Easy riddles are a fantastic first step into wordplay and lateral thinking. These 390 kid-friendly easy riddles use familiar objects and everyday situations.
390 easy riddles
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A blue house is made of blue bricks. A yellow house is made of yellow bricks. A red house is made of red bricks. An orange house is made of orange bricks. What would a green house be made of?
Hint: A blue house is made of blue bricks…
Hint: Start working backwards from the end.
A father’s child, a mother’s child, yet no one’s son. Who am I.
One feels light in your hands. The other makes you grunt. But the scale never lies.
Hint: Two pounds is two pounds, no matter how it feels.
One is a grandmother. One is a mother. One is a daughter. But some wear two hats.
Hint: Grandma is also a mom, and mom is also a daughter.
A hundred feet in the air, but it’s back is on the ground. What is it?
A man is late for an appointment and, in his haste, takes a corner so fast that only two wheel were on the pavement. A police man is standing on the corner, but he did not give him a ticket. Why?
Hint: A man is late for an appointment and…
A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
Hint: A murderer is condemned to death…
Look at a coin. One part you see, one part you don’t. Both are part of the shape.
Hint: Inside vs. outside count as separate places.
Every swing is a fresh start. Past hits don’t change the bat. The chance stays put.
Hint: The coin (or player) doesn’t remember what happened before.
Big cars: 6 fit in a box. Small bears: 10 per box. The store packed 78 toys with extra cars. Count the full boxes—no half ones!
Hint: Try different combos of car boxes and bear boxes until the total makes 78.
A very pretty thing am I, fluttering in the pale-blue sky. Delicate, fragile on the wing, indeed I am a pretty thing. What am I?
Hint: A very pretty thing am I…
Danger lurks on every shore. One wrong move and chaos unfolds. Start with the middle link in the food chain.
Hint: Take the one that’s at risk from both sides.
I’m round and empty. In addition, I do nothing. In multiplication, I make everything disappear.
Hint: Think of a number that means ‘nothing’.
Almost everyone sees me without noticing me, For what is beyond is what he or she seeks. What am I?
Hint: Almost everyone sees me without noticing me…
At night they come without being fetched, And by day they are lost without being stolen.
Hint: At night they come without being fetched…
At the sound of me, men may dream, Or stamp their feet. At the sound of me, women may laugh, Or sometimes weep.
Hint: At the sound of me…
Big as a biscuit, deep as a cup, even a river can’t fill it up. What is it?
Hint: Start with 22 and think of a way to add 1.
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Hint: Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday…