Does anyone know any riddles suitable for children?

[Littlelapwing]

I’m reading The Hobbit to my 8 and 6 year olds. We had the ‘Riddles in the Dark’ chapter last night which I thought would be beyond them, but they absolutely loved guessing the riddles!

I’m trying to find some more for them and thought there might be plenty of clever people here that know some? An example of one of the Hobbit ones is:

A box without hinges, key or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid?

The answer is an egg

Thanks in advance!

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Feed me and I will thrive, give me a drink and I will die, what am I?

Fire

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Here are her favourites

What has a head and a tail but no body?
A coin

What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel

What has a face and 2 hands but not arms or legs?
A clock

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A pair of gloves

What had a head and a tail but no body?
A coin

What has a face, two hands, but no arms or legs?

A clock

What has a bed but never sleeps, a mouth but never eats and a bank but never any money.

A River

What can go up a chimney down, but can't go down a chimney up?

An umbrella

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Smiles

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Friday is the name of his horse.

Name three consecutive days without saying any of the names of the days of the week.

Yesterday, today, tomorrow.

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A book.

This is a brilliant thread 😂

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Who swallowed a packet of seeds.
In less than an hour.
Her tits were in flower.
And her arse was covered in weeds

Little Nancy Etticoat, in a white petticoat.
The longer she stands, the shorter she grows
A. Candle
What's black and white and red all over?
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Kits, cats, sacks and wives, how many were going to St. Ives?
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If a peacock lays an egg on top of a hill and the wind is blowing North, which way does the egg roll?
A. It doesn't. Peahens lay eggs not peacocks

What is more powerful than God, worse than evil, the poor have it, the rich want it and if you eat it you die?

Answer: Nothing

A simple one, but always made us giggle:

What would you rather bee or a wasp?

Thanks some of these are brilliant!

Y Y U R
Y Y U B
I C U R
Y Y 4 me

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"Too wise (2 y's) you are, too wise you be, I see you are too wise for me!"

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A pillow.