Easy Riddles
These are the riddles to start with. Each one describes something you can find around the house, in the kitchen, the closet or the bathroom, in two or three plain sentences. A six-year-old has a fair shot at them, and an adult can usually get there before the reader finishes the second line.
Easy does not mean boring. A good easy riddle still has a small twist, like teeth that never eat or shoulders with no head, so the solver gets the little click of working something out. What it avoids is long sentences, rare words and answers a child has never seen. They suit grandparents playing with grandkids, the first round of a game night, or a group that is new to riddles.
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01 · Easy
Press my button and I play a little tune inside the house, telling everyone a visitor is at the front door. What am I?
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02 · EasyClassic
I have two long rows of teeth that lock together, but I never eat a crumb. Pull my little tab up and your jacket closes. What am I?
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03 · Easy
I have a hook on top and two shoulders, but no head. I hold your shirts up in the closet. What am I?
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04 · Easy
Flick me up and the room gets bright. Flick me down and it goes dark. I live on the wall by the door. What am I?
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05 · Easy
I come in pairs, but one of us often goes missing in the wash. I keep your foot warm inside your shoe. What am I?
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06 · Easy
Put bread in my slots and push my lever down. A few minutes later I pop it back up, warm and brown. What am I?
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07 · Easy
I am made of two long rails and lots of rungs. I never go anywhere, but lean me against a wall and I help you reach the roof. What am I?
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08 · Easy
I lie outside the front door all day. People wipe their muddy shoes on me, and I often say WELCOME. What am I?
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09 · Easy
Blow into me and I grow big and round. Let go of my neck and I zoom around the room. Poke me with a pin and I pop. What am I?
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10 · EasyClassic
I soar on a windy day, but I have no engine and no feathers. A long string in your hand keeps me from blowing away. What am I?
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11 · Easy
I am built in winter from three big balls of snow. I have a carrot for a nose, and I melt when the sun gets warm. What am I?
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12 · Easy
I have a long handle and a head full of bristles. I visit your mouth twice a day, then wait beside the bathroom sink. What am I?
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13 · Easy
Stretch me and I snap back to my size. Wrap me around a bundle of pencils and I hold them together. What am I?
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14 · Easy
I am small, but I give power to remotes and toys. I have a plus end and a minus end, and I go flat when I am used up. What am I?
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15 · Easy
I am made in a tray in the freezer. Drop me into a warm drink and I clink against the glass, then slowly disappear. What am I?
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16 · Easy
You rest your head on me every night. I am soft and squashy, and I wear a cotton case. What am I?
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17 · Easy
Fill me with warm water, climb in and sit down. When you pull my plug, the water gurgles down my drain. What am I?
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18 · Easy
I have a long handle and a bushy brush at the bottom. I sweep dust and crumbs into a pile on the floor. What am I?
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19 · Easy
Put dirty clothes inside me with some soap, close my round door, and I fill with water, swish and spin them clean. What am I?
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20 · Easy
I have one wheel at the front and two handles at the back. Gardeners push me around full of soil and leaves. What am I?
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21 · Easy
I hang from two chains in the playground. Sit on my seat, kick your legs, and I carry you back and forth. What am I?
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22 · Easy
Climb my ladder and sit at the top. Then let go and whoosh down my smooth slope to the ground. What am I?
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23 · Easy
I am small and made of metal, with a bumpy edge. Slide me into a lock and turn me, and the door opens. What am I?
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24 · Easy
I roar across the carpet, sucking up dust, crumbs and fluff. When I am full, someone empties my bag or bin. What am I?
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25 · Easy
I am shaped like a big, thick, padded hand. Wear me when you take a hot tray out of the oven. What am I?
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26 · Easy
I am a thin tube. Put one end in your drink and the other end in your mouth, then sip. What am I?
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27 · Easy
I have a handle and four pointy prongs. I help you spear peas and twirl spaghetti at dinner. What am I?
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28 · Easy
I stand on the table next to my peppery partner. Turn me upside down and shake, and white grains fall through the tiny holes in my top. What am I?
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29 · Easy
I stand at a busy corner with three colored lights stacked up. Red tells cars to stop, and green tells them to go. What am I?
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30 · Easy
I stand at the end of the driveway. Each day the mail carrier opens my little door and leaves letters inside me. What am I?
How to use easy riddles with a mixed group
Let the youngest player answer first. Agree on a rule before you start: anyone over twelve has to wait five seconds before guessing. That one rule keeps a page of easy riddles from turning into a race the adults always win.
For a quick warm-up in a classroom, read two before the bell and let the class vote on which one was harder.
Tips for easy-riddle rounds
- Ask kids to point at the answer if it is in the room; many of the answers are fixed to a wall or sitting on a shelf within reach.
- Once a child guesses right, ask which clue gave it away, so they start noticing how riddles are put together.
- Print the card pack and let a young reader hold the cards and read them aloud to the adults.
- Move on to a medium set once the group is answering before you finish reading.
Print these as cards
All 30 on 4 pages of cut-out cards, eight to a page, with the answers on a separate sheet so nobody peeks. Prints on US Letter or A4.
How this page was checked
Every riddle here went to a second solver without its answer. When they reached a different answer that also fit, the riddle was rewritten and tested again, or cut. Our editorial standards.
- Drafted for this page
- 38
- Solved blind
- 30
- Cut as repeats of other pages
- 7
- Original to this site
- 28
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