Best short riddles for kids

I live in the ocean. I have eight legs, two big claws and a tail. My body has a hard shell. I eat anything I can find. I am a...

Tall I am young, short I am old. While with life I glow, wind is my foe. What am I?

I eat, I live. I breathe, I live. I drink, I die. What am I?

What do you call a cat crossed with a fish?

What time of day, when written in a capital letters, is the same forwards, backwards and upside down?

Each morning I appear to lie at your feet. All day I will follow no matter how fast you run, yet I nearly perish in the midday sun.

Which reindeer loves to go to outer space?

Tommy Tucker took two strings and tied two turtles to two tall trees. How many T’s in that?

My life can be measured in hours. I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe.

I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place.