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
Halloween riddles
Pumpkins, costumes and friendly ghosts. Spooky, never scary.
Ages 5 to 7Kindergarten to 2nd grade
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.
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