Riddles For Kids

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


Football Riddles

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Today’s collection of riddles for kids can all be answered with ‘football.’

These ideas can therefore be matched well with our other riddles with a sports, game or Thanksgiving theme.

All of these rhyme, with the final idea also being a one line riddle.

Football Riddles For Kids

Football Riddles For Kids

In this game
You will not frown
If you score
A great touchdown

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Denver, Pittsburgh and Seattle
New England, Dallas and Green Bay
Chicago, Oakland and New York
What is the sport these cities play?

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An annual tradition
On every Thanksgiving Day
Is watching the great team sport
The Lions and Cowboys play

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What’s played by a Detroit Lion on the gridiron?

Deck Of Cards Riddles

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Today’s set of riddles for kids all have a deck of playing cards as their answer.

These are therefore perfect for using our other game and toy riddles.

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

To use the fourth idea, read the first clue to your children and get them to guess what they think the answer is. If they’re not correct, read them the second clue and get them to take another guess.

Keep doing this until they either get the right answer or they run out of clues.

4 Deck Of Cards Riddles For Kids

Deck Of Cards Riddles

This consists of fifty-two things
Half are black and half are red
Most have numbers or a letter
And the rest all have a head

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This is used for many games
Like Go Fish, Snap and Poker
It contains four different suits
And sometimes there’s a joker

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If you’re bored and have a set of these
There are many things that can be played
Each has a number, letter or head
And a diamond, club, heart or a spade

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What Am I?

I have kings and queens but I’m not a chess board
I have 52 things in me but I’m not weeks in a year
I’m mostly red and black but I’m not Darth Maul
I have diamonds but I don’t shine
I have aces but I’m not a tennis match

Balloon Riddles

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We’re blowing things up today with a set of riddles that all have ‘balloon’ as their answer.

These are therefore great for using with our other riddles for kids which have a game or toy theme.

The first four of these rhyme, while the fifth is a What Am I? riddle. Here’s how to use that final option:

Read the first line of it to your kids (or have them read it themselves) and have them guess what they think is being described.

If they’re not correct, read them the second line and have them guess again. Keep going until they guess correctly or run out of clues.

If you’re using any of these riddles as an activity for your children, check out Youth Workin’ It for all kinds of ideas for balloon games.

5 Balloon Riddles For Kids

Balloon Riddles For Kids

I come in many colors
And I’m seen on your birthday
You’d better hold me tightly
Or else I will float away

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I am something that gets blown up
But I’m not dynamite
When I am filled with helium
I float because I’m light

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Blow this thing up nice and big
But do not let it pop
When it’s filled with helium
It floats up to the top

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I’m something that gets inflated
But I am not a tire
And when I’m filled with helium
Let go and I float higher

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What Am I?

I get blown up but I’m not a stick of dynamite
I sometimes have a string attached but I’m not a kite
I sometimes float but I’m not a swimmer
I’m seen at birthday parties but I’m not a candle

Green Riddles

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Here are six riddles for kids where the answer is the color green

These are therefore great for using with all our other riddles about different colors.

6 Green Riddles For Kids

Green Riddles For Kids

Certain types of peppers
Some asparagus and peas
Lettuce, spinach and limes
What’s the color of all these?

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A granny smith apple
The inside of a kiwi
What’s the color of these
And a head of broccoli?

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I am a secondary color
I am envy’s color some would say
I am also the color you see
When celebrating St Patrick’s Day

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What’s the color of some mint
A wine bottle made of glass
Crocodiles, frogs, the Hulk
Shamrocks, Kermit and some grass

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A nice, crisp dollar bill
And the leaves up on the trees
A tasty cucumber
What’s the color of all these?

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Orange, violet, yellow
Blue, red and indigo
What’s the missing color
That is in a rainbow

Blue Riddles

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Today’s set of rhyming riddles all have the color blue as their answer.

These are therefore great for using with all of our other color riddles which we’ve created especially for kids.

6 Blue Riddles For Kids

Blue Riddles For Kids

Violet, yellow, orange
Red, green and indigo
What’s the missing color
That is in a rainbow

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What color is the ocean
On which some people surf?
It’s also the same color
As the great Papa Smurf

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It’s the color of the water
When you’re on a ferry
Sometimes you might have a muffin
With this color berry

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This is the same color
As a can of Pepsi
And a monster who would
Love to eat a cookie

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Some say you are this color
When you are feeling down
Your eyes might be this color
If they’re not green or brown

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Elvis didn’t want you to step
On this type of suede shoes
Some say you’re black and this color
If you have a big bruise