For elementary school kids! Fun and amusing riddles everyone can enjoy together

What do you hold while eating rice?

Something you “hold” while eating… A busy mother might hold her child while eating something safe even if it’s dropped, but normally you don’t hold anything in your arms during a meal, right? So no matter how much you think about what you could hold while eating, you won’t reach the answer.

The key to solving this riddle is to recall what you always do during a meal, and to try expressing “dakko” (to hold/hug) with a different word.

The correct answer is “ita” (board)! Because you say “ita, dakimasu”—a pun on “Itadakimasu.”

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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.

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What gets smaller the bigger it gets?

The bigger it gets, the smaller it becomes… What does that even mean? you might wonder.

“Getting bigger” and “getting smaller” are opposites, and something that gets bigger doesn’t become smaller.

What we need to consider when solving this riddle is how to interpret “bigger.” In this puzzle, “bigger” means “growing.” When you grow, isn’t there something that becomes smaller? You probably experience it often when the seasons change.

The answer is clothes! As your body grows and gets bigger, the clothes you wore last year become too small and no longer fit.

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What vehicle do you pedal and pedal but end up going back and forth in the same place?

When you row a boat or pedal a bicycle, you move forward, right? But the answer to this riddle seems to be something that goes back and forth in the same place no matter how much you push.

The key to solving it is to focus on “going back and forth.” If you’re an elementary school student, that phrase might make something click.

Here’s a hint: the park.

Think back to your time playing at the park—there was a fun piece of playground equipment that goes back and forth! That’s right, the answer is a swing.

Did you get it right?

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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).

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