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Riddles for kids, with answers

Halloween riddles

Pumpkins, costumes and friendly ghosts. Spooky, never scary.

Ages 5 to 7Kindergarten to 2nd grade

No. 161Ages 5 to 7

I grow on a vine in a field. I am orange and round, and in fall you can carve me or bake me into a pie. What am I?

a pumpkin

No. 162Ages 5 to 7

I fly around at night, and in the day I sleep hanging upside down. What am I?

a bat

No. 163Ages 5 to 7

I float through the halls in a white sheet and say Boo! Don't worry, I am friendly. What am I?

a ghost

No. 164Ages 5 to 7

On Halloween night, kids knock on doors and say three little words to get candy. What are they?

trick or treat

No. 165Ages 5 to 7

I am sweet and come in crinkly wrappers. On Halloween you collect lots of me in a bag. What am I?

candy

No. 166Ages 5 to 7

All year I sweep the kitchen floor. On Halloween night, a witch takes me flying out the door. What am I?

a broom

No. 167Ages 5 to 7

You wear me from head to toe to turn into a pirate, a robot or a cat for one night. What am I?

a costume

No. 168Ages 5 to 7

I wear a tall pointy hat and fly across the sky on a broom. What am I?

a witch

Ages 8 to 103rd to 5th grade

No. 169Ages 8 to 10

Why didn't the skeleton go to the Halloween party?

it had no body to go with

"No body" sounds just like "nobody".

No. 170Ages 8 to 10

I have a face that glows, but there is a candle where my brain should be. I grin on the front step all night long. What am I?

a jack-o'-lantern

No. 171Ages 8 to 10

What kind of pie does a ghost bake with little round blue fruit?

boo-berry pie

It sounds like blueberry pie, with a ghostly "boo".

No. 172Ages 8 to 10

What do you call a witch who lives at the beach?

a sand-witch

It sounds like "sandwich".

No. 173Ages 8 to 10

A spider and a black cat walk into a pumpkin patch together. How many legs walked in?

12

A spider has 8 legs and a cat has 4, and 8 + 4 = 12.

No. 174Ages 8 to 10

What does a ghost wear on its nose to read a spooky book?

spook-tacles

Spectacles is another word for glasses.

No. 175Ages 8 to 10

I am stuffed with straw and stand in the field with my arms out wide. My job is to shoo the crows away, but they love to sit on my hat. What am I?

a scarecrow

Ages 11 to 126th grade and middle school

No. 176Ages 11 to 12

Ava visits 9 houses and gets 3 candies at each one. She eats 3 on the way home, then shares the rest equally with her two cousins, so all three of them get the same. How many candies does each one get?

8

9 x 3 = 27, minus 3 is 24, and 24 shared by 3 people is 8 each.

No. 177Ages 11 to 12

Jo wears an all-black witch costume and crosses a street with no streetlights. The car coming has its headlights off, yet the driver sees Jo easily and stops. How?

it was daytime

Nothing in the riddle says it was night.

No. 178Ages 11 to 12

Change one letter in BAT to get what a witch wears on her head. Then change one more letter to get the pet that rides on her broom. What two words do you make?

hat, then cat

BAT becomes HAT, and HAT becomes CAT.

No. 179Ages 11 to 12

Lia, Noor and Kai dress up as a ghost, a pumpkin and a bat. Kai is not the ghost or the bat. Noor's costume has wings. Who is the ghost?

Lia

Kai must be the pumpkin and Noor is the bat, so Lia is the ghost.

No. 180Ages 11 to 12

How many candies can you put into an empty treat bag?

just one

After the first candy goes in, the bag is not empty anymore.

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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