Halloween · Riddles
25 Halloween Riddles for Kids
A little spooky thinking for parties, car rides, classrooms and the walk between trick-or-treat houses.
Riddles work best when you pause long enough for kids to make a few wild guesses. The funniest answer is sometimes better than the correct one.
Use the first clues for younger kids and save the trickier ones for older children or family teams.
25 spooky brain teasers
Riddle 1
I have a face and two hands but no arms or legs. On Halloween I may tell you when trick-or-treating starts.
Answer: A clock
Riddle 2
I hang upside down, sleep in caves and fly at night.
Answer: A bat
Riddle 3
I am orange, round and often get a glowing grin.
Answer: A jack-o’-lantern
Riddle 4
I have bones but no skin and can dance without muscles.
Answer: A skeleton
Riddle 5
I wear a pointed hat and may travel by broom.
Answer: A witch
Riddle 6
The more of me you light, the less dark the room becomes.
Answer: A candle
Riddle 7
I am white, float through stories and say “boo.”
Answer: A ghost
Riddle 8
I have eight legs and may build a web in your corner.
Answer: A spider
Riddle 9
You can hear me howl at a full moon, but I am not a dog in Halloween stories.
Answer: A werewolf
Riddle 10
I sleep by day, stay up at night and dislike garlic in old stories.
Answer: A vampire
Riddle 11
I am sweet, wrapped and collected one doorstep at a time.
Answer: Halloween candy
Riddle 12
I am worn on your face but am not your face.
Answer: A mask
Riddle 13
You knock on me before saying “trick or treat.”
Answer: A door
Riddle 14
I am filled with straw and stand in a field without getting tired.
Answer: A scarecrow
Riddle 15
I have pages full of spooky stories but I cannot scream.
Answer: A Halloween book
Riddle 16
You carve me, scoop me and sometimes bake my insides into a pie.
Answer: A pumpkin
Riddle 17
I can be creepy, crawly and tiny, and I may have more legs than you.
Answer: A bug
Riddle 18
I am a house that nobody wants to visit alone in a scary story.
Answer: A haunted house
Riddle 19
I glow in your hand and help you see the sidewalk at night.
Answer: A flashlight
Riddle 20
I can be a cape, a crown or a cardboard robot. You wear me once a year for fun.
Answer: A costume
Riddle 21
I am sticky, stretchy and sometimes green; kids love making me in science activities.
Answer: Slime
Riddle 22
I make a rattling sound when my bones shake, but I have no ears to hear it.
Answer: A skeleton
Riddle 23
I am round like a moon, orange like a pumpkin and tossed into a bucket in a party game.
Answer: An orange ball
Riddle 24
I disappear piece by piece as October gets closer to Halloween.
Answer: A countdown chain
Riddle 25
I am full at the beginning of trick-or-treating and empty after everyone eats too much candy.
Answer: A candy bucket