Riddles are a fantastic way for 10-year-olds to exercise their brains, improve problem-solving skills, and have a lot of fun! Whether they’re solving riddles with friends or family, these engaging and thought-provoking questions will keep them entertained and challenged.
This collection of 301 riddles is perfect for kids who are curious and love a good mental workout. Dive in and see how many of these riddles you can solve!
Classic Riddles for 10-Year-Olds
- 🐶 What has four legs, a back, but no body?
Answer: A chair - 🌟 What has keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano - 🌧️ What comes down but never goes up?
Answer: Rain - 🍎 What has to be broken before you can use it?
Answer: An egg - 🚪 What has many keys but can’t open a single door?
Answer: A piano - 🌻 What has a head, a tail, but no body?
Answer: A coin - 📚 What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: A stamp - 🔒 What gets wetter as it dries?
Answer: A towel - 🌵 What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
Answer: A glove - 🧩 What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
Answer: A clock - 🎩 What has a bottom at the top?
Answer: A leg - 🥄 What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: A sponge - 🚗 What has a bed but doesn’t sleep?
Answer: A car - 🕰️ What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
Answer: A joke - 🌈 What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: Your age - 📦 What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Answer: Silence - 🌒 What has one eye but can’t see?
Answer: A needle - 🎲 What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A cold - 🍰 What has a crust but isn’t a pie?
Answer: A book - 🍉 What has to be cooked before you can eat it?
Answer: An egg - 🌍 What has a lot of teeth but can’t bite?
Answer: A comb - 🚦 What has to be given before it can be used?
Answer: Permission - 🦄 What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
Answer: The future - 🕵️ What can be broken without being touched?
Answer: A promise - 🔄 What is full of numbers but can’t do math?
Answer: A calendar - 🚪 What is something that always goes up but never down?
Answer: Your age - 🧩 What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
Answer: A hole - 🧳 What is light as a feather but even the world’s strongest man can’t hold it for much longer than a minute?
Answer: Your breath - 📏 What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin - 🎡 What can travel around the world while staying in one corner?
Answer: A stamp
Animal Riddles for 10-Year-Olds
- 🐯 What animal can you always find at a baseball game?
Answer: A bat - 🐝 What has many teeth but can’t bite?
Answer: A comb - 🐍 What animal is always at a computer?
Answer: A mouse - 🦄 What animal is known for its long neck and legs?
Answer: A giraffe - 🦁 What animal is known as the king of the jungle?
Answer: A lion - 🐑 What animal is known for its wool?
Answer: A sheep - 🐈 What animal can be a pet and purrs?
Answer: A cat - 🐠 What animal is known for being a good swimmer and lives in the water?
Answer: A fish - 🦉 What animal is known for being wise and can turn its head around?
Answer: An owl - 🦒 What animal has spots and a very long neck?
Answer: A giraffe - 🐦 What animal loves to sing and has colorful feathers?
Answer: A parrot - 🐹 What small animal loves to run on a wheel?
Answer: A hamster - 🦈 What animal is the biggest fish in the ocean?
Answer: A shark - 🐵 What animal is known for its ability to swing from trees?
Answer: A monkey - 🐨 What animal is known for sleeping a lot and eating eucalyptus leaves?
Answer: A koala - 🦙 What animal is known for its long, curly hair and lives in South America?
Answer: An alpaca - 🦢 What animal flies high and is known for its ability to imitate sounds?
Answer: A crow - 🐻 What animal is known for its love of honey and lives in the forest?
Answer: A bear - 🐞 What small insect is known for its red color and black spots?
Answer: A ladybug - 🐓 What animal crows in the morning and lives on a farm?
Answer: A rooster - 🐴 What animal is often used for riding and has a mane?
Answer: A horse - 🦔 What small animal has spines on its back and rolls into a ball?
Answer: A hedgehog - 🐧 What bird lives in cold climates and cannot fly?
Answer: A penguin - 🦎 What reptile changes its color to blend into its surroundings?
Answer: A chameleon - 🐸 What amphibian starts life as a tadpole and then becomes a frog?
Answer: A frog - 🦉 What bird is known for being active at night and hoots?
Answer: An owl - 🐰 What animal is known for its long ears and hopping ability?
Answer: A rabbit - 🦩 What animal is pink and stands on one leg?
Answer: A flamingo - 🦘 What animal is known for its powerful legs and hopping ability?
Answer: A kangaroo - 🦥 What animal moves slowly and hangs from trees?
Answer: A sloth
Food Riddles for 10-Year-Olds
- 🍎 What fruit is red, green, or yellow and keeps the doctor away?
Answer: An apple - 🍌 What fruit is yellow, soft, and has a peel?
Answer: A banana - 🥒 What vegetable is green and crunchy and often found in salads?
Answer: A cucumber - 🍪 What sweet treat is often enjoyed with milk and comes in various flavors like chocolate chip and oatmeal?
Answer: A cookie - 🥑 What green fruit is creamy and often used to make guacamole?
Answer: An avocado - 🍕 What dish has cheese, sauce, and toppings, and is often delivered to your door?
Answer: Pizza - 🌽 What vegetable is yellow, sweet, and found on the cob?
Answer: Corn - 🍰 What sweet dessert is often served at birthday parties and comes in flavors like chocolate and vanilla?
Answer: Cake - 🥭 What tropical fruit is yellow and very sweet, often used in smoothies?
Answer: Mango - 🍉 What fruit is green on the outside and red on the inside, and is very juicy?
Answer: A watermelon - 🍕 What dish has a crust, cheese, and various toppings like pepperoni and mushrooms?
Answer: Pizza - 🍇 What small, round fruit comes in red, green, or purple and is often found in a bunch?
Answer: Grapes - 🌭 What food is made of a sausage in a bun and is popular at baseball games?
Answer: A hot dog - 🍔 What meal consists of a patty in a bun and is often served with fries?
Answer: A hamburger - 🍦 What frozen dessert comes in flavors like vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry?
Answer: Ice cream - 🍩 What sweet, fried pastry is often glazed or covered in powdered sugar?
Answer: A donut
- 🥥 What fruit has a hard shell and a sweet, milky inside?
Answer: A coconut - 🍪 What sweet treat is often round and comes with chocolate chips or raisins?
Answer: A cookie - 🥒 What vegetable is pickled and often used in sandwiches?
Answer: A pickle - 🥥 What tropical fruit is known for its white flesh and is often used in baking or cooking?
Answer: Coconut - 🥛 What white liquid is often poured over cereal or used in baking?
Answer: Milk - 🧀 What dairy product is made from curdled milk and comes in various types like cheddar and mozzarella?
Answer: Cheese - 🥝 What green fruit has tiny black seeds and a fuzzy brown skin?
Answer: A kiwi - 🍍 What tropical fruit is spiky on the outside and sweet on the inside?
Answer: A pineapple - 🥚 What food is a common breakfast item and comes from chickens?
Answer: An egg - 🥕 What orange vegetable is crunchy and good for your eyes?
Answer: A carrot - 🥩 What type of meat comes from cows and is often served as a steak or burger?
Answer: Beef - 🍯 What sweet substance is made by bees and often spread on toast?
Answer: Honey - 🧁 What sweet treat is often decorated with frosting and sprinkles?
Answer: A cupcake - 🍤 What type of seafood is often breaded and fried, and is known for its pink color?
Answer: Shrimp
Holiday Riddles for 10-Year-Olds
- 🎃 What holiday features carving pumpkins and dressing up in costumes?
Answer: Halloween - 🎄 What holiday is known for decorating a tree and exchanging gifts?
Answer: Christmas - 🦃 What holiday is celebrated with a big feast and often includes turkey?
Answer: Thanksgiving - 🐰 What holiday involves an egg hunt and a bunny?
Answer: Easter - 🎆 What holiday involves fireworks and is celebrated on July 4th in the United States?
Answer: Independence Day - 🎅 What holiday is associated with a jolly man in a red suit who comes down the chimney?
Answer: Christmas - 🌟 What holiday is celebrated with menorahs and dreidels?
Answer: Hanukkah - 🎊 What holiday is known for its parties and celebrating the start of a new year?
Answer: New Year’s Eve - 🍂 What holiday celebrates the changing of seasons and is known for its harvest?
Answer: Autumn or Fall - 🕎 What holiday involves lighting candles on a menorah and is celebrated in December?
Answer: Hanukkah - 🐻 What holiday is celebrated with teddy bears and often involves giving gifts to loved ones?
Answer: Valentine’s Day - 👻 What spooky holiday involves ghosts and trick-or-treating?
Answer: Halloween - 🎆 What holiday is celebrated with fireworks and barbecues in the summer?
Answer: Fourth of July - 🎄 What holiday involves a visit from Santa Claus and decorating a Christmas tree?
Answer: Christmas - 🐰 What holiday is celebrated in the spring with colorful eggs and candy?
Answer: Easter - 🍁 What holiday is associated with giving thanks and a big meal in November?
Answer: Thanksgiving - 🎉 What holiday is known for parties, confetti, and ringing in the New Year?
Answer: New Year’s Eve - 🕯️ What holiday involves lighting candles each night and is celebrated by Jewish families?
Answer: Hanukkah - 🌹 What holiday celebrates love with flowers, chocolates, and cards?
Answer: Valentine’s Day - 🎉 What holiday marks the end of the year and often features a countdown to midnight?
Answer: New Year’s Eve - 🦃 What holiday is known for a feast with pumpkin pie and family gatherings?
Answer: Thanksgiving - 🎃 What holiday is celebrated with costumes, haunted houses, and trick-or-treating?
Answer: Halloween - 🐰 What holiday includes egg hunts and the Easter Bunny?
Answer: Easter - 🌟 What holiday involves decorating a tree and exchanging gifts?
Answer: Christmas - 🎆 What holiday is celebrated with fireworks, barbecues, and parades?
Answer: Fourth of July - 🍫 What holiday is associated with chocolate and romantic gestures?
Answer: Valentine’s Day - 🕎 What holiday involves spinning dreidels and lighting menorahs?
Answer: Hanukkah - 🎇 What holiday is celebrated with fireworks and patriotic celebrations?
Answer: Fourth of July - 🎅 What holiday involves Santa Claus and festive decorations?
Answer: Christmas - 🌼 What holiday celebrates the arrival of spring with flowers and Easter eggs?
Answer: Easter
Nature Riddles for 10-Year-Olds
- 🌲 What is a large, green plant that provides shade and has leaves?
Answer: A tree - 🌻 What flower follows the sun and has yellow petals?
Answer: A sunflower - 🐦 What creature flies in the sky and builds nests in trees?
Answer: A bird - 🍃 What part of a plant is often green and used for photosynthesis?
Answer: The leaf - 🌊 What covers most of the Earth’s surface and is salty?
Answer: The ocean - 🌈 What appears in the sky after it rains and has many colors?
Answer: A rainbow - 🐝 What insect is known for its ability to make honey and has stripes?
Answer: A bee - 🌜 What can be seen in the night sky and has phases?
Answer: The moon - 🌧️ What falls from the sky and provides water for plants?
Answer: Rain - 🌋 What is a mountain that erupts with lava and ash?
Answer: A volcano - 🐠 What lives in the water and has scales?
Answer: A fish - 🌵 What plant lives in the desert and has spines instead of leaves?
Answer: A cactus - 🌳 What type of tree produces acorns and has broad leaves?
Answer: An oak tree - 🌬️ What is the movement of air around the Earth?
Answer: The wind - 🐞 What small insect is red with black spots and often found on plants?
Answer: A ladybug - 🦋 What insect starts life as a caterpillar and then transforms into a colorful flyer?
Answer: A butterfly - 🍂 What happens to leaves in the fall when they change color and fall to the ground?
Answer: They turn brown and fall off - 🌿 What type of green plant grows in water and can be found in ponds?
Answer: Lily pads - 🌴 What type of tree has coconuts and is found in tropical regions?
Answer: A palm tree - 🌄 What is the term for a large, elevated area of land?
Answer: A mountain - 🦄 What mythical creature is known for its beauty and grace and is said to live in forests?
Answer: A unicorn - 🌕 What phase of the moon is fully visible from Earth?
Answer: The full moon - 🌾 What plant is often found in fields and used to make bread?
Answer: Wheat - 🏔️ What type of landform is high and often covered in snow?
Answer: A mountain - 🐍 What reptile slithers on the ground and can be poisonous or harmless?
Answer: A snake - 🏞️ What is a large area of land covered with grass and wildflowers?
Answer: A meadow - 🐻 What animal hibernates in the winter and is known for its large size?
Answer: A bear - 🌲 What type of evergreen tree is known for its needles and cones?
Answer: A pine tree - 🌬️ What weather phenomenon can be strong and cause trees to sway?
Answer: Wind - 🌼 What flower blooms in the spring and has a sweet fragrance?
Answer: A daffodil
Space Riddles for 10-Year-Olds
- 🌕 What celestial body orbits the Earth and shines at night?
Answer: The moon - 🌟 What is the term for a massive star that appears bright in the night sky?
Answer: A star - 🪐 What planet has rings and is known for its stunning appearance?
Answer: Saturn - 🚀 What vehicle is used to travel to space?
Answer: A rocket - 🌌 What is the name of the galaxy that contains our solar system?
Answer: The Milky Way - 🪐 What planet is known for its red color and is named after the Roman god of war?
Answer: Mars - 🌑 What phase of the moon occurs when it is not visible from Earth?
Answer: The new moon - 🌠 What is a streak of light in the sky caused by a meteor burning up?
Answer: A shooting star - 🌍 What is the name of our home planet?
Answer: Earth - 🌠 What is another name for a shooting star that enters Earth’s atmosphere?
Answer: A meteor - 🪐 What planet is closest to the Sun and is the smallest in our solar system?
Answer: Mercury - 🌔 What phase of the moon is halfway visible and appears as a half-circle?
Answer: The half moon - 🛰️ What is the name of an artificial satellite launched to orbit Earth for various purposes?
Answer: A satellite - 🌌 What vast collection of stars, gas, and dust is the universe’s building block?
Answer: A galaxy - 🌎 What planet is known for its blue color and is the third from the Sun?
Answer: Earth - 🪐 What planet has a Great Red Spot, which is a giant storm?
Answer: Jupiter - 🌙 What is the name of the large, bright spot on the surface of the moon?
Answer: A crater - 🌟 What type of celestial body is a dying star that has collapsed under its own gravity?
Answer: A black hole - 🛰️ What space probe was the first to reach the outer planets and send back images?
Answer: Voyager - 🌌 What is the name of the dark matter that makes up most of the universe’s mass?
Answer: Dark matter - 🪐 What planet is known for having the most moons in our solar system?
Answer: Saturn - 🌙 What is the term for a moon that is fully illuminated from Earth’s perspective?
Answer: The full moon - 🌟 What is the name of the closest star to Earth, other than the Sun?
Answer: Proxima Centauri - 🌠 What phenomenon occurs when the Earth passes between the Sun and the moon, casting a shadow on the moon?
Answer: A lunar eclipse - 🌌 What is the term for a large group of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity?
Answer: A galaxy - 🚀 What space mission was the first to land humans on the Moon?
Answer: Apollo 11 - 🪐 What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Answer: Jupiter - 🌑 What is the name of the dark side of the moon that is not visible from Earth?
Answer: The far side of the moon - 🌟 What is the term for a star that suddenly increases in brightness due to a nuclear explosion?
Answer: A supernova - 🌌 What is the name of the vast, expanding universe that contains all galaxies, stars, and planets?
Answer: The universe
Mystery Riddles for 10-Year-Olds
- 🕵️♂️ What is something that you can keep after giving it to someone else?
Answer: Your word - 🗝️ What has a key but cannot open locks?
Answer: A piano - 🎁 What is something that can be wrapped but is not always a gift?
Answer: A present - 🔍 What can be seen once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter ‘M’ - 🧩 What has many pieces but is not a puzzle?
Answer: A jigsaw puzzle - ⏳ What has a face but no eyes, mouth, or nose?
Answer: A clock - 📜 What has pages but no book?
Answer: A calendar - 🔑 What is something that opens doors but is not a physical key?
Answer: Knowledge - 🏰 What has a crown but no head?
Answer: A castle - 🎬 What has scenes but no actors?
Answer: A movie - 🔒 What can be locked but has no key?
Answer: A secret - 🚪 What is something that can be opened but has no door?
Answer: A window - 🧪 What has elements but is not a chemical?
Answer: A recipe - 🕰️ What can be broken but is not physical?
Answer: A promise - 🌟 What can be seen in the dark but has no light?
Answer: The stars - 📦 What has a box but is not a container?
Answer: A puzzle - 🎭 What has a face but no features?
Answer: A mask - 🔮 What can show the future but is not a crystal ball?
Answer: A prediction - 🕵️♀️ What can be found in the middle of a maze but is not a physical object?
Answer: The solution - 🎵 What can be heard but not seen or touched?
Answer: Music - 🚀 What can reach the stars but is not a spaceship?
Answer: Imagination - 💌 What can be sent but has no physical form?
Answer: A message - 🏅 What can be won but is not a prize?
Answer: An achievement - 🧩 What can be a part of a story but is not a character?
Answer: A plot twist - 🌌 What can be explored but has no physical boundaries?
Answer: The mind - 🕵️♂️ What has clues but no answers?
Answer: A mystery - 🧩 What has pieces but is not a puzzle?
Answer: A jigsaw - 💡 What can be bright but is not a light?
Answer: An idea - 🌍 What can be traveled but is not a destination?
Answer: The world - 📝 What can be written but is not a book?
Answer: A note
Funny Riddles for 10-Year-Olds
- 😂 What has teeth but can’t bite?
Answer: A comb - 🦉 What did the owl say to the cat? “You’re owl-some!”
Answer: A pun - 🍔 What is a hamburger’s favorite type of music?
Answer: Beef-rap - 🦈 What do you get when you cross a shark with a snowman?
Answer: Frostbite - 🐱 Why did the cat sit on the computer?
Answer: To keep an eye on the mouse! - 🍉 What fruit can be found in a game of hide and seek?
Answer: A watermelon (because it’s always “hiding” in fruit salads) - 🐶 Why did the dog sit in the shade?
Answer: Because he didn’t want to be a hot dog! - 🌈 What do you call a rainbow that makes a mess?
Answer: A rainbow spill! - 🐸 Why did the frog call his insurance company?
Answer: He had a “jump” in his car! - 🍕 Why did the pizza maker get in trouble?
Answer: He had too much dough! - 🎩 What kind of hat does a snowman wear?
Answer: An “ice” cream hat! - 🐒 Why did the monkey like the banana?
Answer: Because it had appeal! - 🚀 What do you call a space party?
Answer: A blast! - 🍦 Why did the ice cream go to school?
Answer: To be a little “smarter” - 🦄 Why did the unicorn go to school?
Answer: To improve its “spell”ing! - 🌭 What do you call a hot dog with no condiments?
Answer: A plain “wiener” - 🐦 Why did the bird go to the restaurant?
Answer: For a “tweet” treat! - 🎩 What did the magician do when he saw a rabbit in his hat?
Answer: He made it disappear! - 🌻 Why did the sunflower go to school?
Answer: To get a little “brighter”! - 🐝 What did the bee say to the flower?
Answer: “Hey, bud!” - 🦀 Why did the crab never share his food?
Answer: Because he was a little shellfish! - 🧩 What did the puzzle piece say to the other?
Answer: “We’re a perfect fit!” - 🚗 Why did the car go to therapy?
Answer: It had too many “exhaust”ing problems! - 🧊 What did the ice cube say to the drink?
Answer: “I’m cool!” - 🍌 Why did the banana go to the doctor?
Answer: It wasn’t peeling very well! - 🍔 Why did the hamburger go to the gym?
Answer: To get better buns! - 🍎 What do you call an apple that plays sports?
Answer: A “team” apple! - 🎸 What kind of music do guitars love?
Answer: Rock ‘n’ roll! - 🌟 Why did the star go to school?
Answer: To get a little “brighter”! - 🎤 Why did the microphone break up with the speaker?
Answer: It was tired of being overshadowed!
James Wilson is a puzzle aficionado with a flair for storytelling and a passion for problem-solving. His expertise in a wide range of puzzles, from crosswords to logic puzzles, shines through in his compelling and informative articles. James’ ability to make puzzling both fun and accessible makes him a beloved member of the Puzzlerpedia team.
