Winter Riddles
Snow days and long evenings are made for riddles. Read a few by the fire or hand them out to bored kids.
Tip: Short and simple wins at a party: pick the riddles you can read in one breath.
97 riddles in this collection, page 2 of 3. Tap a riddle for the answer, or open it for the full explanation.
Three kids race to build the tallest sled tower. Kai finished before Max. Omar finished before Kai. Who finished last?
Half of the 28 boots on the table are taken away. How many boots are left on the table?
Leo makes 5 rows of 4 sleds and adds 5 more at the end. How many sleds are there in all?
30 mittens are shared equally among 5 friends. How many mittens does each friend get?
Kai has 6 snowballs and finds 4 more. How many snowballs does Kai have now?
There are 23 ice cream cones in a box and 5 are taken out. How many ice cream cones are left?
I am frozen water, and I cover the pond so skaters can glide. What am I?
Inspector Frost is checking the order in which five suspects left the locked library. Felix left before Opal. Opal left before Carmen. Kira left before Gwen. Gwen left before Felix. Who left fourth?
I fall from the sky, each of me is different, and I turn the ground white. What am I?
The snowman is smaller than the boot, and the boot is smaller than the icicle. Which one is the biggest?
Three kids race to build the tallest snowman tower. Lily finished before Mia. Mia finished before Max. Who finished last?
A line goes: snowball, snowman, snowball, snowman, snowball. What comes next?
A row goes: ice cream cone, ice cream cone, sand castle, ice cream cone, ice cream cone, sand castle, ice cream cone, ice cream cone. What comes next?
Ida gets 6 mittens on Monday and 6 mittens on Tuesday, then gives away 6. How many mittens are left?
There are 12 snowballs in a box and 5 are taken out. How many snowballs are left?
Half of the 12 ice cream cones on the table are taken away. How many ice cream cones are left on the table?
The boot is bigger than the snowman, and the icicle is bigger than the boot. Which one is the middle size?
The swimmer is bigger than the sand castle, and the sand castle is bigger than the ice cream cone. Which one is the smallest?
A row goes: icicle, icicle, snowball, icicle, icicle, snowball, icicle, icicle. What comes next?
Eli counts snowmen in a pattern: 3, 7, 11, 15. How many snowmen come next?
Kai puts 4 snowballs in each of 6 boxes. How many snowballs is that altogether?
Ana makes 5 rows of 2 boots and adds 6 more at the end. How many boots are there in all?
Ben has 3 ice cream cones and finds 5 more. How many ice cream cones does Ben have now?
24 sleds are shared equally among 4 friends. How many sleds does each friend get?
Frequently asked questions
- When should I share these?
- Publish or print them a week or two ahead of December to February.
- Are the answers included?
- Yes. Tap "Show answer" under each riddle, or open the riddle page for the full explanation.