Riddles for Kids

Sitting down you have it, Standing up you don't.

I am very afraid of doing scary activities. What am I?

Don't forget to do this before blowing out the candles.

You can break it or drink water from it.

It speaks without a tongue, and listens without ears.

You fill it and it empties,
A metaphor for plenty,
Depending on what half you see,
It's either full or empty.

I fly away as soon as you set me loose. People around you may slowly move away once they sense my presence. What am I?

A king without a crown.

What follows a dog wherever it goes?

What is never eaten before lunch?

What's large on Saturday and Sunday. Small on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and disappears on Monday and Friday?

What has a ring but no fingers?

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die. What am I?

I am longer than a decade and shorter than a millennium. What am I?

More rare today than long ago. There's a salutation from friends written below. What am I?

What is used by man, tossed by trees, everywhere but unseen?

I give milk and have a horn but I'm not a cow. Who am I?

A box without hinges, lock or key, yet golden treasure lies within.
Who am I?

The more you have of me, the less you see.
Who am I?

All about, but cannot be seen,
Can be captured, cannot be held,
No throat, but can be heard.
Who am I?

The more you take from me, the bigger I get. What am I?

What demands an answer, but asks no question?

What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?

This on this.
That on that.
Growing tall,
But never fat.
What am I?

When it was young, it had a tail. When it grew up, it had knees.

What has ten letters and starts with gas?

What makes a loud noise when changing its jacket, becomes larger but weighs less?

A cloud was my mother, the wind is my father, my son is the cool stream, and my daughter is the fruit of the land. A rainbow is my bed, the earth my final resting place, and I'm the torment of man.

I'm named after nothing, though I'm awfully clamorous.
And when I'm not working, your house is less glamorous.
What am I?

Which bow can't be tied?

What gets whiter the dirtier that it gets?

What is red and smells like blue paint?

What loses its head every morning only to get it back every night?

What's as small as a mouse but guards a house like a lion?

I am a seed, three letters in the name,
Take away two and I sound quite the same.
What am I?

Always well dressed, but I never fly.
Black and white, sometimes in a tie.
I swim and slide, and dance and glide,
With one person by my side.
What am I?

What's always coming, but never arrives?

One simple click, one simple flash.
Preserving a memory, for years I will last.
What am I?

Tall when seated, short when standing.

Two birds, trying to balance in one twig.

What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?

I am something that floats. But after a period of time I fall.

I stare at you, you stare at me.
I have three eyes, yet can't see.
Every time I blink, I give you commands.
You do as you are told, with your feet and hands.
What am I?

Thirty white horses on a red hill,
First they champ,
Then they stamp,
Then they stand still.

What has to be broken before you can use it?

What is so delicate that even mentioning it breaks it?

What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

What flies around all day but never goes anywhere?

With head without hair. With mouth without tooth.

Shorter than my four siblings, but easily the strongest,
Sometimes I wear a funny hat.

We are five little objects of an everyday sort,
You will find us all in a tennis court.

What goes up and down without moving?

What type of house weighs the least?

Which side of a cat has the most fur?

What always goes to bed with its shoes on?

I defend without weapons, stand without legs, wound without force, and I am harder to fight than to kill. What am I?

I love to dance and twist and prance,
I shake my tail, as away I sail,
wingless I fly into the sky.
What am I?

Although I'm far from the point, I'm not a mistake. I fix yours. What am I?

I have four legs, a back, but no head. What am I?

Everyone has me but nobody can lose me.
What am I?

What has 4 fingers and a thumb, but is not living?

What is all over a house?

What has 4 eyes but can't see?

What starts with the letter T, is filled with T and ends in T?

A father's child, a mother's child, yet no one's son.

I have a pet, his body is full of coins.

What has one eye but cannot see?

I can be long, or I can be short.
I can be grown, and I can be bought.
I can be painted, or left bare.
I can be round, or square.
What am I?

Forwards I am heavy, but backwards I am not.
What am I?

When I point up it's bright, but when I point down it's dark. What am I?

I'm where yesterday follows today and tomorrow is in the middle. What am I?

What heavy seven letter word can you take two away from and be left with eight?

He's small but he can climb a tower.

What time is spelled the same forwards and backwards?

What five-letter word, no matter how you pronounce it, is always pronounced wrong?

What's that 7 letter word with thousands of letters in it?

I can be as thin as a picture frame but my insides have many things you can see.

What type of dress can never be worn?

What word of five letters has only one left when two letters are removed?

I am seen in the water and in the sky. I am in the rainbow and a jay's feather. What am I?

What has black spots and a white face, is fat not thin, and helps you to win, but tumbles all over the place?

I have an eye but cannot see.
I'm faster than any man alive and have no limbs.
What am I?

Lighter than what I'm made of, more of me is hidden than is seen. What am I?

I have eighty-eight keys but cannot open a single door.
What am I?

What 11-letter English word is always pronounced incorrectly?

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?

What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

Precious stones in a pack of cards.