Riddles aren’t just for cave-dwelling Gollum and Batman villains. Riddles are for anyone — kids included — who wants to kick their brain out of routine thinking habits. The best riddles for kids, like the best jokes for kids, are challenging, fun word puzzles that push them to examine their assumptions while giggling at language itself.
1. Freak Occurrences
Riddle: What happens once in a lifetime, twice in a moment, but never in one hundred years?
Answer: The letter “M”
2. Odd Number
Riddle: I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Answer: Seven.
3. These Hands Can’t Clap
Riddle: What has hands but doesn’t clap?
Answer: A clock.
4. Only Going Up
Riddle: What goes up but never comes back down?
Answer: Your age!
5. Dry Without an Umbrella
Riddle: If a brother, his sister, and their dog weren’t under an umbrella, why didn’t they get wet?
Answer: It wasn’t raining.
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