Riddles For Kids

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


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

Christmas Tree Riddles

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Here are many different Christmas tree riddles for kids – riddles where the answer is ‘Christmas tree.’

These are therefore great for using with many of our other riddle themes – ideas like:

Most of these are rhyming riddles, while the final one asks What Am I?

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

If they guess incorrectly, read them the clue on the second line and have them guess again. Continue doing this until they either guess the correct answer or run out of clues.

7 Christmas Tree Riddles For Kids

Christmas Tree Riddles For Kids

You put a skirt around my bottom
Once I have been chopped
The other end, a star or angel
Is how I get topped

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People go round and round me
Adding some lights on a string
And later underneath me
They place the gifts that they bring

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Garland, lights and balls
They can all be seen
Once they are hung up
On this evergreen

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All over this item
Some ornaments get hung
While in the background
Some carols might be sung

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During the festive season
We always buy this festive plant
Can the wrapped up gifts beneath
Be opened early? No they can’t!

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I have branches
And I’m green
In December
I am seen

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What Am I?

I’m green but I’m not a leprechaun
I have lights but I’m not a car
I have a skirt but I’m not a girl
I have things hanging on me but I’m not a clothes hanger
I have branches but I’m not a bank
I have needles but no thread

Snowman Riddles

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Here are several riddles for kids where the answer is a snowman.

These rhyming riddles are therefore perfect for using with many of our other riddle themes, including those about:

You could therefore put together a collection of riddles for your children based on one of those themes for a seasonal activity or some games.

5 Snowman Riddles For Kids

Snowman Riddles For Kids

With enough winter flakes
Two or three spheres is your goal
Then you can make this friend
With a scarf, carrot and coal

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You have to make him quickly
Not much time to have some fun
He won’t stick around for long
Once he’s been out in the sun

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He has a scarf and sticky arms
An orange nose and dark black eyes
The amount of stuff on the ground
Will help to determine his size

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You’ll start making him
By getting on a roll
Then adding a scarf
A carrot and some coal

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You’d better make him quickly
When there’s white stuff on the ground
Because he disappears
When the sun’s heat comes around

Holly Riddles

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Here are several different types of riddles for kids where the answer is ‘Holly’.

These are therefore great for using with many of our other riddle themes like:

The first few of these rhyme; with the third one, the word ‘Holly’ completes the riddle.

The fourth one is a one line riddle and the final option is a What Am I riddle.

With the What Am I idea, read the first line to your kids and get them to guess what they think the answer is.

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

5 Holly Riddles For Kids

Holly Riddles For Kids

Prick yourself at Christmas
This leaf might be to blame
It has the same title
As a certain girl’s name

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If you gather a lot of this
Your Christmas wreath should look grand
Be careful how you hold it though
As the prickles may hurt your hand

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If you want to pick up this leaf
Holding tightly might be folly
Because it’s easy to get pricked
When you touch a piece of _ _ _ _ _

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This girl with a name like a winter plant might be a little prickly

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What Am I?

I’m green but I’m not a pea
I’m seen at Christmas but I’m not a Christmas tree
I have the same name as a girl but I’m not an iris
I’m prickly but I’m not a cactus
I’m part of a Christmas carol’s name but I’m not ivy

Icicle Riddles

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Here are several riddles for kids that have the answer ‘icicle’.

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

Most of these rhyme, with the word ‘icicle’ completing the rhyme at the end of the third riddle.

The final one is a What Am I? riddle. To use this with your kids, read them the clue on the first line and get them to guess what they think the item is that you’re describing. If they guess incorrectly, read them the second clue and have them guess again.

Keep going until they either guess the correct answer or they run out of clues.

4 Icicle Riddles For Kids

Icicle Riddles For Kids

If you’re outside in the winter
And you are walking around town
You might see this item caused by
Water frozen while dripping down

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If you want to make this item
Then it should be a breeze
Just have some water dripping down
And then you make it freeze

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These natural items tend to be straight
Just like the spokes on a bicycle
They’re formed by dripping water that’s frozen
Which means that it’s called an _ _ _ _ _ _

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What Am I?

I point downwards, but I’m not a stalactite
I’m spiky but I’m not on a cactus
I glisten but you’ll never see me in the summer
I’m frozen but I’m not a broken games console
I’m made of H20, but I’m not the ocean