20 animal Riddles for kids

20 Animal Riddles For Kids

Here are 20 rhyming riddles for kids about different kinds of animals.

There’s also a free printable riddle worksheet at the bottom of the page – just click on the blue button to get your copy.

The third page of the worksheet contains the answers, so don’t give your kids that page!

Be sure to also check out all our other animal riddles and riddle worksheets.

20 Animal Riddles For Kids

1) Turkey

There’s lots of me at Thanksgiving But you don’t want me to be wasted Because my meat’s really juicy Just so long as I have been basted

2) Reindeer

One of these is Cupid But it doesn’t have a bow Instead it pulls a sleigh Through the air and lands on snow

3) Chicken

You might be called this animal If someone thinks that you’re afraid This is something that you might eat As well as its eggs that it laid

4) Pig

This provides meat that you would eat When breakfast you are makin’ A chicken is what gives the eggs And this is what gives bacon

5) Penguin

My wings are used as flippers So in water I can flow Sometimes when on land I slide On my belly in the snow

6) Lion

I am known as a king The jungle’s where I reign It is hard to tame me And I have a large mane

7) Snail

I travel very slowly When gliding along the ground Maybe my shell weighs me down In your garden I am found

8) Giraffe

I like to use my long tongue To eat leaves from tops of trees I don’t have to climb up though With my long neck it’s a breeze

9) Monkey

What are all these animals? Marmoset and capuchin Macaque, spider and baboon A mandrill and tamarin

10) Snake

Some types slither on the ground And some can live up in the trees Adders, vipers and cobras What kind of animals are these?

11) Elephant

I’m an animal you might love But I’m too big to be your pet I have an extremely long trunk And it’s said I never forget

12) Cow

They live in a field Milk is what they make They help give us leather And a juicy steak

13) Shark

Some people are scared of this creature Because it can have a big bite So be careful out in the ocean One of its kind is a Great White

14) Dog

I’m a pet that has four legs And a tail at the end You might hear me barking And I’m known as man’s best friend

15) Zebra

This is something black and white But it’s not an old TV It’s a type of animal That starts with the letter Z

16) Bear

If you see one when you’re camping It might give you a big fright They can be black, brown or grizzly And pandas are black and white

17) Cat

It’s a very common pet A baby is called a kitten The number of lives it has Is said to be one less than ten

18) Squirrel

This is a type of animal Of which Nutkin was a male They climb trees and collect nuts And they have a bushy tail

19) Horse

A stallion’s a male A female is called a mare You can ride on one of these On a carousel at a fair

20) Frog

I like to hop around I’m a tadpole when I’m young I am green and I croak And catch flies with my long tongue