Riddles · Grades K-2

24 easy riddles for kids, with answers

Short "What am I?" riddles with everyday answers, perfect for reading aloud to young children. Tap a riddle to see its answer, or print all 24 as cut-out cards.

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1I have hands, but I cannot clap. What am I?Show the answer
A clock
2What has legs but cannot walk?Show the answer
A table
3What has teeth but cannot bite?Show the answer
A comb
4What gets wetter the more it dries?Show the answer
A towel
5What has one eye but cannot see?Show the answer
A needle
6What goes up but never comes down?Show the answer
Your age
7What has a neck but no head?Show the answer
A bottle
8I am yellow and curved, and monkeys love me. What am I?Show the answer
A banana
9What is full of holes but still holds water?Show the answer
A sponge
10What do you have to break before you can use it?Show the answer
An egg
11What has a bed but never sleeps?Show the answer
A river
12What can you catch but not throw?Show the answer
A cold
13What has four wheels and flies?Show the answer
A garbage truck
14I am white and cold, and I fall from the sky in winter. What am I?Show the answer
Snow
15What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?Show the answer
A glove
16What starts with T, ends with T, and has T in it?Show the answer
A teapot
17What runs but has no legs?Show the answer
Water
18What goes up when the rain comes down?Show the answer
An umbrella
19What has many rings but no fingers?Show the answer
A tree
20What has a head and a tail but no body?Show the answer
A coin
21The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?Show the answer
Footsteps
22What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do?Show the answer
Your name
23What has lots of words but never speaks?Show the answer
A book
24What kind of room has no doors and no windows?Show the answer
A mushroom

Printable riddle cards

Eight cards to a page with a numbered badge and an answer line. Cut them out for a reading center, or keep the page whole as a riddle sheet. The last page lists every answer.

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24 riddle cards, eight to a page, each with a line to write the answer, then an answer page for teachers and parents (4 pages in all).

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Grades K-2. Short "What am I?" riddles with everyday answers, perfect for reading aloud to young children.

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