Short medium simple riddles for kids

If you were swimming in the ocean and a big alligator attacked you, what should you do?

Give me food, and I will live. Give me water, and I will die. What am I?

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...

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?

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

Born of water, I drown in water. A blood-thirsty beast you can barely see. What am I?

A girl was ten on her last birthday, and will be twelve on her next birthday. How is this possible?

What is it that has hands, yet is unable to clap?

I follow you all day long, But when the night or rain comes, I am all gone.