Riddles for 9 Year Olds — Page 6

I can be created by humans, but they cannot control me. I suck on wood, paper and flesh alike. I can be more of a hindrance than help. To my creators, I seem to be everywhere at once. What am I?

Hint: I can be created by humans…

I can be found on a human or beast all people should have one at least I can be any shape or any size and my history you’ll despise What Am I?

Hint: I can be found on a human or beast all people should have one at least I can be …

I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or square. What am I?

Hint: I can be long…

I can fill a whole room, but I take up absolutely no space. What am I?

I can flutter and take your breath away. I can take a beating, but do not bruise. If I stopped you would be sure to lose. Everyday I am with you. What am I?

Hint: I can flutter and take your breath away…

I can trap many different things and colors, Ever changing, not boring. Look closely and you may find yourself also caught in my trap. What am I?

Hint: I can trap many different things and colors…

I come at the end of time and at the start of eternitiy. I come four times in every week, but only once in a thousand years. What am I?

Hint: I come at the end of time and at the start of eternitiy…

I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold. They are the smallest you could imagine. Sooner or later everybody needs my help, yet many people are afraid to let me help them. Who am I?

Hint: I dig out tiny caves…

I fly, yet I have no wings. I cry, yet I have no eyes. Darkness follows me; lower light I never see.

Hint: I fly…

I follow you all day long, copying your every move. But the moment you step into a pitch-black room, I completely disappear. What am I?

I give milk and have a horn but I’m not a cow? What am I?

I give you a group of three. One is sitting down, and will never get up. The second eats as much as is given to him, yet is always hungry. The third goes away and never returns.

Hint: I give you a group of three…

I GO UP AND DOWN… BUT NEVER MOVE. WHO AM I?

I have a big mouth and I am also quite loud! I am NOT a gossip but I do get involved with everyone’s dirty business. Can you name me?

Hint: I have a big mouth and I am also quite loud…

I have a “deck” but I’m not a ship. I have “trucks” but I can’t carry cargo. Kids stand on me to do cool tricks. What am I?

I have a heart that never beats, I have a home but I never sleep. I can take a mans house and build anothers, And I love to play games with my many brothers. I am a king among fools. Who am I?

Hint: I have a heart that never beats…

I have a little house in which I live all alone. It has no doors or windows, and if I want to go out I must break through the wall.

Hint: I have a little house in which I live all alone…

I have an eye but cannot see. I am stronger and faster then any man alive but have no limbs. What am I?

Hint: I have an eye but cannot see…

I have four wings, but cannot fly, I never laugh and never cry; On the same spot I’m always found, toiling away with little sound. What am I?

Hint: I have four wings…

I have holes on the top and bottom. I have holes on my left and on my right. And I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water. What am I?

Hint: I have holes on the top and bottom…