30 Riddles for 6 Year Olds

By six, a child can enjoy being tricked. These riddles work by contradiction — something that has a bed but never sleeps, a mouth but never eats — which is the doorway to proper riddling. Still no puns; those come at eight.

30 riddles for 6 year olds — with answers

1. 1

   I have cities but no houses, rivers but no water, and roads with no cars. What am I?

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2. 2

   I have a spine but not one bone, and I am full of stories. What am I?

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3. 3

   I have keys but I cannot open a single door. What am I?

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4. 4

   I have a bed but I never sleep, and a mouth but I never eat. What am I?

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5. 5

   I have bark but no teeth, and I never bite anyone. What am I?

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6. 6

   I am tall when I am young and short when I am old. What am I?

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7. 7

   I have ears but I cannot hear a thing. What am I?

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8. 8

   I have a ring but no finger to put it on. What am I?

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9. 9

   I go through the town and over the hill, but I never move an inch. What am I?

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10. 10

    I have a tongue but I never taste anything. What am I?

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11. 11

    I can travel all the way around the world while staying in one corner. What am I?

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12. 12

    I have many needles but I have never sewn a thing. What am I?

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13. 13

    I have a neck and two arms, but no hands and no head. What am I?

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14. 14

    I am the kind of band that never plays any music. What am I?

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15. 15

    I am the building with the most stories in town. What am I?

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16. 16

    I go up and up and I never once come down. What am I?

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17. 17

    You can catch me, but you can never throw me. What am I?

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18. 18

    I have a face and I have hands, and I sit on your wall all day. What am I?

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19. 19

    I have four wheels and I am full of flies. What am I?

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20. 20

    I have a foot but I have no legs at all, and I carry my house with me. What am I?

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21. 21

    I am always hungry and I have to be fed, and the finger I touch turns red. What am I?

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22. 22

    I have leaves but I am not a plant, and you turn me one at a time. What am I?

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23. 23

    I have eyes but I cannot see, and I grow in the ground. What am I?

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24. 24

    I am light as a feather, but nobody can hold me for very long. What am I?

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25. 25

    I have a hat and a stick, and I stand in a field all day scaring birds. What am I?

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26. 26

    I have arms and legs like you, but I am made of wood and I hang in the wardrobe. What am I?

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27. 27

    The person who makes me does not want me, the person who buys me never uses me, and the person who uses me never sees me. What am I?

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28. 28

    I get broken the moment somebody says my name out loud. What am I?

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29. 29

    I have a thumb and four fingers, but I am not alive. What am I?

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30. 30

    I fill a whole room, but I take up no space at all. What am I?

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