Ready to unlock your child’s inner logic master? These exciting riddles will light up their brain and get the whole family thinking—and giggling—together.
What has hands but can’t clap?
I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
I can fill a room but take up no space. What am I?
The more you take from me, the bigger I become. What am I?
What has one eye but can’t see?
What has a head, a tail, but no body?
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I?
What has to be broken before you can use it?
What gets wetter the more it dries?
I’m always in front of you but can’t be seen. What am I?
What has many keys but can’t open a single door?
What can travel all around the world without leaving its corner?
If you drop me, I’m sure to crack—but give me a smile and I’ll smile back. What am I?
What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
Forward I’m heavy, but backward I’m not. What am I?
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
What has four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three at night?
What’s black and white and read all over?
Mary’s father has five daughters: Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono. Who’s the fifth?
A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed three days and left on Friday. How?
You see a boat filled with people, but there isn’t a single person on board. How?
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and…?
What goes up but never comes down?
Which month has 28 days?
I have branches but no leaves, trunk, or fruit. What am I?
What can you catch but not throw?
I’m not alive, but I grow; I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
What has words but never speaks?
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters?
Bonus Challenge: I have keys but no locks, space but no room—you can enter but not leave. What am I?
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