Riddles are a great Halloween activity because they need nothing but a bit of thinking. Read them out at a party, use them in a classroom or turn them into a treasure hunt. Tap each one to see the answer.
Easy Riddles
What room can a ghost never go into?
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A living room.
Why did the skeleton not go to the party?
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He had no body to go with.
What is a ghost’s favourite fruit?
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Boo-berries.
What do you call a witch at the beach?
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A sand-witch.
What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
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A clock.
What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
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A palm.
Why did the vampire need medicine?
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Because he was coffin.
What do you get if you cross a snowman with a vampire?
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Frostbite.
What has teeth but cannot bite?
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A comb.
What goes up but never comes down?
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Your age.
Medium Riddles
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
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Footsteps.
I have keys but open no locks. I have space but no room. What am I?
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A keyboard.
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
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Light.
I am tall when I am young and short when I am old. What am I?
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A candle.
What has one eye but cannot see?
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A needle.
What gets wetter the more it dries?
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A towel.
I follow you all day but disappear at night. What am I?
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Your shadow.
What can you catch but not throw?
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A cold.
What has a neck but no head?
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A bottle.
What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do?
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Your name.
Tricky Riddles
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I come alive with the wind. What am I?
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An echo.
The person who makes it sells it. The person who buys it never uses it. The person who uses it never knows. What is it?
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A coffin.
What has a heart that does not beat?
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An artichoke.
I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees and water but no fish. What am I?
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A map.
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks?
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A river.
The more there is, the less you see. What is it?
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Darkness.
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
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Silence.
I have no life, but I can die. What am I?
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A battery.
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
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The letter M.
A man walks into a haunted house with a candle, an oil lamp and a fireplace. He has one match. What does he light first?
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The match.
Turn Them Into A Game
- Riddle trail: write each answer on a card and hide it where the answer points. The towel riddle goes in the bathroom, the clock riddle by the clock.
- Team quiz: split into two teams and read them out in turns. Two points for a right answer, one point if they need a clue.
- Escape room: if they love riddles, they will love escape rooms. Old McDonald’s Farm is free for little ones, and The Skeleton’s Curse is free for 12 and up.
