Riddles for Kids

Kids love riddles. They make them laugh. Here are some great ones to tell your kid before he or she goes to bed or during a long car ride …or any time!
What do you call a kitten sucking lemons? A sourpuss!
Why did King Kong climb the Empire Statute Building? He was too big to take the elevator.
What do you call the zipper on a banana? A fruit fly!
What did one potato chip say to another? Should we go for a dip?
What can you catch but not throw? A cold!
Why did the woman wear a helmet at the dinner table? She was on a crash diet?
Why did the chicken cross the playground? To get to the other slide!
Why are Teddy Bears always hungry? Because they are always stuffed!
Why is a vampire so unpopular? He is a pain in the neck!
What do sea monsters eat? Fish and ships!
What has two banks but no money? A river.
What is black and white and pink all over? A sunburned Zebra.
What goes up and never comes down? Your age!
What time is it when an elephant sits on a fence? Time to get a new fence!
How does a boat show love? It hugs the shore.
What has bark but no bite? A tree.
What game do cannibals love to play? Swallow the leader.
What is a cat on ice? A cool cat.
What word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly? 'Incorrectly!'
What animal honks without a horn? A goose!
How do rabbits travel? By hareplane!
Have you heard about the restaurant on the moon? Great food – no atmosphere.
What thing do you break when you say its name? Silence.
What is harder to catch the faster you run? Your breath!
What did one rock pool say to the other rock pool? Show us your mussels.
What has no beginning, end or middle? A doughnut!
What did one toilet say to the other? You look a little flushed!
Why was the belt arrested? For 'holding up the pants.'
What do you get when you cross a snowman with a wolf? Frostbite!
Where can you always find money when you look for it? In the dictionary.
What gets wetter the more it dries? A towel.
What is a volcano? A mountain with hiccups.
What flowers do you always wear? Two lips.
What game do cows play at parties? Moosical chairs.
How did the lollipop say goodbye to the other lollipops? So long suckers!
Riddles like this are great because they give your kid's brain that little workout they need!

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Entertaining Your Kids Without Going Broke

Are you leaving all of the entertaining of your children to the television? I don't blame you. Watching television is so cheap!

Some recent studies show that now as many as 83 percent of kids are watching two hours of television or more each day, while an incredible 90 percent of toddlers spending that much time around the tube. That does not give them that much time to interact with people.

Activities with others and in the great outdoors allow for happier, less anxious kids that feel better and are more relaxed. A sedentary kid is going to be a fat and unhappy kid.

You do not have to spend a fortune to play with your kids or make them feel more active. All you have to do is make them simple forts out of boxes and blankets. Any big cardboard box can easily be turned into a castle or a fort. Cardboard boxes and tubes also make great rocket ships. You can make your little girl a kitchen complete with fridge and stove out of cardboard boxes.

It is not that hard to find large boxes. You can find them at stores that carry appliances.
One warning – if you are cutting cardboard, do it by yourself. Your child's safety scissors cannot handle thick, stiff cardboard.

There are also hundreds of fun crafts that your kids can make. You can find instructions for most of them online. You can have them build their own kite and fly it in the back yard. You can have them put together a popsicle stick house or have them build a boot scraper mat out of bottle caps. One of the most fun and simplest of toys is a phone connected by a string and made out of two empty tin cans.

Awakening your kid's creativity is as simple as giving them some paper and colored pencils. You can also let them decorate their own room using washable paints. They can draw all over the walls and you can wipe it clean later.

To get your kid off the couch and walking take a field trip to somewhere free. Go view the nearest public government buildings or take a walk in a part. Some kids enjoy strolls through cemeteries. Basically a kid will go anywhere with you. For them, the quality time has to do with the connection to you. So it does not really matter where you go as long as the two of you are together.

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