Looking for object riddles? You've found the right page. We've collected 12 kid-safe object 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.
172 object riddles
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You are in a room where there are no metal objects except for two iron rods. Only one of them is a magnet. How can you identify this magnet?
Hint: You are in a room where there are no metal objects except for two iron rods…
You are on a ship, over the side hangs a rope ladder with half meter rungs. The tide rises a half meter per hour. At the end of five hours, how much of the ladder will remain above the water assuming that nine rungs were above the water when the tide began to rise?
Hint: You are on a ship…
You are standing on the top one of two solid metal pillars. They are both exactly one kilometer apart from each other and they both stand one kilometer high. There is absolutely nothing around these pillars, but you have one small twig, one small rock and an unlimited supply of rope. Usuing only the materials named, how can you get from the top of the pillar that you are on to the top of the other pillar?
Hint: You are standing on the top one of two solid metal pillars…
You blow me out on your birthday and make a wish. What am I?
You can see nothing else When you look in my face, I will look you in the eye And I will never lie.
Hint: You can see nothing else When you look in my face…
You can spin, wheel and twist, but this thing can turn without moving. What is it?
Hint: You can spin…
You have three stoves: a gas stove, a wood stove, and a coal stove, but only one match. Which should you light first?
Hint: You have three stoves: a gas stove…
You hear it speak, for it has a hard tongue. But it cannot breathe, for it has not a lung. What is it?
Hint: You hear it speak…
People kiss under me at Christmas. I am a small plant hung in doorways. What am I?
You live in a one story house made “entirely of redwood“. What color would the stairs be?
Hint: You live in a one story house made “entirely of redwood“…
You use it between your head and your toes, the more it works the thinner it grows. What is it?
Hint: You use it between your head and your toes…
You want to send a valuable object to a friend. You have a box which is more than large enough to contain the object. You have several locks with keys. The box has a locking ring which is more than large enough to have a lock attached. But your friend does not have the key to any lock that you have. How do you do it? Note that you cannot send a key in an unlocked box, since it might be copied.
Hint: You want to send a valuable object to a friend…