Riddles for Elementary Kids

I have hands but I cannot clap. What am I?

What has many keys but cannot open a single lock?

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but come alive with wind. What am I?

What gets wetter the more it dries?

I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish. What am I?

I tell stories but never speak. I have a spine but no bones. What am I?

I am tall when I am young and short when I am old. What am I?

What has one eye but cannot see?

What has lots of teeth but cannot bite?

What travels around the world while staying in one corner?

What has a neck but no head?

What runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks?

I follow you in daylight but disappear in the dark. What am I?

What goes up but never comes down?

What must be broken before you can use it?

What is full of holes but still holds water?

What has four fingers and a thumb but is not alive?

What has a tongue but cannot talk?

What begins with E, ends with E, and contains one letter?

What kind of room has no doors or windows?

I have whiskers, soft paws and a purr. What am I?

I look like a horse wearing black-and-white pajamas. What am I?

I move slowly and carry my house on my back. What am I?

I hop on two strong legs and carry my baby in a pocket. What am I?

I sleep by day, hunt at night and say, “Who?” What am I?

I am a bird dressed like I am going to a fancy party, but I cannot fly. What am I?

I have eight arms but never wear sleeves. What am I?

I buzz from flower to flower and make something sweet. What am I?

I begin life in water, then grow legs and croak. What am I?

I have a hard home, a slow walk and no front door. What am I?

I wear a yellow jacket that you peel before eating. What am I?

What has many ears but cannot hear?

I am a fruit and a color, and my name is the same for both. What am I?

I start small and quiet, then burst into a fluffy snack. What am I?

I am a round treat with a piece missing from my middle. What am I?

I am cold, sweet and disappear if you leave me in the sun. What am I?

I am orange with green hair, and rabbits think I am delicious. What am I?

I have many eyes but cannot see. I grow underground. What am I?

I am green outside, red inside and full of black seeds. What am I?

I have chips, but I am not a computer. What am I?

I float in the sky and sometimes cry, but I have no eyes. What am I?

I paint the sky with many colors but never use a brush. What am I?

My rings tell my age, but I never wear jewelry. What am I?

I seem to change shape through the month, but I stay round. What am I?

I am a tiny winter star that melts in your hand. What am I?

I look like a mountain, but sometimes I roar and spill glowing rock. What am I?

I rise every morning but never climb a ladder. What am I?

You cannot see me, but you can feel me push your kite. What am I?

I have a head and a foot but no body. I am made of rock. What am I?

We appear when the sun goes away, but we are not light switches. What are we?

How many months have 28 days?

There are three apples. You take away two. How many apples do you have?

Which number becomes bigger when you turn it upside down?

I am an odd number. Remove one letter and I become even. What number am I?

Two fathers and two sons share three cookies so everyone gets one. How is that possible?

How can you add five to nine and get two?

I am known as the Red Planet. What am I?

I can pull metal toward me, but I have no hands. What am I?

I can be a solid, liquid or gas, but I am always the same thing. What am I?

I travel faster than anything else and help your eyes see. What am I?

I am in the air, invisible, and your body needs me every moment. What am I?

I am green in winter, covered in lights and gifts gather below me. What am I?

I hang by the fireplace and wait to be filled. What am I?

I have a carrot nose, coal buttons and no legs. What am I?

I have an orange face, a glowing smile and no teeth. What am I?

I float through stories, wear white and make people say “Boo!” What am I?

I fly at night and sometimes sleep upside down. What am I?

I gobble, have feathers and often appear at a November feast. What am I?

I am round, sliced and filled with a favorite orange fall flavor. What am I?

I look like a horn overflowing with fruit and vegetables. What am I?

I wear a colorful shell and hide in the grass for children to find. What am I?

I have long ears and deliver springtime baskets. What am I?

I hold many eggs but I am not a bird. What am I?

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?

What appears once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in one thousand years?

What is taken before you get it?

What belongs to you but is used more by other people?

What cannot talk but will always reply when spoken to?

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?