Easy Riddles for Elementary School Students
Riddles you can enjoy with friends and family in little pockets of time.
Just knowing a few questions lets you play on the bus during a field trip, in between stops on a family vacation, or to kill time with friends!
In this article, we’ll introduce riddles perfect for passing the time, geared toward elementary school students.
We’ve gathered a variety—from easy ones to slightly tricky ones, and even ones that help you learn kanji or English just by solving them.
Even though they’re meant for elementary schoolers, if you try them on Mom or Dad, they might surprisingly not know the answers…?
Give them a try whenever you have a moment, and have some lighthearted fun with friends and family!
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[Easy] Riddles for Elementary School Students (31–40)
Beginner Easy Riddles
Many children love riddles, don’t they? Here are some riddles that are easy for lower-grade children to solve, such as ones about familiar things or ones with hints hidden in the question.
With simple questions, even kids who aren’t confident with riddles may find them easier to try and enjoy.
I can picture their happy faces when they use their imagination, think hard, and finally arrive at the answer.
And if the answer they came up with is correct, that sense of accomplishment and joy will likely help build their confidence, too.
A riddle perfect for summer
There are many things that remind us of summer, like summer vacation, fireworks festivals, and summer fairs.
Kids probably get excited just thinking about all the fun that summer brings.
With that in mind, here are some riddles perfect for the season.
The riddles either include summer-related items in the questions or have summer-themed answers.
Even though the theme is summer, they’re still riddles—so some won’t be straightforward to solve.
Try shifting your perspective and thinking hard to find the answers.
Animal Riddle Quiz
You probably think that all living creatures are either male or female.
But that’s not actually the case—there are animals called hermaphrodites that don’t have a distinction between male and female.
Cute snails, slightly icky? earthworms, and slugs are prime examples.
There really are all kinds of animals on Earth.
It could be fun to research your favorite animal and make riddles, then quiz each other.
If you like cats, make cat questions; if you have a dog, try dog questions.
It will surely help with your science studies, too.
What bug is in the center of the world?
What insect is in the middle of the world? You might be tempted to wonder, “Where is the center of the world?” but this is a riddle you can solve with a flash of insight—no geography knowledge needed.
The key point is that “sekai” (world) is intentionally written in hiragana as せかい.
It could have been written in kanji, which makes this suspicious.
By the way, the correct answer is “a mosquito” (ka).
It’s that blood-sucking pest we all hate in summer.
Why? Because the middle letter of せかい (se-kai) is か (ka)!
Even though it was taken, everyone’s laughing. I wonder why.
I ended up fighting after my friend and I both tried to take it… It’s something every elementary schooler has probably experienced at least once.
Having something taken from you feels awful and makes you sad, right? So let’s try this puzzle.
Why is everyone smiling even though something was ‘taken’? The first thing to think about when solving this is the meaning of the word ‘taken’ (torareta).
It’s deliberately written in hiragana, so try converting it to kanji and imagining what situation it might describe.
The answer is: because it was a photograph.
[Easy] Riddles for Elementary School Students (41–50)
What kind of bird plays by getting tangled in string?
If a bird gets tangled in a string, you’d think it wouldn’t be able to spread its wings and fly, right? That would be true for an ordinary bird.
But there’s a bird that can still “fly” even when it’s tangled in string.
It’s not a bird soaring in the sky, but one that changes into various shapes in your hands.
To find the answer, try thinking of words that include “tori” (bird).
What words come to mind? Here’s a hint: it’s a game played with string.
Have you figured it out? The answer is ayatori (cat’s cradle).
No matter how many times you call it, it never answers—what is it?
If you call your dad or mom, your teacher or your friends, they all answer you, right? But in this world, there are things that won’t respond no matter how much you call them… What are they? The answer is something you all know well.
The key to solving this riddle is to focus on the hiragana word yondemo.
First, try converting it to kanji.
If you try different options like 呼んでも (even if you call) and 読んでも (even if you read), you’ll arrive at the answer.
By the way, the correct answer is “a book.”