Body Riddles for Kids

I have three letters. I can read you backward, but I cannot see. I can guide you forward, but I cannot move. What am I?

Hint: It sounds just like the letter “I”, and spelled backward it’s still the same.

I herald the darkness which descends on all creatures; You will know my approach by moans and wracked features. I visit the hippo, hyena, and horse, But never go near snails and spiders, of course. I would circle the glove, leaping one to the other, Should all the world’s people ever clasp hands together. What am I?

Hint: I herald the darkness which descends on all creatures; You will know my approach…

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

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…

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…

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

I’m a skater’s most honest teacher. Every lesson leaves a mark. Knees and palms know me best. 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…

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…

No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

What can be swallowed, but can also swallow you?