Riddles For Kids

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


Ghost Riddles

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If you’re looking for ghost riddles for kids, there are many of them below that have ‘ghost’ as the answer.

These rhyming riddles could be used for a number of different occasions:

If you’re planning on using these for Halloween, make sure you check out our sister site for two sets of Halloween scavenger hunt riddles that also give ideas for how to organize the scavenger hunt.

Ghost Riddles For Kids

Ghost Riddles For Kids

If you are in a creepy house
And hear an unusual sound
It might be this apparition
Who can be seen floating around

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If you ever see one of these
In a haunted house late at night
This specter of someone who died
Is bound to give you a huge fright

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It might look like a white sheet
Covered over someone
But beware of this spooky thing
It might be best to run!

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When you’re staying in a haunted house
You had better make it your mission
To try and make it through the night and
Avoid this type of apparition

Black Cat Riddles

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Here are some riddles for kids where the answer is a black cat.

These are therefore great for using for a number of different types of games and activities.

Here are a few ideas of themes these rhyming riddles would go well with:

Black Cat Riddles For Kids

Black Cat Riddles For Kids

To make sure you don’t have bad luck
And have everything be fine
Make sure that your path isn’t crossed
By this dark as night feline

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If you see this animal
And find that your paths are crossed
Try to walk a different way
Or bad luck will be the cost

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If you are superstitious
Something you avoid I bet
To make sure your path’s not crossed
Is this dark furred household pet

Coffin Riddles

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Here are some coffin riddles written specially for kids.

These ideas are perfect for using at a Halloween party, a birthday party with a haunted house theme or any other kind of scary activities or games.

If you’re planning a Halloween party, here are some great coffin invitations you could use.

And if you like these rhyming riddles, be sure to check out all of our other Halloween-themed riddles.

Coffin Riddles For Kids

Coffin Riddles For Kids

When you put a person in this
You shouldn’t hear any knocks
If you do there’s been a mistake
And you should open this pine box

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What’s it like being in one
Is something you might wonder
It’s best not to find out though
As you’d be six feet under

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If you find yourself laying in one
You won’t be feeling merry
As it means that when the lid is closed
It’s you that they will bury

Haunted House Riddles

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Here are a number of different rhyming riddles for kids that all have the answer of ‘Haunted House’.

This means that they’re ideal for using at Halloween parties for some spooky kids games or for any other kind of scary activity that you’re planning.

If you like these Haunted House riddles, take a look at all our Halloween riddles for many more spooky ideas.

Haunted House Riddles For Kids

Haunted House Riddles For Kids

This place has hardly any lights
But a lot of creaking floors
There are all kinds of strange noises
And some random slamming doors

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If you get lost in the middle of nowhere
And come across this place in the night
Then think twice about knocking on their front door
Unless you want to get a big fright

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This structure isn’t somewhere
You ever want to be
Because it has lots of ghosts
That make it so scary

Spider Riddles

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Here are several spider riddles that have been written specially for kids.

Most of these rhyme, but there’s also a ‘What Am I’ riddle – ask your kids this riddle one line at a time to see how many clues they need in order for them to work out the answer.

As these riddles are all about spiders, they’re great for all kinds of themes like:

We’ve also given some ideas below of spider-themed decorations, jewelry and costumes for a party, as well as some toys and books you could give out as prizes for any games or competitions that you organize.

Spider Riddles For Kids

Spider Riddles For Kids

In the center of a web
Are several trapped little flies
Heading in to eat them all
Is this creature with bulging eyes

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This common little arachnid
An intricate web it does weave
And when many people see one
The room that they are in they leave!

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This is a common little bug
That many people fear
This fear has a special name
It’s arachnophobia

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What Am I?

I’m something a lot of people are scared of but I’m not heights
I sometimes bite but I’m not a snake
I have eight legs but I’m not two chairs
I eat flies but I’m not a frog
I have a web but I don’t have anything to do with the internet

Spider Items

As we mentioned above, here’s a slideshow with a collection of all kinds of different spider items: