Riddles For Kids
What gets wet when drying?
A towel.
There is one room in the house ghosts will not haunt.
The living room.
What has four fingers and a thumb, but isn't alive?
A glove.
What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?
A deck of cards.
You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy.
A Candle
I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can't touch or catch me. What am I?
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge, or spongebob.
What gets bigger the more you take away?
A hole.
A rooster lays an egg at the top of a slanted roof. Which side is the egg going to roll-off?
Roosters don't lay eggs.
What has a head and a tail, but no body?
A coin.
I am always in front of you, but you will never see me. What am I?
The future
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. Who am I?
A barber.
This belongs to you, but everyone else uses it more often. What is it?
Your Name
A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl named Sarah. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Sarah seven apples. Why?
An apple a day keeps the doctor away!
What is seen in the middle of March and April that can't be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
The letter R.
If you have me, you will want to share me. If you share me, you will no longer have me. What am I?
A secret.
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn't get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
He was bald.
What kind of coat is best to put on wet?
A coat of paint.
What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?
A map.
You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don't see a single person on the boat. Why?
All the people were married.
What is big as an elephant but does not wear anything at all?
The elephant's shadow.
What can a child make but nobody can see it?
Noise.
David's father has three sons:
Snap, Crackle, and _________?
David.
What is harder to catch the faster you run?
What word in the English language does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire word signifies a great woman.
What is the word?
Heroine