Riddles For Kids

Find riddles about anything and everything, all specially designed for kids!


Chicken Riddles

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Today’s set of riddles for kids all have ‘chicken’ as their answer.

These are ideal for using with many of our other riddles themes like food, birds, animals, farms, nature and more.

The first three of these are rhyming riddles, while the fourth asks your kids What Am I?

To use that last idea, read them the first line and get them to guess the answer. If they’re not correct, read them the second line and get them to guess again.

Keep going until they either realize that the answer is chicken or they run out of clues.

4 Chicken Riddles For Kids

Chicken Riddles For Kids

You can eat its wings
Its breast and its legs
Plus when it’s alive
You can eat its eggs

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You might be called this animal
If someone thinks that you’re afraid
This is something that you might eat
As well as its eggs that it laid

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This bird, it can be eaten
Breaded, roasted, boiled or fried
And why did it cross the road?
To get to the other side

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What Am I?

I’m found on a farm but I’m not a tractor
I can be roasted but I’m not a peanut
I have feathers but I’m not a pillow
I’m fowl but I’m not disgusting
I lay eggs but I’m not an ostrich

Parrot Riddles

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Are you planning a pirate themed birthday party for one of your kids or need to organize some activities with a bird theme?

If so, today’s set of riddles could be just what you’re looking for as the answer to each of them is parrot.

The first four are rhyming riddles, with the word ‘parrot’ completing the rhyme of the fourth.

There’s also a bonus fifth riddle that asks What Am I? To use this one, have your child read the first line (or read it to them) and have them guess what they think it is. If they’re incorrect, read the second clue and guess again. Keep going until they either guess the correct answer or they run out of clues.

5 Parrot Riddles For Kids

Parrot Riddles For Kids

This is a certain type of bird
But it is not a hawk
It sits on a pirate’s shoulder
While letting out a squawk

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If you ever hear an echo
Another voice that can be heard
Take a look around you because
It might be this colorful bird

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It sits on a pirate’s shoulder
And doesn’t ever fly away
The funniest thing about it
Is that it repeats what you say

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This is a bird that talks
Did he say that he’s a carrot?
Oh, I must have misheard
He is actually a _ _ _ _ _ _

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What Am I?

I’m colorful but I’m not a rainbow
I’m sometimes found on a shoulder but I’m not a bag strap
I have two legs but I’m not an ostrich
I can talk but I’m not a person
I can fly but I’m not an airplane

Penguin Riddles

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Here are several riddles for kids where the answer is ‘penguin.’

These riddles are perfect for using with many of our other riddle themes – ideas like:

The first few of these rhyme, while the final one is a What Am I riddle.

To use the What Am I idea, read the first line of it to your kids and have them try to guess the answer.

If they don’t guess correctly, read them the clue on the second line and get them to guess again. Continue doing this until they manage to work out the correct answer or they run out of clues.

4 Penguin Riddles For Kids

Penguin Riddles For Kids

My wings are used as flippers
So in water I can flow
Sometimes when on land I slide
On my belly in the snow

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Even though I have two wings
I’m a bird that cannot fly
I often like to swim though
And on ice is where I dry

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It’s cold and icy where we live
So we have to huddle in tight
We have wings but we cannot fly
So we can’t soar to a great height

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What Am I?

I’m usually black and white but I’m not a newspaper
I have wings but I’m not an airplane
I lay eggs but I’m not a chicken
I eat fish but I’m not a whale
I appeared in the movie Madagascar but I’m not a zebra

Turkey Riddles

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Here are a number of different turkey riddles for kids.

Most of these are riddles that rhyme, although the final one is a What Am I? riddle.

To use the What Am I one, read out the first line to your kids and get them to guess what they think the answer is.

If they’re not correct, read the second clue to them and have them guess again. Keep going until they either get the correct answer or they run out of clues.

These riddles about turkeys would work well with riddles from many of our other themes:

And if you’re planning Thanksgiving activities for your kids, be sure to check out our sister site for loads of Thanksgiving scavenger hunt ideas.

Beneath this list is a slideshow of turkey-themed items – costumes, toys, books and more that might make great prizes for Thanksgiving games.

Turkey Riddles For Kids

Turkey Riddles For Kids

It is time for Thanksgiving
I don’t know if you’d heard
Which means it’s time to gobble
This very tasty bird

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It sounds just like a country
But we eat it at dinner
If you can work this one out
Then you’re a riddle winner

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There’s lots of me at Thanksgiving
But you don’t want me to be wasted
Because my meat’s really juicy
Just so long as I have been basted

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What Am I?

I’m sometimes seen when bowling but I’m not a ball
I’m something that gets roasted but I’m not coffee
I’m a food that sounds like I’m named after a country but I’m not Chile
I can be made into bacon but I’m not a pig
I’m eaten at Thanksgiving but I’m not candied yams

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Turkey Prizes

As mentioned above, here are all kinds of items that make great prizes for Thanksgiving games: