Mother's Day Scavenger Hunt Riddles

Press Pick 8 new clues for seven rhymes that lead her from the breakfast tray to her present.

Mother's Day Scavenger Hunt Riddles

  1. Flowers standing row on row. At the flower bed's edge, look low.Hide the next clue: the flower bed. Tape the strip to a craft stick and push the stick into the soil at the edge.Trail
  2. Sprinkle some for a bath that's sweet. By the bath salts, the next sheet.Hide the next clue: the jar of bath salts. Stand the strip behind the jar on the tub's edge.Trail
  3. A little squeeze, then rub it in. The hand cream's where the next has been.Hide the next clue: the tube of hand cream. Wrap the strip around the tube and hold it with a hair tie.Trail
  4. By the sink, a tiny plate. It holds your rings: investigate!Hide the next clue: the ring dish. Curl the strip into the empty dish.Trail
  5. We carried it up without a spill. Check your breakfast tray. Sit still!Hide the next clue: the breakfast tray. Fold the note under the napkin, beside the toast plate.Trail
  6. Pink and yellow, picked for you. In your bouquet there's a clue.Hide the next clue: her bouquet. Slide the strip in among the stems, under the bow.Trail
  7. Ring the bell and ride away. Your bike basket holds a clue today.Hide the next clue: her bike basket. Weigh the strip down in the basket with a pine cone.Trail
  8. Happy Mother's Day, the last clue's read. Your present waits ____, we said.The parting strip. An older helper pens the present's spot into the gap: on her pillow, maybe, or inside the hall closet.Present

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How it works

These Mother's Day scavenger hunt riddles speak to her as you, so they suit a mom or a grandma. Each of 30 hiding places, from the breakfast tray to the trellis, has an easy rhyme and a riddle.

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Easy rhymes or riddles

The page opens on seven easy rhymes, short enough for a young child to read aloud, and a final clue. Riddles deals a What am I? for each of the same places. The menu under the button keeps the trail to Breakfast and gifts or House and garden. Lock what you have and Swap the rest.

From tray to present

Press Hide all answers, then Print, and keep the last page: it lists the hiding places. Write in the final clue where the present or the breakfast waits. Put the first strip on her tray and each later strip at the place the one before it names.

Tips
  • Scavenger hunt riddles for Mother's Day work with no present at all: end the trail at the breakfast table.
  • For a trail at a grandma's house, choose House and garden and Swap what her home lacks.

Questions and answers

How do you do a Mother's Day scavenger hunt?

Deal a trail, lock the clues whose places you have, then print and cut the strips. Hide the present first. The first clue goes on her breakfast tray, and each later clue waits at the place the one before it names.

What are good Mother's Day riddles for a scavenger hunt?

Ones about her morning. I am ten painted fingers that will never be this small again: the handprint painting. I am a tiny seat made for one egg and a spoon's tap: the egg cup.

Can a five year old read the clues?

The easy rhymes, yes, with help on a few words: each is two short lines that name the place. The riddles never name it and suit readers of 8 and up, or a grown-up reading aloud.

Where should the trail end?

At her present, or at the breakfast table if the breakfast is the present. Each final clue has a blank that an older helper fills in by hand after printing.

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Easy rhymes 30

  • A ladder made for climbing vines. On the trellis look for signs. Hide the next clue: the trellis. Tie the strip to the lowest bar.
  • A little cup with a little plate. Look in your teacup. Don't be late! Hide the next clue: her teacup. Fold the strip into the empty cup on its saucer.
  • A little squeeze, then rub it in. The hand cream's where the next has been. Hide the next clue: the tube of hand cream. Wrap the strip around the tube and hold it with a hair tie.
  • Beads on a string, red, green and blue. Our necklace hides the next clue for you. Hide the next clue: the necklace the children made. Thread the strip onto the string beside the beads.
  • By the sink, a tiny plate. It holds your rings: investigate! Hide the next clue: the ring dish. Curl the strip into the empty dish.
  • Cookies rest here from the heat. Under the cooling rack, look. Neat! Hide the next clue: the cooling rack. Push the note below the wire grid on the counter.
  • Flowers standing row on row. At the flower bed's edge, look low. Hide the next clue: the flower bed. Tape the strip to a craft stick and push the stick into the soil at the edge.
  • Flowers that swing up in the air. By the hanging basket, look right there. Hide the next clue: the hanging basket. With a grown-up: tie the strip to the chain, low enough for her to see.
  • Handwritten cards, a dinner on each. Your recipe box is within reach. Hide the next clue: her recipe box. Stand the note upright ahead of the soups divider.
  • It beats the eggs, round and round. In the whisk the clue is wound. Hide the next clue: the whisk. Weave the strip between the wire loops.
  • It catches leaves so tea is clear. The tea strainer says: look here! Hide the next clue: the tea strainer. Hook the strip through the strainer's handle.
  • It holds one egg, boiled just right. The egg cup has a clue in sight. Hide the next clue: the egg cup. Stand the rolled strip in the empty egg cup.
  • It saves your page when reading's done. By the bookmark, find the next one. Hide the next clue: the bookmark the children made. Close the note into her novel, at the spot the tassel marks.
  • Keys and tissues, all you need. Your handbag's pocket has a clue to read. Hide the next clue: the outer pocket of her handbag. Slip the strip into the outside pocket only.
  • Open the lid and choose just one. In the chocolate box, the hunt's not done. Hide the next clue: the box of chocolates. Slide the strip under the lid, on top of the paper.
  • Orange and cold, we poured it slow. By your juice glass, off you go! Hide the next clue: her juice glass. Lean the note against the glass before pouring.
  • Pink and yellow, picked for you. In your bouquet there's a clue. Hide the next clue: her bouquet. Slide the strip in among the stems, under the bow.
  • Ring the bell and ride away. Your bike basket holds a clue today. Hide the next clue: her bike basket. Weigh the strip down in the basket with a pine cone.
  • Round and tall with a lid on top. Open the hat box: do not stop! Hide the next clue: the hat box. Set the note on the hat's brim, then put the lid back.
  • Shake, shake: tiny seeds to sow. Among the seed packets, look below. Hide the next clue: the flower seed packets. Slip the strip in among the packets.
  • Small hands dipped in paint, pressed down. Behind our handprints, look around. Hide the next clue: the handprint painting. Stand the painting on a shelf with the strip tucked behind it.
  • Soft balls of yarn in every shade. In the yarn basket, a clue is laid. Hide the next clue: the yarn basket. Bury the strip among the balls of yarn.
  • Sprinkle some for a bath that's sweet. By the bath salts, the next sheet. Hide the next clue: the jar of bath salts. Stand the strip behind the jar on the tub's edge.
  • Spritz, spritz, the ferns all drink. The plant mister's closer than you think. Hide the next clue: the plant mister. Hang the strip from the trigger on a loop of thread.
  • Sweet and golden, made by bees. The honey jar is next, if you please. Hide the next clue: the honey jar. A rubber band holds the strip around the jar, below the sticky rim.
  • Today we cook and you just sit. Read our menu: the clue's with it. Hide the next clue: the menu the children wrote. Fold the strip inside the menu.
  • We carried it up without a spill. Check your breakfast tray. Sit still! Hide the next clue: the breakfast tray. Fold the note under the napkin, beside the toast plate.
  • Yellow and soft for morning toast. Under the butter dish: you're close! Hide the next clue: the butter dish. Slide the paper beneath the ceramic base, well away from the butter itself.
  • You write in it when the day is through. Your journal's cover has a clue. Hide the next clue: her journal. Slip the note under the band that holds the journal shut. Nobody opens it.
  • Zip it open, brushes inside. In your makeup bag a clue can hide. Hide the next clue: her makeup bag. Lay the strip on top, with the zipper left open.

Riddles 30

  • I am a blanket of soil by the lawn, and you tuck plants into me each spring. What am I? Hide the next clue: the flower bed. Tape the strip to a craft stick and push the stick into the soil at the edge.
  • I am a cage of wire loops on a handle, and I turn egg whites into clouds. What am I? Hide the next clue: the whisk. Weave the strip between the wire loops.
  • I am a garden with no ground, swinging from a hook by the door. What am I? Hide the next clue: the hanging basket. With a grown-up: tie the strip to the chain, low enough for her to see.
  • I am a handful of stems in one ribbon, and I need a drink as soon as I arrive. What am I? Hide the next clue: her bouquet. Slide the strip in among the stems, under the bow.
  • I am a jar of scented crystals that vanish in warm water. What am I? Hide the next clue: the jar of bath salts. Stand the strip behind the jar on the tub's edge.
  • I am a lidded house for something yellow that melts on toast. What am I? Hide the next clue: the butter dish. Slide the paper beneath the ceramic base, well away from the butter itself.
  • I am a round box on the closet shelf, guarding something worn on special days. What am I? Hide the next clue: the hat box. Set the note on the hat's brim, then put the lid back.
  • I am a small box of cards, and every card is a dinner in someone's handwriting. What am I? Hide the next clue: her recipe box. Stand the note upright ahead of the soups divider.
  • I am a small zipped pouch of little brushes and colors for your face. What am I? Hide the next clue: her makeup bag. Lay the strip on top, with the zipper left open.
  • I am a strip of cardstock with a tassel, and I wait between two pages for you. What am I? Hide the next clue: the bookmark the children made. Close the note into her novel, at the spot the tassel marks.
  • I am a tiny saucer by the sink. I mind your gold while your hands are soapy. What am I? Hide the next clue: the ring dish. Curl the strip into the empty dish.
  • I am a tiny seat made for one egg and a spoon's tap. What am I? Hide the next clue: the egg cup. Stand the rolled strip in the empty egg cup.
  • I am a tiny sieve with a handle, and I keep the leaves out of your cup. What am I? Hide the next clue: the tea strainer. Hook the strip through the strainer's handle.
  • I am a wire grid on little feet, and warm cookies rest on me. What am I? Hide the next clue: the cooling rack. Push the note below the wire grid on the counter.
  • I am a wooden lattice against the wall, and plants climb me without hands. What am I? Hide the next clue: the trellis. Tie the strip to the lowest bar.
  • I am full of soft balls that are no good for throwing and perfect for scarves. What am I? Hide the next clue: the yarn basket. Bury the strip among the balls of yarn.
  • I am golden and slow, and I was made by a thousand small wings. What am I? Hide the next clue: the honey jar. A rubber band holds the strip around the jar, below the sticky rim.
  • I am pasta or beads on a string, and you will wear me to the store anyway. What am I? Hide the next clue: the necklace the children made. Thread the strip onto the string beside the beads.
  • I am small and clear, and this morning I hold something squeezed from oranges. What am I? Hide the next clue: her juice glass. Lean the note against the glass before pouring.
  • I am ten painted fingers that will never be this small again. What am I? Hide the next clue: the handprint painting. Stand the painting on a shelf with the strip tucked behind it.
  • I am thin and round with one small ear, and I ride on a saucer. What am I? Hide the next clue: her teacup. Fold the strip into the empty cup on its saucer.
  • I arrive at your bed on legs of my own, carrying toast that is slightly burnt. What am I? Hide the next clue: the breakfast tray. Fold the note under the napkin, beside the toast plate.
  • I hang from your shoulder, and I hold whatever anyone in the family asks for. What am I? Hide the next clue: the outer pocket of her handbag. Slip the strip into the outside pocket only.
  • I list today's dishes in wobbly letters. My cooks are under four feet tall. What am I? Hide the next clue: the menu the children wrote. Fold the strip inside the menu.
  • I ride in front of the handlebars and carry the bread home. What am I? Hide the next clue: her bike basket. Weigh the strip down in the basket with a pine cone.
  • Lift my lid and you must choose. The map inside tells you which is caramel. What am I? Hide the next clue: the box of chocolates. Slide the strip under the lid, on top of the paper.
  • My pages are private and half full, and a ribbon marks where you stopped. What am I? Hide the next clue: her journal. Slip the note under the band that holds the journal shut. Nobody opens it.
  • Squeeze me and rub your palms together. I smell of flowers. What am I? Hide the next clue: the tube of hand cream. Wrap the strip around the tube and hold it with a hair tie.
  • Squeeze my trigger and I make a tiny fog for the ferns. What am I? Hide the next clue: the plant mister. Hang the strip from the trigger on a loop of thread.
  • We rattle when shaken, and the picture on our front is a promise for July. What are we? Hide the next clue: the flower seed packets. Slip the strip in among the packets.

Breakfast and gifts 8

  • Happy Mother's Day, the last clue's read. Your present waits ____, we said. The parting strip. An older helper pens the present's spot into the gap: on her pillow, maybe, or inside the hall closet.
  • No more clues, just one more hug. Look ____, all wrapped up snug. The parting strip. An older helper pens the present's spot into the gap: on her pillow, maybe, or inside the hall closet.
  • Put your feet up after this. Your gift is ____. Blow us a kiss! The parting strip. An older helper pens the present's spot into the gap: on her pillow, maybe, or inside the hall closet.
  • Seven clues behind you, none ahead. Look ____: enough is said. The parting strip. An older helper pens the present's spot into the gap: on her pillow, maybe, or inside the hall closet.
  • The trail ends here, the secret's out. Look ____, then give a shout. The parting strip. An older helper pens the present's spot into the gap: on her pillow, maybe, or inside the hall closet.
  • We planned all week, we hid it well. Your surprise is ____. Don't tell! The parting strip. An older helper pens the present's spot into the gap: on her pillow, maybe, or inside the hall closet.
  • You read each rhyme, you walked each mile. Your present is ____. Now smile! The parting strip. An older helper pens the present's spot into the gap: on her pillow, maybe, or inside the hall closet.
  • You solved them all, you clever thing. Look ____ for what we bring. The parting strip. An older helper pens the present's spot into the gap: on her pillow, maybe, or inside the hall closet.
How this list was compiled

Written for this site by its editors on 2 October 2026: original clues for a trail that children set for a mother or a grandmother. Each of 30 hiding places, 12 of them things of the day itself and 18 around the house and garden, has an easy rhyme that names the place and a riddle that does not, and eight final clues carry a blank for where the present or the breakfast waits. Every clue speaks to her as you and names nobody. Nothing was copied from another clue list, and no hiding place is shared with this site's Father's Day trail. No place is a stove, an oven, a medicine cabinet or a road; the hanging basket clue is tied on by a grown-up. The note under each clue names the place and says where the paper strip goes. Licence: own work