Free printable riddles for kids 
Looking for riddles for kids with answers? Here you’ll find free printable riddles created by our escape room team: logic puzzles, math riddles, secret codes, picture riddles and Halloween riddles. Every riddle comes with its answer, so you can play at home, at a birthday party or in the classroom.
You can even use them to create your own treasure hunt or escape room at home. Short on time? Jump straight to our 25 riddles for kids with answers.
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Looking for treasure hunt riddles? You will be inspired for sure. 😉
By the way, if you want to know how to organize a scavenger hunt or create your own murder mystery party kit, we share our tips on our blog.
For a birthday party, a dinner with friends, a family weekend or a physical activity in the classroom, these free memory games will keep the kids busy and have a great time.
Among our puzzles, we have selected the 4 best ones!
Halloween riddle for kids: the ghost’s secret message
Boo the ghost has hidden all the Halloween candy!
Before vanishing, he left a secret message… Each symbol (bat, pumpkin, spider, moon…) stands for a letter: kids use the code chart to crack the message and find the candy’s hiding spot. A free printable Halloween riddle for kids ages 7-12, with a bonus challenge: write your own secret message and get the whole family to decode it. The answer is printed upside down at the bottom of the page.
Want more spooky fun? Try our Halloween escape room for kids, “The Monsters’ Mansion”.
Logic puzzle for kids: the Morse code
Head the music party!
In this game, children must decipher a musician’s score that is encrypted. To solve this riddle, they will need the table to decipher the Morse code below.
A riddle to learn the Morse code. Looking for a fun activity for young and old? Discover our new Alice in Wonderland Escape Room, “Key to Wonderland”.
Printable maze for kids: the Little Prince
Help the Little Prince find the right way to return to his planet and reunite with his beloved rose.
Are you also a fan of the Little Prince universe? Invite your children between 3 and 6 years, to live a wonderful adventure in the Little Prince’s world, with our escape room “The journey of the Little Prince”.
Easter riddle: a secret code egg hunt
Organize an egg hunt with our Easter riddle.
Your little ones will love these cut-out masks!
We’ve put together a little puzzle that’s 100% customizable, so you can give it to your kids. We help you leave them a coded message (Caesar code) to find the hiding place of the Easter eggs! Download, print (both sides) and it’s up to you. 😉
Christmas picture riddle: find the snowman
This free Christmas picture riddle is a seek-and-find game: kids need to look closely at every corner of the drawing.
Children will have to help Santa find the elf dressed as a snowman. If they don’t find him quickly, Santa may not bring the presents in time…. Hurry!
You just need to download and print out the free riddle for your kids. 😉
25 riddles for kids with answers
We created these riddles for kids with answers the same way we design our escape rooms: codes, locks, logic and symbols. They’re sorted by age and type, so you can quickly find the right ones for your kids. Click on each riddle to reveal the answer… no peeking! Looking for jokes and classic riddles instead? Try our funny riddles for kids.
Picture riddles with emojis (ages 5+)
Perfect for little ones: each picture hides a number. Just add… and think a little!
1. 🍎 + 🍎 = 6 and 🍎 + 🍌 = 7. How much is the banana worth?
Answer: 4 (the apple is worth 3, so the banana is 7 − 3).
2. ⭐ + ⭐ + ⭐ = 15 and ⭐ − 🌙 = 3. How much is the moon worth?
Answer: 2 (the star is worth 5, so the moon is 5 − 3).
3. 🚗 has 4 wheels and 🚲 has 2. How many wheels in total for 🚗 🚗 🚲?
Answer: 10 wheels (4 + 4 + 2).
4. 🐱 + 🐶 = 10 and 🐱 − 🐶 = 2. How much is each animal worth?
Answer: The cat is worth 6 and the dog 4 (6 + 4 = 10 and 6 − 4 = 2).
5. 🔴 🔵 🔴 🔵 🔴 … If the pattern continues, what color is ball number 8?
Answer: Blue (all the even-numbered balls are blue).
Lock and secret code riddles (ages 6-10)
Our favorites from our escape rooms: find the code to open the lock.
6. A lock has 3 digits: the first is double the last, the middle one is 0, and all three add up to 9. What is the code?
Answer: 6 0 3 (6 is double 3, and 6 + 0 + 3 = 9).
7. A 4-digit lock: all the digits are the same and they add up to 20. What is the code?
Answer: 5 5 5 5 (4 × 5 = 20).
8. A 3-digit code: all digits are different, none is 0, they go from smallest to largest and add up to 6. What is it?
Answer: 1 2 3 (the only possible combination: 1 + 2 + 3 = 6).
9. The first digit of the lock is the number of legs on a spider; the second is the number of sides of a triangle. What is the code?
Answer: 8 3 (a spider has 8 legs and a triangle has 3 sides).
10. The secret code is made of the days in a week, the months in a year and the fingers on one hand. What is it?
Answer: 7 12 5 (7 days, 12 months, 5 fingers).
Logic puzzles for kids (ages 8-12)
No math here: read carefully and work it out, just like a real detective.
11. Liam is taller than Emma, and Noah is shorter than Emma. Who is the tallest?
Answer: Liam (Liam > Emma > Noah).
12. Ava was born before Ben, and Ben before Lily. Who is the youngest?
Answer: Lily (she was born last).
13. The key is not in the red chest. The blue chest says: “The key is not here,” and it’s telling the truth. If there are only three chests (red, blue and green), where is the key?
Answer: In the green chest (it’s not in the red or the blue one).
14. In a line of 5 kids, Mia is third from the front. What is her position from the back?
Answer: Third (she’s right in the middle of the line).
15. If today is Monday, what day will it be in 10 days?
Answer: Thursday (in 7 days it’s Monday again, and 3 days later it’s Thursday).
Math riddles for kids (ages 10-12)
For kids who know their operations and want a real challenge.
16. I think of a number, add 5, multiply by 2 and get 30. What number did I think of?
Answer: 10 (10 + 5 = 15 and 15 × 2 = 30).
17. Lucas has twice as many trading cards as Sara. Together they have 18. How many cards does Lucas have?
Answer: 12 (and Sara has 6).
18. What number comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16…
Answer: 32 (each number is double the one before).
19. What number comes next? 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8…
Answer: 13 (each number is the sum of the two before it: 5 + 8).
20. On a farm there are chickens and rabbits: 5 heads and 14 legs in total. How many rabbits are there?
Answer: 2 rabbits (and 3 chickens).
Halloween riddles for kids
Spooky (but not too scary) riddles to warm up before trick-or-treating!
21. I have a glowing face but no head, and I was carved out of a vegetable. What am I?
Answer: A jack-o’-lantern 🎃
22. A witch has 3 cats, and each cat has 3 kittens. How many cats are there in total?
Answer: 12 cats (3 + 9 kittens).
23. A vampire, a mummy and a ghost are standing in line. The mummy is not first, and the ghost is right behind the vampire. Who is last?
Answer: The mummy (the order is vampire, ghost, mummy).
24. Mia got 12 candies while trick-or-treating. She gives half to her brother, who eats 2 right away. How many does her brother have left?
Answer: 4 candies (12 ÷ 2 = 6, then 6 − 2 = 4).
25. A witch’s potion needs 3 frog legs for every 2 bat wings. She has 6 bat wings. How many frog legs does she need?
Answer: 9 frog legs (6 bat wings = 3 × 2, so 3 × 3 = 9).
Too easy? Use your favorites as clues for a DIY escape room or a treasure hunt, or try one of our printable escape rooms.
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More free riddles and puzzles with answers
Want to discover all our free riddles? They are several proposals of puzzles, enigmas, mazes, treasure hunts and riddles for children that you can use to create an escape room to do at home or a free treasure hunt. Economical and time saving for you, he-he.
Download and print all the riddles with various themes. Ideal for any occasion, it’s your turn to play!
We offer free mini-games in Spanish, but also in English and French. We invite you to discover them to learn a language while having fun.
Looking for new adventures, discover our ready-to-use escape rooms!
If you are looking for an adventure for a birthday party, to liven up your evening with two or more people or to liven up your bachelor/bachelorette party, discover our ready-to-use escape room kits!
Cada kit contiene:
- A setup guide
- An answer guide
- The riddles
- Accessories
- Background music with countdown
Turn your home into an amazing adventure! Challenge your friends and family to solve the puzzles in less than an hour – can they do it?
Thanks to these riddles, you’ll find the inspiration to create an at-home Escape Room.
Riddles for kids: FAQ
What is a riddle?
A riddle is a question or a little puzzle you solve by thinking: a trick question, a secret code or a number game. Unlike a joke, there’s always a logical answer to find.
What’s the difference between a riddle and a brain teaser?
A riddle usually describes something with clues so you can guess what it is. A brain teaser is a logic challenge: you need to observe, deduce or calculate to find the answer, just like in an escape room.
What age can kids start solving riddles?
From age 5 with picture or emoji riddles. Around 8-12, kids can handle logic puzzles, secret codes and longer math riddles.
Are these riddles really free?
Yes, everything on this page is free. The printable riddles download as PDFs, you print them at home, and the answer is always included.
How can I use these riddles for a treasure hunt or an escape room?
Hide each printed riddle in a different spot: the answer to one tells kids where to find the next, all the way to the treasure. Check out our step-by-step guides on how to make a treasure hunt and how to build a DIY escape room.
What should I do if my child gets stuck?
Don’t give the answer right away: offer a small hint first (for example, the first digit of the code), then another one if needed. That way, they still feel they solved it themselves, just like with hints in an escape room.
Can I use these riddles in the classroom?
Absolutely. They work great as a warm-up, in teams or as a weekly challenge. For more ideas, see why organize an escape room at school.
Will you share new riddles?
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