip the switch,
and I serve to cool.
What am I?

What five-letter word, no matter how you pronounce it, is always pronounced wrong?

My neighbor makes mistakes. I get rid of them. Who am I?

Proof you've done your time in school.

You are a bus driver, 8 people get on, 2 people get off, 2 more people get on and another 1 get off. Finally, 3 more people get on and 2 get off again. How old is the bus driver?

I have a heart of gold and I smell when I'm old. What am I?

In the middle of night, I surround the gong.
In the middle of sight, I end the song.

What has three feet but no arms or legs?

I am blinding at times yet help you see. I am necessary, but you'll burn with too much of me. What am I?

I usually wear a yellow coat. I usually have a dark head. I make marks wherever I go.

A colourful bird that talks.

This sparkling globe can float on water. It is light as a feather, but ten giants can't pick it up.

I have wheels and flies, yet I am not an aircraft. What am I?

Taking this from a baby is said to be quite easy.

What is orange and sounds like a parrot?

What is heavy forward but not backward?

Sing me to a baby about to go to sleep. What am I?

I hop around and deliver eggs at Easter. What am I?

You can do this with your friends. You can do this with your nose. But don't do it with your friend's nose!

I am a kind of coat that can only be put on when wet. What am I?

Precious stones in a pack of cards.

What has holes on each side, but can still can hold water?

What is it that has a power socket on one end and a corkscrew on the other?

I have a hundred legs, but cannot stand. I have a long neck, but no head. I cannot see, and I help keep your house neat and tidy. What am I?

What word has three syllables and twenty six letters?

What do you call a snowman in July?

What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?

Two birds, trying to balance in one twig.

Which eight-letter word still remains a word after removing each letter from it?

High fat reward for making it through another solar cycle.

What starts with the letter T, is filled with T and ends in T?

I have one, you have one. If you remove the first letter, a bit remains. If you remove the second, bit still remains. If you remove the third, it still remains.

I am always in front of you, but you will never see me. What am I?