Brain Teasers for Kids

Squigly has a huge collection of brain teasers for kids of all ages! These fun riddles are a way to challenge your thinking and problem solving skills. Share them with your friends and family. Read them aloud at the dinner table or while driving in the car. These brain teasers will keep you and your kids entertained for hours. Answers are provided if you are completely stuck. We have organized our collection of brain teasers under the following headings: Clever Brain Teasers, Detective Mysteries, Math Games, Poem Riddles, Rebus Puzzles and What Am I Questions. Get ready to have a blast while you challenge your thinking!

Clever Brain Teasers: Riddles that require extra brain power to solve.

A farmer has seventeen sheep. All but nine of them die. How many sheep does he have left?

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Detective Mysteries: Put yourself in the detective's shoes to solve the case of these tricky and quirky mysteries.

Jack tells Jill, "This isn't the $5 bill you left on the the table. I found it between pages 15 and 16 of Harry Potter."

Jill retorts, "You're lying and I can prove it." How did Jill know?

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Math Games: Use your math skills to figure out the answers to these perplexing math questions.

Which number should replace the question mark? 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, ?, 19

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Poem Riddles: Fun and clever brain teasers worded as poems.

You may enter, but you may not come in,
I have space, but no room,
I have keys, but open no lock.

What am I?

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Rebus Puzzles: Can you figure out what these phrases or words mean?

What does this say:

T RN?

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What Am I Questions: Figure out what the clues are eluding to to get the correct answer.

What has a tongue that can't speak, eyes that can't see and a soul that can't be saved?

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