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Body Riddles for Kids

Looking for body riddles? You've found the right page. We've collected 20 kid-safe body riddles, ranging from quick "what am I" warm-ups to head-scratching brain-teasers. Each riddle includes the answer behind a tap, so kids get a chance to guess before peeking. Great as classroom starters, lunch-box surprises, or a family game.

52 body riddles

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You'll find me in your mouth and in a graveyard. What am I?

medium Age 7+ body brain teaser

You’ll find me in your mouth and in a graveyard. What am I?

✨ A tooth (teeth / tombstone)
L2 · brain teaser

I make you weak at the worst of all times

hard Age 10+ body brain teaser

I make you weak at the worst of all times. I keep you safe, I keep you fine. I make your hands sweat, and your heart grow cold, I visit the weak, but seldom the bold. Who am I?

Hint: I make you weak at the worst of all times…

✨ Fear
L3 · brain teaser

I make you weak at the worst of all times

hard Age 10+ body brain teaser

I make you weak at the worst of all times. I keep you safe, I keep you fine. I make your hands sweat, and your heart grow cold, I visit the weak, but seldom the bold. What am I?

Hint: I make you weak at the worst of all times…

✨ Your fears
L3 · brain teaser

I make you weak at the worst of times but in the ned i keep you safe, You will sweat in my presience

hard Age 10+ body brain teaser

I make you weak at the worst of times but in the ned i keep you safe, You will sweat in my presience even as you grow cold, i dwell with the weak and easily the brave but with out me who could tell the difference. Who am I?

Hint: I make you weak at the worst of times but in the ned i keep you safe…

✨ Fear
L3 · brain teaser

If life gets tough, what do you have that you can always count on?

easy Age 6+ body joke

If life gets tough, what do you have that you can always count on?

✨ Your fingers!
L2 · joke

It walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three legs in the evening

medium Age 8+ body what am i

It walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three legs in the evening. What is it

Hint: It walks on four legs in the morning…

✨ Man. He crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two legs as a man and uses two legs and a cane when he's old
L2 · what am i

Joe and Sally where sitting in their family room one night

medium Age 8+ body logic

Joe and Sally where sitting in their family room one night. While Joe was watching T.V, his wife Sally was reading. All of a sudden the power went out and Joe decided to go to bed, but Sally kept on reading. With no use of artificial light, Sally kept on reading. How?

Hint: Joe and Sally where sitting in their family room one night…

✨ Sally was blind, she was reading a book by Braille
L2 · logic

Pronounced as one letter, And written with three, Two letters there are, And two only in me

medium Age 8+ body what am i

Pronounced as one letter, And written with three, Two letters there are, And two only in me. I’m double, I’m single, I’m black, blue, and gray, I’m read from both ends, And the same either way. What am I?

Hint: Pronounced as one letter…

✨ You have two of them An eye
L2 · what am i

Pronounced as one letter, But look and you'll see, That really I'm written with three

medium Age 8+ body what am i

Pronounced as one letter, But look and you’ll see, That really I’m written with three. I’m read from both ends, The same either way. What am I?

Hint: Pronounced as one letter…

✨ I am an eye, or an ewe
L2 · what am i

Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain

easy Age 6+ body brain teaser

Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn’t wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?

Hint: Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain…

✨ This man is bald!
L2 · brain teaser

I have teeth but never bite

easy Age 4+ object what am i

I have lots of tiny teeth, but I never chew or bite. Instead, I help you fix your hair so it looks neat and right.

Hint: You probably use me every morning before school.

✨ A comb
L1 · what am i

There is a certain family with both girl and boy children

hard Age 10+ math math

There is a certain family with both girl and boy children. Each of the boys has the same number of brothers as he has sisters. Each of the girls has twice as many brothers as she has sisters. How many boys and girls are there in this family?

Hint: There is a certain family with both girl and boy children…

✨ Four boys and three girls
L2 · math

They have not flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone

easy Age 6+ object what am i

They have not flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own. What are they?

Hint: They have not flesh…

✨ Gloves
L1 · what am i

This is as light as a feather, Yet no man can hold it for long

medium Age 8+ body brain teaser

This is as light as a feather, Yet no man can hold it for long. What is it?

✨ Your Breath
L3 · brain teaser

Three lives have I

easy Age 6+ nature what am i

Three lives have I. Gentle enough to soothe the skin. Light enough to caress the sky. Hard enough to crack rocks. What am I?

Hint: Three lives have I…

✨ I am Water
L2 · what am i

Three men were walking out one day

easy Age 6+ body brain teaser

Three men were walking out one day. Then it started raining hard. They raced 4 blocks to there house. When they got in, one man didnt get his hair wet. They did not have an umbrella, or a hat. How can this be?

Hint: Three men were walking out one day…

✨ He was bald
L2 · brain teaser

What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet be consumed?

medium Age 8+ food what am i

What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet be consumed?

✨ Salt
L2 · what am i

What can you catch but not throw?

easy Age 6+ body joke

What can you catch but not throw?

✨ A cold
L2 · joke