{"id":203428,"date":"2024-08-20T14:44:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T14:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/?p=203428"},"modified":"2024-08-20T14:44:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T14:44:54","slug":"riddles-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/riddles-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"26 clever riddles for kids (with answers)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for thought-provoking activities to keep kids engaged without screens? Riddles are a great way to challenge kids and activate their brains while working together and having fun.&nbsp;<\/p><p>From easy riddles kids will be proud to figure out on their own to more challenging riddles you can solve together, it&rsquo;s time to put your thinking caps on and enjoy these mind-stimulating and funny riddles for kids. Don&rsquo;t worry about getting stumped &mdash; we provide the answers.&nbsp;<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-easy-riddles-for-kids\"><strong>Easy riddles for kids<\/strong><\/h2><p><strong>1. What has legs but doesn&rsquo;t walk?<\/strong><\/p><p>A table.<\/p><p><strong>2. What has a face and two hands but no arms and legs?<\/strong><\/p><p>A clock.<\/p><p><strong>3. What has keys but can&rsquo;t open locks?<\/strong><\/p><p>A piano.&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>4. What has ears but cannot hear?<\/strong><\/p><p>Corn.&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>5. What goes up but never comes down?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><p>Your age.&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>6. Which month of the year has 28 days?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><p>All of them.&nbsp;<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hard-riddles-for-kids-nbsp\"><strong>Hard riddles for kids&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2><p><strong>7. What has 13 hearts but no other organs?<\/strong><\/p><p>A deck of cards.&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>8. What can you catch but not throw?<\/strong><\/p><p>A cold.&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>9. What gets wet while it&rsquo;s drying?<\/strong><\/p><p>A towel.&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>10. What has to be broken before you can use it?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><p>An egg.&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>11. What has many teeth but can&rsquo;t bite?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><p>A comb.&nbsp;<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-math-riddles-for-kids\"><strong>Math riddles for kids<\/strong><\/h2><p><strong>12. What number, when multiplied by any other number, always remains the same?<\/strong><\/p><p>Zero.&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>13. What odd number becomes even when you take away one letter?<\/strong><\/p><p>Seven.&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>14. What&rsquo;s a math teacher&rsquo;s favorite dessert?<\/strong><\/p><p>Pi.&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>15. If you add five to nine, how is it possible to get two?<\/strong><\/p><p>Measuring in hours, five hours after 9 a.m. is 2 p.m.&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>16. If one bag has a pound of sugar and the other bag has a pound of dirt, which will be heavier?<\/strong><\/p><p>Neither, they both weigh one pound.&nbsp;<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-animal-riddles-for-kids\"><strong>Animal riddles for kids<\/strong><\/h2><p><strong>17. Why are teddy bears never hungry?<\/strong><\/p><p>Because they are always stuffed.<\/p><p><strong>18. What do you call a bear with no teeth?<\/strong><\/p><p>A gummy bear.<\/p><p><strong>19. What animal can carry a house on its back?<\/strong><\/p><p>A snail.&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>20. What has a trunk but is not a car?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><p>An elephant.&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>21. What&rsquo;s a bird that cannot fly?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><p>A penguin.&nbsp;<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-am-i-riddles-for-kids\"><strong>&lsquo;What am I?&rsquo; riddles for kids<\/strong><\/h2><p><strong>22. I have a tail and head but no body. What am I?<\/strong><\/p><p>A coin.&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>23. I can fill a room, but I take up no space. What am I?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><p>Air.<\/p><p><strong>24. I&rsquo;m tall when I&rsquo;m young, but I&rsquo;m short when I&rsquo;m old. What am I?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><p>A candle.&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>25. I&rsquo;m not alive, but I can grow. I don&rsquo;t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><p>A fire.&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>26. I have a neck but no head. What am I?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><p>A bottle.&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Put on those thinking caps \u2014 these funny riddles for kids will get everyone (even grown-ups) working their brains together. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1278,"featured_media":203437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"enable_toc":false,"care_reviewed_by":0,"care_post_updated_flag":false,"care_updated_date":"","last_update":"2024-08-20","view_count":28497,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"member-type":[4],"vertical":[6],"platform":[],"class_list":["post-203428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","member-type-all","vertical-children"],"acf":[],"created":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1278"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203428"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203457,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203428\/revisions\/203457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203428"},{"taxonomy":"member-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member-type?post=203428"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=203428"},{"taxonomy":"platform","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/platform?post=203428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}