Here are five riddles for kids where the answer is a piano. These are therefore great for using with our other instrument and music riddles.

The first four of these are rhyming riddles, while the fifth asks your children What Am I?

To use that final riddle, read the clue that’s on the first line to your kids and ask them to take a guess at the answer. As the clue is that it’s something that can be played but which isn’t a board game, they might guess that it’s a football, a video game or a guitar.

If they don’t guess that a piano is the answer, read them the second clue and have them take another guess. Keep doing this until they either correctly guess that the answer’s a piano or they run out of clues.

Piano Riddles For Kids

This is something that can be played
But it doesn’t require balls
It has many black and white keys
And strings, hammers and some pedals

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I have lots of hammers inside
But there’s no nails for them to hit
To use them you press down on keys
They play notes while on a stool you sit

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If you’re going to play this
You’ll need to sit on a stool
Put your fingers on the keys
And your foot on a pedal

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I am a type of instrument
That can be grand or upright
I have hammers, strings and pedals
And my keys are black and white

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What Am I?

I can be played but I’m not a board game
I have keys but I don’t have any locks
I have hammers but I don’t have any nails
I have pedals but I’m not a bicycle
I can be tuned but I’m not a radio

Here are six riddles for kids where the answer is a drum, so they’re great for using with our other instrument and music riddles.

The first five are rhyming riddles, with the word ‘drum’ completing the rhyme of the fifth.

The sixth of these is a What Am I riddle. To use that final idea, read the clue that’s on the first line to your children and have them take a guess at what they think the answer might be. As the clue is that it’s something you can beat but which isn’t an egg, they might guess that it’s a sports team, a world record or a dead horse.

If your kids don’t guess that the answer is a drum, read them the second clue and ask them to try guessing again now that they have some additional information. Keep doing this until they either guess that a drum is the answer or they run out of clues.

Drum Riddles For Kids

Although this thing’s not an egg
It is something that you can beat
As you hit its skin with sticks
And for a bass you use your feet

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This is a type of instrument
But it doesn’t require picks
As it doesn’t have any strings
Instead you play it with some sticks

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With most types of this instrument
You would hit it using some sticks
But with the bass version of this
There’s a pedal to give it kicks

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Tom-toms and steel pans
Djembes and bongos
Kettles and tympani
What are all of those?

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I am a type of instrument
But I’m not something you strum
Instead you use sticks to play me
Which means that I am a _ _ _ _

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What Am I?

I’m something you can beat but I’m not an egg
I have skin but I’m not a boxer
I’m often cylindrical but I’m not a can of paint
I often come as a set but I’m not golf clubs
I sometimes have a snare but I don’t catch animals
I’m a musical instrument but I’m not a guitar