25 Easter riddles with answers and 10 egg hunt clues
Easter riddles about bunnies, eggs and spring for kids, teens and adults, plus egg hunt clues at the end that lead to hiding places around the house.
35 riddles
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Easy riddles for kids
- 1
I hide eggs all over the yard, but I've never laid a single one. Who am I?
easy
Hint: Think of a long-eared animal that hops, not a bird.
AnswerThe Easter Bunny.
In the story, the Easter Bunny hides eggs, but rabbits don't lay eggs.
- 2
I'm a rabbit you can eat, and most people start with my ears. What am I?
easy
Hint: Look in your basket for a sweet brown animal shape.
AnswerA chocolate bunny.
Chocolate bunnies are a favorite Easter treat, and the ears are the easiest part to bite first.
- 3
I'm empty on Saturday night and full on Sunday morning, and you carry me by my handle. What am I?
easy
Hint: Kids find it waiting on Easter morning, packed with treats and toys.
AnswerAn Easter basket.
Easter baskets are filled with treats for Easter Sunday morning.
- 4
I break out of my very first home using only my beak. What am I?
easy
Hint: Its first home is an eggshell, and it says peep.
AnswerA chick.
A baby chick pecks its way out of its eggshell.
- 5
I'm a bun with a cross on top, but I'm not angry at all. What am I?
easy
Hint: A grumpy mood is one meaning, but here it is just a shape on top.
AnswerA hot cross bun.
Cross can mean angry, but on this bun it means the cross shape on top.
- 6
I have floppy ears and a fluffy face, but I only hop when you walk. What am I?
easy
Hint: Look down at your feet when you get out of bed.
AnswerBunny slippers.
Bunny slippers look like rabbits and go wherever your feet go.
- 7
Kids hunt for me every Easter, but I never run away. What am I?
easy
Hint: It sits still in the grass, painted in bright colors.
AnswerAn Easter egg.
Easter eggs are hidden for an egg hunt, and they stay where they're put.
- 8
I'm grass, but no lawnmower will ever cut me. I'm made of paper, and I sit at the bottom of a basket. What am I?
easy
Hint: Look at the fluffy green stuff under the candy in a basket.
AnswerEaster grass.
Easter grass is shredded paper or plastic that looks like grass in a basket.
- 9
I crack open, but I never break, and there's a treat inside me instead of a yolk. What am I?
easy
Hint: It snaps open in the middle, and no hen ever laid it.
AnswerA plastic Easter egg.
Plastic eggs snap open in the middle so a small treat can be hidden inside.
Harder riddles for kids
- 10
Which direction is hiding in the word EASTER?
medium
Hint: Look at the first four letters and picture where the sun rises.
AnswerEAST.
EAST-ER: the first four letters spell EAST.
- 11
Take the last two letters off BUNNY, and you get a bread roll. What is it?
medium
Hint: Burgers come in one of these.
AnswerBUN.
BUNNY without the N and the Y is BUN.
- 12
Which thing you wear on your head is hiding in the word HATCH?
medium
Hint: The first three letters make something you might wear to the beach.
AnswerA HAT.
HAT-CH: the first three letters spell HAT.
- 13
Which part of your mouth is hiding in the word TULIP?
medium
Hint: Look at the end of the flower's name; you put balm on it.
AnswerA LIP.
TU-LIP: the last three letters spell LIP.
- 14
Which thing you wear on your finger is hiding in the word SPRING?
medium
Hint: Skip the first two letters, S and P.
AnswerA RING.
SP-RING: the last four letters spell RING.
- 15
Which vehicle is hiding in the word CARROT?
medium
Hint: Look at the first three letters for something with four wheels.
AnswerA CAR.
CAR-ROT: the first three letters spell CAR.
- 16
Which sound a baby chick makes reads the same backward and forward?
medium
Hint: Try the tiny high sound a chick makes, not cluck.
AnswerPEEP.
P-E-E-P spelled backward is still P-E-E-P.
- 17
Rearrange the letters of HARE to get what your ears do.
medium
Hint: Keep the H at the front and shuffle the other three letters.
AnswerHEAR.
HARE and HEAR use the same four letters.
- 18
Take the last two letters off something you carry on an egg hunt, and you get a word for lying in warm sunshine. What is it?
medium
Hint: Start with what you carry the eggs in, then cover the end.
AnswerBASK.
BASKET without the E and the T is BASK.
- 19
Three kids found eggs. Ava found more than Ben, and Ben found more than Cal. Cal found 2, nobody found the same number, and together they found 9. How many did Ava find?
medium
Hint: Start by taking Cal's eggs away from the total.
Answer4.
Cal found 2, so Ben and Ava found 7 between them. Ben found more than 2 but fewer than Ava, so Ben found 3 and Ava found 4.
Riddles for teens and adults
- 20
Rearrange the letters of EASTER two ways: once to get people at a meal, and once to get a puzzle like this one. What are the two words?
hard
Hint: One word ends in ERS; the other names a short brain puzzle.
AnswerEATERS and TEASER.
EASTER, EATERS and TEASER all use the same six letters.
- 21
I have long ears and run fast, and I sound exactly like what grows on your head. What am I?
hard
Hint: Think of a rabbit's cousin and listen to its name out loud.
AnswerA hare.
HARE sounds the same as HAIR.
- 22
Rearrange the letters of LAMB to get a soothing cream for dry lips.
hard
Hint: Look for a word that starts with the last letter.
AnswerBALM.
LAMB and BALM use the same four letters.
- 23
Rearrange the letters of PALM, as in Palm Sunday, to get something that lights up a room.
hard
Hint: Think of something with a shade that sits on a table.
AnswerLAMP.
PALM and LAMP use the same four letters.
- 24
Rearrange the letters of NEST to get a word that means mailed.
hard
Hint: Picture a letter you already dropped in the mailbox.
AnswerSENT.
NEST and SENT use the same four letters.
- 25
An egg hunt has 28 eggs. Mia finds twice as many as Leo, Leo finds twice as many as Sam, and together they find them all. How many does Mia find?
hard
Hint: Start by giving Sam one share and count how many shares there are in all.
Answer16.
If Sam finds 4, Leo finds 8 and Mia finds 16, which adds up to 28.
Egg hunt clues
To hide these as cut-out cards, with a page that says where each one goes, print the Easter pack.
- 26
You wear me outside on chilly days. Put your hand in my pocket to find your next egg.
easy
AnswerA coat pocket.
Hide the egg in the pocket of a coat hanging by the door.
- 27
Rubber ducks swim in me at bath time. Look inside me, but keep the water turned off!
easy
AnswerThe bathtub.
Hide the egg in the dry tub.
- 28
I give the flowers a drink when it hasn't rained. Today I'm empty, so look inside me.
easy
AnswerThe watering can.
Hide the egg inside an empty watering can.
- 29
We keep your feet dry when you jump in puddles. Look inside one of us.
easy
AnswerThe rain boots.
Tuck the egg inside one boot.
- 30
Dirty socks and shirts wait in me until laundry day. Dig all the way to the bottom.
easy
AnswerThe laundry basket.
Hide the egg under the clothes.
- 31
Apples, bananas and oranges sit in me on the kitchen counter. Look under the fruit.
easy
AnswerThe fruit bowl.
Tuck the egg underneath the fruit.
- 32
Your crunchy breakfast lives inside me. Look behind me in the cupboard.
easy
AnswerThe cereal box.
Hide the egg behind the box on the shelf.
- 33
Someone with four paws and a wagging tail naps on me. Look under my cushion.
easy
AnswerThe dog's bed.
Skip this clue if you don't have a dog.
- 34
At cleanup time, all the toys go inside me. Lift my lid.
easy
AnswerThe toy box.
Hide the egg on top of the toys.
- 35
Last clue! Your pillow and blanket live on top of me. Look underneath to find your basket.
easy
AnswerUnder the bed.
Use this as the final clue and hide the Easter basket under the bed.
Timer and team scores
8 turns × 60 seconds = 8 minutes of play, plus instructions and breaks.
60
Pause whenever the group needs more time.
Team Lime's turn
Team Lime: 0
Team Violet: 0
Team Tangerine: 0
Team Sky: 0
Team Lemon: 0
Team Bubblegum: 0
Use this set with a group
Read a prompt, allow thinking time, then invite an answer or a pass. For a timed round, choose a turn length before starting. A host can keep the printed answers out of view until the round ends.