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Riddles for kids, with answers

Food riddles

Fruit, vegetables and the things on your plate.

Ages 5 to 7Kindergarten to 2nd grade

No. 81Ages 5 to 7

I'm long and yellow. Monkeys love me, and you peel me before you eat me. What am I?

a banana

No. 82Ages 5 to 7

I'm orange and crunchy, and I grow under the ground. Rabbits love to munch on me. What am I?

a carrot

No. 83Ages 5 to 7

I'm round and red and crunchy too. I grow on a tree, and I'm good for you. What am I?

an apple

No. 84Ages 5 to 7

I'm white and I come in a carton. Dip a cookie in me and it tastes even better. What am I?

milk

No. 85Ages 5 to 7

I'm round and cheesy, with toppings on top. You cut me into triangle slices. What am I?

a pizza

No. 86Ages 5 to 7

I'm cold and sweet and I sit in a cone. If you eat me too slowly, I drip down your hand. What am I?

ice cream

No. 87Ages 5 to 7

I'm a red fruit with a green leafy hat, and I wear my seeds on the outside. What am I?

a strawberry

No. 88Ages 5 to 7

Bees make me in their hive. I'm golden, sticky and sweet. What am I?

honey

Ages 8 to 103rd to 5th grade

No. 89Ages 8 to 10

I have lots of eyes, but I can't see a thing. I grow under the ground, and you can mash me, bake me or fry me. What am I?

a potato

The little spots on a potato are called eyes.

No. 90Ages 8 to 10

Which room has no door, no windows and no walls, but tastes great on a pizza?

a mushroom

No. 91Ages 8 to 10

My name and my color are the same word, and that color is the color of a pumpkin. I'm round and full of juice. What am I?

an orange

No. 92Ages 8 to 10

I'm made from milk. Mice in cartoons love me, and you can slice me, grate me or melt me on toast. What am I?

cheese

No. 93Ages 8 to 10

Which nut has no shell, a hole in the middle and sprinkles on top?

a doughnut

Its name ends in nut, but it's a sweet treat, not a real nut.

No. 94Ages 8 to 10

I'm a vegetable with lots of layers. When you chop me up, I can make you cry, even though I never say anything sad. What am I?

an onion

No. 95Ages 8 to 10

I start as a hard little seed. Heat me up and I pop into a fluffy white snack. What am I?

popcorn

Ages 11 to 126th grade and middle school

No. 96Ages 11 to 12

I'm a soft, fuzzy fruit. Take away my first letter and I become a word that means every single one. What am I?

a peach

Peach without the P is each.

No. 97Ages 11 to 12

You throw away my outside and cook my inside. Then you eat my outside and throw away my inside. What am I?

corn on the cob

You peel off the husk, cook the ear, eat the kernels on the outside and throw away the cob in the middle.

No. 98Ages 11 to 12

I'm a little round fruit, great in muffins. My name says how you feel when you are sad. What am I?

a blueberry

Feeling blue means feeling sad.

No. 99Ages 11 to 12

I'm a tiny green vegetable that loves to roll off your plate. Add one letter to the end of my name and I turn into a fruit. What am I?

a pea

Pea plus the letter R makes pear.

No. 100Ages 11 to 12

You spread me on toast because I'm sweet and fruity. But I'm also what you call a road full of cars that can't move. What am I?

jam

Jam is a fruit spread, and a traffic jam is when cars are stuck.

The printable riddle pack

All 200 riddles as cut-out cards with the answers upside down, six ready-made treasure hunts with a set-up sheet each, and an answer key. One PDF to print at home, as often as you like.

  • 200 riddle cards, sorted by age
  • 6 treasure hunts: indoor, garden, birthday, Easter, Halloween, Christmas
  • An answer key with the explanations

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