Hard Riddles for Kids Who Love a Challenge
Give brainy kids a fun workout with hard riddles that sharpen problem-solving skills and keep curiosity high.
🧩 Got puzzle lovers in the house? These will keep them guessing.
These hard riddles for kids are built for curious minds who love digging deeper. Use them as enrichment activities, rainy-day challenges, or competition fodder.
🧠 Hard Riddles for Kids with Answers
I follow you all day long, but when the night or rain comes, I am all gone. What am I?
I have keys but no locks, I have space but no room, you can enter but cannot go outside. What am I?
What can you keep after giving to someone?
If there are three apples and you take away two, how many apples do you have?
What has to be broken before you can use it?
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
If two's company and three's a crowd, what are four and five?
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
What runs around the yard without moving?
Forward I am heavy, backward I am not. What am I?
A man shaves many times a day but still has a beard. Who is he?
You see me once in June, twice in November, but not at all in May. What am I?
What has many teeth but cannot bite?
A girl throws a ball straight up and it comes straight down without her moving. How?
🎯 Try these riddles during:
- Gifted program warm-ups
- STEM club meetings
- Family puzzle tournaments
- Classroom brain breaks
- After-school enrichment packets
Keep the answer key nearby and let kids explain their reasoning for an extra challenge!