35 Halloween riddles with answers

I have no face until someone carves one, and then I grin on the porch all night. What am I?

Hint: It starts out as a big orange thing, then gets a candle inside.

You can see right through me, and I never need to open a door. What am I?

Hint: It floats, says boo, and slips right through walls.

I'm inside you right now, holding you up. On Halloween you'll see me dancing on front lawns. What am I?

Hint: Feel your arm; something hard is under your skin.

I sweep the kitchen floor all year, but on Halloween night a witch rides me past the moon. What am I?

Hint: Look in the closet for something with a long handle and bristles.

I leave the house empty and come home heavy, full of chocolate and candy. What am I?

Hint: Kids carry it from door to door on October 31.

I'm corn, but no farmer ever grew me. I'm striped yellow, orange and white, and bags of me show up every October. What am I?

Hint: Look for a small, sugary triangle in the Halloween bowl.

I'm a net, but nobody uses me to catch fish. A creature with eight legs spins me. What am I?

Hint: Look in a dark corner for something sticky and silky.

On one night of the year, I'm three words that make doors open and candy appear. What am I?

Hint: Picture what kids shout when the front door swings open.

Once a month, when the moon is full, I need a lot more brushing. Who am I?

Hint: This monster grows lots of fur and howls at night.

I have a face, but there's no head behind me until you put me on. What am I?

Hint: You wear it over your own face at a costume party.

I'm little bumps on your skin, but no goose gave me to you. A spooky story can give you a whole armful. What am I?

Hint: Remember how your arms feel when a ghost story gets scary.

On Halloween night I get pressed more than on any other night of the year. What am I?

Hint: Trick-or-treaters press it with a finger to say they are there.

People pay to get into me, and then they can't wait to run back out. What am I?

Hint: Picture a spooky place at a fair that is built to scare.

I'm a patch, but you won't find me on your jeans. I'm a field full of orange things waiting to be picked. What am I?

Hint: This one is a whole field, not a piece of cloth on your knee.

Change the first letter of BAT, and you get something you wear on your head. What is the new word?

Hint: Try the letters one by one; one makes something with a brim.

Add one letter to the front of WITCH, and you get the thing that turns on the lights. What is the new word?

Hint: Find it on the wall by the door; you flip it up and down.

Which word for the price of something is hiding in COSTUME?

Hint: Look at the start of the word and ask how much it is.

Take the H out of what ghosts do to an old house, and you get a member of your family. What is the word?

Hint: Start with what ghosts do, then think of your mom's sister.

Take away my first letter and I become the person throwing the party. What am I?

Hint: Start with the party word, then add one letter in front to make it spooky.

Add one letter to what a ghost says, and you get something you read. What is it?

Hint: Write the ghost's word, then try adding letters at the end, like K or T.

Which bird is hiding inside the sound a wolf makes at the moon?

Hint: First say the sound a wolf makes, then take off its first letter.

Take the first letter off something a witch rides, and you get a place in your house. What are the two words?

Hint: Name what a witch rides first, then cover its first letter.

Which word for what your heart does is hiding in PUMPKIN?

Hint: Your heart pushes blood around; find that word at the start.

Which number is hiding in the word BONES?

Hint: Cover the first and last letters and count what is left.

Which kitchen container is hiding in the word POTION?

Hint: Look at the start of the word for something you cook soup in.

Which word for a long passage in a school is hiding in HALLOWEEN?

Hint: The first four letters name where you walk between classrooms.

I'm a word some children use for their mother, and I'm also a monster wrapped in bandages. What am I?

Hint: Picture a monster from an old Egyptian tomb.

Rearrange the letters of SCARE to get a word for pieces of farmland.

Hint: Think of how big farms are measured, starting with a vowel.

Rearrange the letters of SPIDER to get groups of lions.

Hint: Find the special name for a lion group, then make it more than one.

Which unit of electric current is hidden inside the word VAMPIRE?

Hint: Look in the middle of the word for something an electrician measures.

Rearrange the letters of MONSTER to get people who guide and advise someone younger.

Hint: Think of a coach or older friend who helps you learn.

I sound exactly like the word you use to ask about a choice, but I ride a broomstick. Who am I?

Hint: Listen for a question word that starts with W and H.

Ava, Ben and Cleo went trick-or-treating as a ghost, a witch and a vampire. Ava wasn't the vampire. Ben was the ghost. What was Cleo?

Hint: Start with Ben, then figure out what Ava must have been.

Which unit of length is hiding in the word GRAVEYARD?

Hint: Look at the end of the word for something three feet long.

Which part of an ear of corn is hiding at the start of COBWEB?

Hint: Check the first three letters; it is the hard center you hold.