All six answers for Riddles for Kids Set 1, each with a short explanation of why it works. Good for reading out after a group has had a go.
What has ears but cannot hear?
Answer: corn
Corn grows in ears, which is what the cobs are called.
What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: a sponge
A sponge is covered in tiny holes, and those holes are exactly what soak up the water.
What kind of room has no doors and no windows?
Answer: a mushroom
A mushroom is the only 'room' you will never walk into.
I am tall when I am young, and short when I am old. What am I?
Answer: a candle
A candle starts tall and gets shorter every minute it burns.
What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
Answer: a glove
A glove is shaped like a hand, right down to the thumb.
What can you hold in your left hand but never in your right hand?
Answer: your right elbow
Your left hand can reach your right elbow easily, but your right hand can never hold its own elbow.