20 Riddles and Brainteasers for Kids

Riddles and brainteasers are an entertaining way to challenge your kids' minds and stimulate their cognitive development. They promote critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and even improve vocabulary. Here are 20 fun riddles and brainteasers that your kids will enjoy.

1. Riddle: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I? Answer: An echo.
2. Brainteaser: How many months have 28 days? Answer: All of them. Every month has at least 28 days.
3. Riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it? Answer: An egg.
4. Brainteaser: What goes up but never comes back down? Answer: Your age.
5. Riddle: I'm not alive, but I can grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I? Answer: Fire.
6. Brainteaser: If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what are four and five? Answer: Nine.
7. Riddle: What begins with T, finishes with T, and has T in it? Answer: A teapot.
8. Brainteaser: What word in the English language does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire word signifies a great woman. What is the word? Answer: Heroine.
9. Riddle: What has keys but can't open locks? Answer: A piano.
10. Brainteaser: I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I? Answer: Pencil lead.
11. Riddle: What has many rings, but no fingers? Answer: A telephone.
12. Brainteaser: What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? Answer: Short.
13. Riddle: What has a heart that doesn’t beat? Answer: An artichoke.
14. Brainteaser: How much dirt is there in a hole 3 feet deep, 6 ft long, and 4 ft wide? Answer: None, a hole is empty!
15. Riddle: What can you catch, but not throw? Answer: A cold.
16. Brainteaser: What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, and has a bed but never sleeps? Answer: A river.
17. Riddle: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? Answer: The letter 'M'.
18. Brainteaser: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I? Answer: Footsteps.
19. Riddle: I am full of holes but can still hold water. What am I? Answer: A sponge.
20. Brainteaser: If I have it, I don't share it. If I share it, I don't have it. What is it? Answer: A secret.

These 20 riddles and brainteasers will certainly keep your kids entertained and