Christmas Riddles for Kids

Ten easy Christmas riddles for kids, every answer under a cover: guess, then tap Show answer.

Christmas Riddles for Kids

  1. I have four wheels and no engine. Push me, and I zoom across the floor. I am small enough to hide in the stocking. What am I?
  2. Where does Santa sleep when he travels in the summer?
  3. What do you call an elf who sings while he packs the presents?
  4. What do gingerbread men put on their beds?
  5. I have two sleeves and a hood. A zipper runs up my middle. You cannot play in the snow without me. What am I?
  6. I am a box of little colored squares. Dip a wet brush in me. Soon the water in the cup turns brown. What am I?
  7. I wear a red suit. I laugh ho, ho, ho. I have a long list and a big bag. Who am I?
  8. Which songs do fish hum under the December ice?
  9. I have a round white tummy and no legs. Sticks are my arms. When the sun comes out, I say goodbye. What am I?
  10. What is green, hops and hangs in a doorway at Christmas?

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How it works

These are Christmas riddles for children of about 4 to 10. Every answer is something a small child can name: a reindeer, a stocking, a cookie, a teddy bear.

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Christmas jokes and riddles, by set

The menu under the button keeps one set. What am I riddles give three short clues. Joke riddles end in a pun a child can tell again, explained after the answer. Two-line rhymes are short enough to learn by heart.

How to play with small children

Read the three clues slowly, one at a time, and let a guess come after each. Show answer opens the answer and one line that says why. The main button deals ten more.

Tips
  • Give a hint without a word: act out the answer, such as hugging a teddy bear or ringing a bell.
  • A pun is funnier the second time: let the child ask the joke back to you.

Questions and answers

What is an easy Christmas riddle for kids?

Try this one: I taste like mint. I am shaped like a walking stick. I get sticky and pointy when you lick me. What am I? A candy cane. Every What am I riddle here has three clues like these.

Which holiday jokes and riddles can a 5 year old tell?

The joke riddles with a one-word pun. What kind of photos do elves take? Elfies. What kind of bread do elves bake? Shortbread. Every joke in the set is a Christmas joke.

What ages are these Christmas riddles for?

About 4 to 10. The What am I riddles and the rhymes suit the youngest, and a few puns need a reader of 7 or more. The age range is the editors' judgment.

Do the riddles mention Santa?

Yes. Santa, his beard, his boots, Mrs. Claus, the workshop and the reindeer all appear, always the way the stories tell them.

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What am I 30

  • I am a box of little colored squares. Dip a wet brush in me. Soon the water in the cup turns brown. What am I? Answer: A paint set. Rinsing the brush mixes every color in the cup.
  • I am a picture of everyone in their pajamas. Somebody says "cheese" before I am taken. I go in the album every year. What am I? Answer: A family photo. A photo of the whole family on Christmas morning.
  • I am a surprise. I sit under the tree with your name on my tag. You may open me on Christmas morning. What am I? Answer: A present. A wrapped gift waits under the tree.
  • I am an animal with a fuzzy nose. In the stories I can fly. Listen for my hooves on the roof. What am I? Answer: A reindeer. Reindeer pull the sleigh in the stories and land on the roof.
  • I am big and round. Flour, sugar and eggs go into me. You get to lick the spoon when I am empty. What am I? Answer: A mixing bowl. Cookie dough is stirred in a mixing bowl.
  • I am knitted. I sit on your head. I have a fluffy ball on top. What am I? Answer: A winter hat. A knit hat often has a pom-pom.
  • I am made of bricks. A fire burns inside me. Stockings hang above me. What am I? Answer: A fireplace. Stockings are hung over the fireplace.
  • I am made of paper strips. Each strip is a ring, and each ring holds the next. Tear off one of me each day until Christmas. What am I? Answer: A paper chain. A countdown chain loses one link a day.
  • I am orange and crunchy. Rabbits love me. On Christmas Eve children leave me out for the reindeer. What am I? Answer: A carrot. A carrot is the treat left for the reindeer.
  • I am shiny dust. I stick to glue. After craft time I am on the table, the floor and your nose. What am I? Answer: Glitter. Glitter gets everywhere.
  • I am small and you blow into me. I make one loud note. Parents hear me all day long. What am I? Answer: A whistle. A toy whistle is a noisy stocking gift.
  • I am small, round and shiny. A tiny ball rolls around inside me. Shake me, and I jingle. What am I? Answer: A jingle bell. The loose ball inside makes the jingle.
  • I am soft and furry. I have two round ears and a sewn-on nose. I growl only in your games. What am I? Answer: A teddy bear. A teddy bear is a stuffed toy bear.
  • I am sweet and flat. I am cut from dough in the shape of a star or a bell. I am baked on a tray. What am I? Answer: A cookie. Christmas cookies are cut from rolled dough and baked.
  • I am sweet and soft. I am spread on a cookie with a knife. I can be white, red or green. What am I? Answer: Frosting. Frosting is the icing spread on cookies and cakes.
  • I am white and fluffy. I hang from Santa's chin. Cookie crumbs get stuck in me. What am I? Answer: Santa's beard. Santa is always drawn with a long white beard.
  • I come after a long night of waiting. Children wake up early for me. The stockings are full when I arrive. What am I? Answer: Christmas morning. The morning of December 25.
  • I have a round white tummy and no legs. Sticks are my arms. When the sun comes out, I say goodbye. What am I? Answer: A snowman. A snowman is built of snow and melts in the sun.
  • I have an engine and a caboose. I say choo-choo. My track clicks together in a circle. What am I? Answer: A toy train. A toy train runs on a loop of track.
  • I have five points. I twinkle. You draw me with one line and no lifting of the crayon. What am I? Answer: A star. A five-pointed star can be drawn in one stroke.
  • I have four wheels and no engine. Push me, and I zoom across the floor. I am small enough to hide in the stocking. What am I? Answer: A toy car. A toy car rolls as far as your push sends it.
  • I have two sleeves and a hood. A zipper runs up my middle. You cannot play in the snow without me. What am I? Answer: A winter coat. A coat with a hood keeps the snow out.
  • I have two wheels and a bell. I am too big to wrap. On Christmas morning I wear one big bow. What am I? Answer: A bike. A bicycle is hard to hide, so it gets a bow.
  • I live at the North Pole. I bake while the elves work. My husband wears a red suit. Who am I? Answer: Mrs. Claus. In the stories, Santa's wife is Mrs. Claus.
  • I look like a sock, but nobody wears me. Your name is sewn on me. On Christmas morning I am lumpy with small surprises. What am I? Answer: A stocking. A Christmas stocking is hung up empty and found full.
  • I taste like mint. I am shaped like a walking stick. I get sticky and pointy when you lick me. What am I? Answer: A candy cane. A cane is a walking stick, and this one is candy.
  • I wear a red suit. I laugh ho, ho, ho. I have a long list and a big bag. Who am I? Answer: Santa Claus. The red suit, the laugh, the list and the sack belong to Santa.
  • We are tall and black. Santa pulls us on before he climbs into the sleigh. We leave sooty prints on the rug. What are we? Answer: Santa's boots. In the stories Santa comes down the chimney, and chimneys are sooty.
  • We are tiny and many colors. You shake us onto a cookie. We go on last, on top of the icing. What are we? Answer: Sprinkles. Sprinkles are the little candy dots on a decorated cookie.
  • We come as a pair. We keep ten fingers warm. A string through your sleeves stops us from getting lost. What are we? Answer: Mittens. Mittens on a string stay with the coat.

Joke riddles 20

  • How do we know Santa is good at karate? Answer: He has a black belt. His belt is black, and so is a karate master's.
  • What do gingerbread men put on their beds? Answer: Cookie sheets. (a cookie sheet is a baking tray)
  • What do monkeys sing at Christmas? Answer: "Jungle bells, jungle bells". (jingle bells)
  • What do reindeer hang on their Christmas tree? Answer: Horn-aments. (ornaments)
  • What do sheep write in their Christmas cards? Answer: "Merry Christmas to ewe". (a ewe is a female sheep)
  • What do you call an elf wearing earmuffs? Answer: Anything you like. He cannot hear you.
  • What do you call an elf who sings while he packs the presents? Answer: A wrapper. (a rapper, and he wraps)
  • What do you get when a duck helps Santa? Answer: A Christmas quacker. (a Christmas cracker)
  • What do you get when a skunk wears sleigh bells? Answer: Jingle smells. (jingle bells)
  • What does Santa say when he digs in his garden? Answer: "Hoe, hoe, hoe". (a hoe is a garden tool)
  • What does Santa spread on his bread with the peanut butter? Answer: Jolly. (jelly)
  • What falls into a snowman's cereal bowl every winter morning? Answer: Snowflakes. (like cornflakes)
  • What is green, hops and hangs in a doorway at Christmas? Answer: A mistle-toad. (mistletoe)
  • What kind of bread do elves bake? Answer: Shortbread. (elves are short)
  • What kind of photos do elves take? Answer: Elfies. (selfies)
  • Where does Santa sleep when he travels in the summer? Answer: At a ho-ho-hotel. (ho, ho, ho)
  • Which songs do fish hum under the December ice? Answer: Christmas corals. (Christmas carols)
  • Who says "Oh, oh, oh"? Answer: Santa walking backward. Ho, ho, ho turned around.
  • Why did the elf put his bed in the fireplace? Answer: He wanted to sleep like a log. (to sleep like a log is to sleep soundly)
  • Why is it always so cold at Christmas? Answer: Because it is in Decembrrr. (December, and brrr)

Two-line rhymes 10

  • A little flame sits on my head. Blow me out before your bed. What am I? Answer: A candle. A candle burns with one small flame.
  • Be good and kind, and you will see your own name printed here on me. What am I? Answer: The nice list. Santa's list of children who were good.
  • Climb in me on Christmas Eve night. Shut your eyes and hold them tight. What am I? Answer: Your bed. Morning comes sooner when you sleep.
  • Hammers tap and paint pots spill. The elves make toys inside me still. What am I? Answer: Santa's workshop. The toy shop of the stories.
  • I light the snow on Christmas night, round and silver, high and bright. What am I? Answer: The moon. A full moon makes the snow shine.
  • I'm what you keep about the gift you chose. If you tell me, then everyone knows. What am I? Answer: A secret. A present is a surprise only while it is a secret.
  • She bakes the cookies, she knits your hat, she is your mother's mother. Who is that? Answer: Grandma. Your mother's mother is your grandmother.
  • We wait by your bed, soft and new. One for each foot: that makes two. What are we? Answer: Slippers. A pair of slippers is a cozy present.
  • You cannot wrap me, and I am free: two arms that squeeze, from you to me. What am I? Answer: A hug. A hug is a gift with no paper.
  • You do not unwrap me; you sing me instead, at doors, in cars and before your bed. What am I? Answer: A Christmas song. A carol is sung, not opened.
How this list was compiled

Written by the Game Night Generator editors on October 3, 2026: 60 easy Christmas riddles for children of about 4 to 10, in three sets. What am I gives three short clues to something a small child can name: a reindeer, a stocking, a cookie, a teddy bear. Joke riddles are question-and-pun jokes; most have been told by children for generations and belong to nobody, and each is retold here in the editors' words, with the play on words explained after the answer. Two-line rhymes are the editors' own. None was copied from a book or a site, and no riddle here is on our list of Christmas riddles for a mixed table or on any other page of this site. Nothing is about a brand, a show or a real person. The age range is the editors' judgment; nobody tested the riddles with a class. Licence: own work