Looking for ways to pass the time with your child while you wait in the restaurant for food but do not want them to resort to smartphones? Try short and fun riddles to keep them entertained!

Solving riddles is a fun way to pass the time, but did you know that this activity is not just meant for entertainment but can also boost your child’s problem-solving skills, logical, critical and creative thinking?

These skills are used every day. They help your child make wise decisions, understand the consequences of their actions, and solve problems. Hence, these skills are crucial.

So, are you ready to enhance your child’s vital skills while also adding fun to their learning? We have a list of 22 English riddles for your kids to get started with.

22 Short English Riddles for Kids

1. How many months in a year has 28 days?

Answer: All of the months because they all have at least 28 days.

2. What has to be broken before you can use it?

Answer: Eggs.

3. I have hands and a face, but I cannot hold anything or smile. What am I?

Answer: A clock.

4. What kind of band never plays music?

Answer: A rubber band.

5. There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What colour will the stairs be?

Answer: There are no stairs since it’s a one-story house.

6. It is yours, but everyone else uses it more. What is it?

Answer: Your name.

7. Kate’s mother has three children: Snap, Crackle and ___?

Answer: Kate! It’s Kate’s mother, after all.

8. There’s only one word in the dictionary that’s spelt wrong. What is it?

Answer: The word “wrong.” It’s the only word that’s spelt W-R-O-N-G.

9. You’re running a race, and you pass the person in 2nd place at the very end. What place did you finish the race in?

Answer: You finished in 2nd place.

10. Which word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

Answer: The word “short” will become “shorter” when you add two letters to it.

11. What’s the capital of France?

Answer: The letter “F.” It's the only capital letter in France.

12. I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?

Answer: Your shadow.

13. I have a head and a tail but not a body. Who am I?

Answer: A coin.

14. You see me once in June, twice in November and not at all in May. What am I?

Answer: The letter “e”.

15. What starts with a P, ends with an E and has thousands of letters?

Answer: The Post Office.

16. They come out at night without being called and are lost in the day without being stolen. What are they?

Answer: Stars.

17. I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

Answer: A candle.

18. What has 88 keys but cannot open a single door?

Answer: A piano.

19. I am an odd number. Take away a letter, and I become even. What number am I?

Answer: Seven.

20. It’s the only place in the world where today comes before yesterday. Where is it?

Answer: A dictionary.

21. If I have it, I don’t share it. If I share it, I don’t have it. What is it?

Answer: A secret.

22. I’m orange, wear a green hat, and sound like a parrot. What am I?

Answer: A Carrot.

Conclusion

Riddles are fun, especially when kids understand how the world around them works. You can use these riddles or make your own. Once your child is familiar with the concept of riddles and brain-teasers, you can even challenge them into making their own!