Post riddles to entertain kids please

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I’ve been invited to several Xmas celebrations by friends with kids.
This is all most pleasant, so I like to make an effort to entertain the kids a bit (and the parents thank me for doing so.)

Previously I’ve done some very simple magic - but recently I tried a riddle and it went down well.
So I’d be grateful for some riddles aimed at (English) kids aged from 5 - 10 years old.
I’ve already got the riddles from ‘The Hobbit’ lined up, but would appreciate more!

Thanks in advance - and Merry Xmas! :slight_smile:

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Well, the one I can think of is the oldest:

What goes on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three in the evening?

A human being: Humans crawl on all fours in the dawn of their lives, walk on two legs in their prime, and use a cane in their twilight years.

What gets wet as it dries?

A towel. I think I stole that one from a Batman comic book.

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There’s the riddle of the Sphinx, which I presume was Tolkien’s inspiration for the style of the riddles in the Hobbit:

Four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, three legs at night.

Man. A baby crawling, then an adult walking, then in old age, leaning on a cane

One that I remember from an old Alf comic book from my youth went something like:

You use your knife to slice my head, yet weep beside me when I’m dead.

An onion

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Reminds me of another one: What is full of holes, yet carries water?

A sponge

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What’s Santa’s favorite cereal?

Frosted Flakes

Where does Santa put his suit after Christmas?

in the CLAUS-et

Why does Santa like to garden?

because he likes to Ho-Ho-Ho

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Moving thread from GQ to MPSIMS.

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What’s brown and sticky?

A stick

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Some classics:

A bus from Northland crashes in Southland, killing all but 9 people. Where do they bury the survivors?

Which is correct: the yolk of an egg is white, or the yolk of an egg are white?

How much dirt is there in a hole 3ft by 4ft by 6ft?

A cowboy rode into town on Monday, stayed two days, and left on Friday. How?

You’re in a cold, dark room. You have an oil lamp, a paraffin stove, a gas fireplace, and one match. Which do you light first?

What does M A C D O N A L D spell? What does M A C A R T H U R spell? What does M A C G R E G O R spell? What does M A C H I N E spell? (You’d be surprised how many people invent the clan MacHine at this point.)

Say “ghost” ten times? What do you put in the toaster? Say “silk” ten times. What do cows drink?

What’s always running, but never leaves its bed?

What has teeth, but no mouth?

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There’s the old saw, “What has four wheels and flies?” But my wife and I sitting in a restaurant somewhere in Scotland heard a variant answer:

A corporation dustbin

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My mother’s favorite:

What goes up a chimney down and down a chimney down, but won’t go up a chimney up or down a chimney up?

An umbrella.

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What do you call a boomerang that doesn’t return?

A stick.

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What’s brown and sounds like a bell?

Dunnnnnnnggggggggg!

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What asks but never answers?

an owl

Got that one from an Escape room I did this past weekend.

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These two are a set:

Why do ducks have webbed feet?

To stamp out forest fires.

Why do elephants have flat feet?

To stamp out flaming ducks.

Here’s another:
What’s red on the outside, white on the inside, and goes putt, putt, putt, putt.

An outboard radish

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What’s the difference between snowmen and snowwomen ?

snowballs

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Thanks to everyone who replied - you will be giving kids fun at Xmas! :cool:

I’m embarrassed to say I don’t get that one. :confused:

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Has there *ever *been a joke thread on the Dope where this one wasn’t offered??

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What do you call a fish with no eyes?

fsh

A kid told me that one.

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An owl says “Who? Who?” but never says, “It’s me, Bernie”.

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How many balls of string does it take to reach the moon?

One, but a really big one.