Spring Riddles
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Spring riddles for kids and adults, all about rain, mud, bees and things waking up. These springtime riddles with answers work for classrooms, car rides and rainy afternoons. Hints are there when the little ones need a nudge.
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1. I am a season, a bouncy metal coil, and a place where fresh water bubbles out of the ground. What am I? Easy
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One word, three meanings.
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Spring.
One word, spring, names a season, a coiled metal spring, and a water spring at once.
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2. I fall all spring long, but I never get hurt. Flowers cheer every time I show up. What am I? Easy
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Rain.
It falls without being hurt and delights flowers, so the answer is rain.
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3. You bury me alive in the dirt, and a few weeks later I come back to life as a flower. What am I? Easy
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Gardeners plant me in rows.
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A seed.
Buried in dirt then rising as a flower describes a planted seed sprouting.
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4. Finish the famous spring saying: April showers bring... Easy
April showers bring May flowers. The rain does the watering for free.
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5. I only show up when the sun and the rain work together, and I wear seven colors at once. What am I? Easy
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A rainbow.
Sun plus rain and seven colors point straight to a rainbow.
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6. I spend weeks wrapped in a sleeping bag I made myself, and I wake up with wings. What am I? Medium
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Before my nap, I was very hungry and very fuzzy.
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A butterfly.
The self-made sleeping bag is a chrysalis, so it wakes as a butterfly.
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7. I open like a flower when the rain starts falling, but I am not a plant. I keep you dry, then I nap by the door. What am I? Easy
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An umbrella.
Opening in rain to keep you dry describes an umbrella, not a real flower.
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8. In the northern half of the world, spring officially begins in which month? Easy
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March
Northern spring begins at the March equinox, so the month is March.
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9. I hum from flower to flower all day, packing yellow dust on my legs, and my whole family works for a queen. What am I? Easy
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A bee.
Humming flower to flower, packing pollen, and serving a queen names the bee.
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10. I am a house built of twigs and mud, high up in a tree, with no door and no roof. Soon there will be singing inside me. What am I? Easy
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A bird's nest.
A twig-and-mud tree home where singing starts is a bird's nest.
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11. Count the raindrops in this spring shower. Easy
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Seven. Five drops in the middle band and two more falling lower down.
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12. I dance in the sky at the end of a long string, and a windy spring day is my favorite kind of day. What am I? Easy
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A kite.
Dancing on a string in the wind describes a kite.
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13. Every time it rains, I sneak out of the soil and stretch out on the sidewalk. Early birds are my biggest fans. What am I? Easy
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Robins hunt for me after a shower.
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A worm.
Coming out after rain for early birds names the worm.
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14. 🐉 + 🪰 Easy
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It zips over spring ponds on four glassy wings.
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Dragonfly (dragon + fly).
Dragon plus fly emoji combine into dragonfly.
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15. I started life as a swimmer with a tail. Then I grew legs, lost the tail, and learned to sing at the pond. What am I? Easy
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I used to be a tadpole.
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A frog.
A tailed swimmer that grows legs and sings at the pond is a frog.
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16. I pecked my way out of my round white house, and now I follow my mother everywhere, peeping. What am I? Easy
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A chick.
Pecking from a round white egg and peeping after mother names a chick.
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17. Which comes FIRST in a frog's life? Medium
Egg, then tadpole, then froglet, then frog. Spring ponds are full of the first stage.
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18. I am one of spring's first babies, I bounce around the meadow, and my coat becomes sweaters. What am I? Easy
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A lamb.
A bouncing spring baby whose wool becomes sweaters is a lamb.
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19. After the rain, I lie on the ground like a little mirror for the sky. Kids in rubber boots cannot resist me. What am I? Easy
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A puddle.
A sky-mirror on the ground that boots splash in is a puddle.
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20. Spring is baby animal season. What do you call a baby cow? Easy
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A calf
Baby animals get special names in spring, and a young cow is a calf.
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21. You cannot see me, but in spring you can watch me fly kites, shake blossoms loose, and steal hats. What am I? Easy
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The wind.
Unseen but able to fly kites and steal hats describes the wind.
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22. What kind of flower grows right under your nose? Easy
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Say the flower's name slowly.
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Tulips. Two lips.
Tulips sounds like two lips, the flower under your nose.
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23. I wear a bright yellow trumpet on my head, and I am one of the first flowers to announce that spring has arrived. What am I? Medium
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A daffodil.
The yellow trumpet shape and early bloom name the daffodil.
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24. In the old weather saying, March comes in like a lion and goes out like a... Easy
In like a lion, out like a lamb: wild weather early in March, gentle weather by the end.
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25. I am invisible yellow dust that rides the spring breeze. Flowers love me, but noses sneeze at me. What am I? Easy
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Achoo!
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Pollen.
Yellow dust that flowers love and noses sneeze at is pollen.
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26. I wear a shiny red coat with black polka dots, and gardeners are always happy to see me. What am I? Easy
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A ladybug.
A red coat with black polka dots that gardeners like names the ladybug.
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27. 🔵 + 🔔 Medium
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In spring this flower can turn a whole forest floor one color.
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Bluebell (blue + bell).
Blue plus bell emoji combine into the flower bluebell.
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28. My red chest hops across the lawn in early spring, and people say I am the season's first messenger. What am I? Easy
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A robin.
A red-chested early spring messenger hopping the lawn is a robin.
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29. I look like a long green snake sleeping in the garden, but squeeze my handle and I spit water. What am I? Easy
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A garden hose.
A long green coil that spits water when squeezed is a garden hose.
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30. One of these four flowers is different. Which one? Easy
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The third one. The third flower has only three petals. The rest have four.
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31. Rain plus dirt equals me. Kids adore me, washing machines fear me. What am I? Easy
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Mud.
Rain plus dirt that kids love and washers fear equals mud.
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32. I am a tiny green baby plant, poking my head out of the soil to check if winter is really over. What am I? Easy
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A sprout.
A tiny green plant poking from soil after winter is a sprout.
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33. What do bees collect from spring flowers to make honey? Medium
Bees sip nectar and turn it into honey. Pollen hitches a ride and helps flowers make seeds.
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34. When do monkeys fall from the sky? Medium
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It is a groaner about a spring month.
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During Ape-ril showers.
April becomes Ape-ril, a monkey pun on April showers.
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35. We are twin boots that spend all winter bored in the closet, waiting for puddle season. What are we? Easy
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Rain boots.
Twin closet boots waiting for puddles are rain boots.
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36. I sleep through the whole winter in a cozy den, and in spring I wake up grumpy and very, very hungry. What am I? Easy
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My long nap is called hibernation.
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A bear.
Sleeping all winter and waking hungry describes a hibernating bear.
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37. What do you call a baby frog that still has its tail and lives in the water? Easy
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A tadpole
A tailed water baby frog is called a tadpole.
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38. For two weeks in spring I turn whole trees into pink popcorn, and then I snow petals all over the street. What am I? Medium
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Cherry blossom.
Trees turning pink then snowing petals describes cherry blossom.
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39. I roar all Saturday morning, I eat grass but I am not a cow, and I leave stripes on the lawn. What am I? Medium
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A lawn mower.
Roaring, eating grass, and striping the lawn describes a lawn mower.
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40. What kind of bow can never, ever be tied? Medium
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A rainbow
A rainbow is the only bow that cannot be tied.
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41. I carry my whole house on my back, I come out to glide across the sidewalk after every spring rain, and I leave a shiny silver trail behind me. What am I? Easy
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A snail.
Carrying its house and leaving a silver trail names the snail.
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42. Before the sun wakes up, I quietly cover the spring grass in tiny sparkling beads. By breakfast time I have completely vanished. What am I? Medium
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Dew.
Sparkling morning beads on grass that vanish by breakfast are dew.
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43. I am a tight little green package sitting on a branch, and after a few warm spring days I will burst wide open into a flower. What am I? Easy
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A bud.
A tight green package on a branch that opens into a flower is a bud.
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44. I have a long curved spout and a handle, I drink my fill from the tap, and then I give the thirsty flowers a gentle indoor shower. What am I? Easy
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A watering can.
A spouted handle that showers flowers is a watering can.
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45. On the first really warm day of spring I spin in circles on the lawn, flinging water everywhere, and giggling kids in swimsuits chase me. What am I? Easy
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A sprinkler.
Spinning on the lawn and flinging water at kids names a sprinkler.
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46. I have long ears and a fluffy cotton tail, I hop through the spring meadow in big bounces, and I nibble the fresh green clover. What am I? Easy
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A rabbit.
Long ears, cotton tail, and hopping through clover name a rabbit.
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47. I am a fuzzy yellow baby who waddles behind my mother down to the spring pond, and today I get to paddle in the water for the very first time. What am I? Easy
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A duckling.
A fuzzy yellow waddler taking its first pond paddle is a duckling.
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48. I rumble and flash across the spring sky and pour down heavy rain, but when I finally move along I leave the whole world smelling fresh and clean. What am I? Easy
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A thunderstorm.
Rumbling, flashing, and leaving fresh air describes a thunderstorm.
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49. I am a small cup-shaped flower, sometimes purple and sometimes yellow, and I am brave enough to bloom while the last patches of snow are still melting. What am I? Hard
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A crocus.
A cup-shaped flower blooming through melting snow names the crocus.
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50. I have a long wooden handle and a row of springy teeth, and in spring I comb across the yard to gather up old leaves and dead grass. What am I? Easy
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A rake.
A handled tool with springy teeth that combs leaves is a rake.
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51. Hand me to the spring breeze or blow on me yourself, and my bright paper blades will spin round and round on top of my stick. What am I? Easy
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A pinwheel.
Paper blades spinning on a stick in the breeze name a pinwheel.
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52. I am a cheerful yellow weed that later turns into a soft white puff. Make a wish, give me a puff of breath, and my seeds float away on the wind. What am I? Easy
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A dandelion.
A yellow weed that turns to a white wish-puff is a dandelion.
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53. After a warm spring rain I pop up overnight in the damp shady woods, standing quietly under my own little umbrella cap. What am I? Easy
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A mushroom.
Popping up overnight under an umbrella cap in damp woods is a mushroom.
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54. As spring arrives we fly north in a big noisy V shape, honking the whole way back to our summer home by the lake. What are we? Easy
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Geese.
Flying north in a honking V shape names geese.
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55. I am a tiny bird that hovers in the air like a little helicopter, sipping sweet nectar from spring flowers while my wings buzz in a blur. What am I? Medium
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A hummingbird.
A tiny hovering nectar-sipper with buzzing wings is a hummingbird.
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56. Each spring day I stay up in the sky a little longer, I warm the cold soil, and I gently coax the sleepy seeds and buds to wake up. What am I? Easy
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The sun.
Lengthening days that warm soil and wake seeds describe the sun.
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57. I am a spring baby with long wobbly legs, yet within an hour of being born I can stand up and trot beside my mother across the field. What am I? Medium
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A foal.
A newborn horse that can stand and trot within an hour of birth is a foal.
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58. I wear a reddish coat sprinkled with white spots so I can hide in the tall spring meadow, and I hold very still while my mother grazes nearby. What am I? Medium
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A fawn.
A spotted baby deer that hides still in the meadow grass is a fawn.
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59. I am a fuzzy spring baby, a close cousin of the duckling, and when I grow up I will fly north in a honking V. What am I? Medium
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A gosling.
A fuzzy baby that grows into a honking goose is a gosling.
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60. I am a pink spring baby with a curly little tail and a flat snout, and I love nothing more than rolling around in the fresh mud. What am I? Medium
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A piglet.
A pink curly-tailed spring baby that rolls in mud is a piglet.
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61. Farmers call me a kid, but I am covered in fur instead of clothes, and I love to hop and clatter across the rocks. What am I? Medium
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A baby goat.
A furry rock-hopping spring baby that farmers call a kid is a young goat.
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62. I am a fuzzy little creature that munches through leaves all spring long, and one day I will wrap myself up and change completely. What am I? Medium
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A caterpillar.
A fuzzy leaf-muncher that will wrap up and transform is a caterpillar.
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63. I am a little house made almost entirely of glass, and inside me flowers and vegetables enjoy warm summer weather even while it is still chilly outdoors. What am I? Medium
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A greenhouse.
A glass house that keeps plants warm while it is cold outside is a greenhouse.
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64. I have one wheel at the front and two handles at the back, and each spring I carry heavy loads of soil and mulch around the garden for you. What am I? Medium
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A wheelbarrow.
A one-wheeled, two-handled carrier for garden soil is a wheelbarrow.
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65. I am a small shovel that fits in one hand, and a gardener uses me to scoop out little holes for planting spring bulbs and seedlings. What am I? Medium
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A trowel.
A small hand shovel for digging planting holes is a trowel.
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66. I am a shallow stone bowl on a stand in the garden, and on warm spring days birds flutter down to splash and cool off in me. What am I? Medium
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A bird bath.
A shallow garden bowl where birds splash to cool off is a bird bath.
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67. On a breezy spring afternoon a child dips a wand, blows gently, and sends dozens of us floating shiny and round across the yard until we pop. What are we? Medium
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Bubbles.
Shiny round floaters blown from a wand that drift and pop are bubbles.
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68. I am a tall pole strung with long colorful ribbons, and at spring festivals children dance in circles around me, weaving the ribbons as they go. What am I? Medium
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A maypole.
A ribboned pole that children dance and weave around at spring festivals is a maypole.
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69. At winter's end people watch to see whether I climb out of my burrow and notice my own shadow, because folklore says I can hint at when spring will arrive. What am I? Medium
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A groundhog.
The burrowing shadow-watcher of folklore said to predict spring is a groundhog.
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70. I am a leafy bush that bursts into clusters of tiny purple blossoms each spring, and my sweet perfume can fill a whole backyard. What am I? Medium
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A lilac.
A spring bush of purple blossom clusters with a sweet scent is a lilac.
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71. I share my name with the colored ring around the pupil of your eye, and I am also a tall spring flower with velvety purple petals. What am I? Medium
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An iris.
A tall purple spring flower that shares its name with part of the eye is an iris.
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72. What do you call the kind of soggy spring day when it seems to be raining chickens and ducks? Hard
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Fowl weather.
Chickens and ducks are fowl, so the rainy joke answer is fowl weather, a pun on foul weather.
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73. What is a scarecrow's favorite spring fruit to grow out in the garden? Hard
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Strawberries.
A scarecrow is stuffed with straw, so its punny favorite fruit is straw-berries.
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74. What do you call two young flowers that have been inseparable friends ever since they first sprouted? Hard
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Best buds.
Young flowers are buds, and close friends are best buds.
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75. Which tall long-necked bird might you also spot lifting heavy steel beams high above a building site? Hard
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A crane.
A crane is both a long-necked bird and a tall machine that lifts heavy loads.
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76. What does a bee say when it buzzes back to the hive after a long day working the spring flowers? Hard
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Honey, I'm home.
Bees make honey, so the return greeting puns on honey, I'm home.
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77. Why is nearly everyone worn out and footsore by the time the first of April rolls around? Hard
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They just finished a long March.
They finished the month of March, and to march also means to walk a long way.
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78. What does a stylish rabbit reach for to keep its fur neat and tidy on a windy spring day? Hard
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Hare spray.
A rabbit is a hare, so its grooming product puns on hair spray.
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79. Why did the gardener finally give up on the vegetable patch and quit? Hard
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The celery just was not high enough.
The pay was too low, and celery sounds just like salary.
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80. How do the bare trees quietly promise to make a fresh start every single spring? Hard
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They turn over a new leaf.
New leaves grow in spring, and to turn over a new leaf means to begin again.
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81. Millions of my three-leaf cousins carpet the spring lawn, but stumbling on just one of me is considered a rare stroke of luck. What am I? Hard
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A four-leaf clover.
A clover with four leaves instead of the usual three is a rare lucky find.
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82. I am a little green three-leaf plant worn on the seventeenth of March, and I am the beloved symbol of Ireland. What am I? Hard
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A shamrock.
The three-leaf green plant worn on St Patrick's Day is a shamrock.
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83. My name sounds like the coldest part of winter, yet I am actually a tiny white flower brave enough to bloom first, sometimes while snow still lingers. What am I? Hard
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A snowdrop.
A tiny white flower that blooms earliest despite its wintry name is a snowdrop.
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84. As spring warms the maple trees, I begin rising up from the roots, and if you patiently boil me down I turn into sweet golden syrup. What am I? Hard
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Sap.
The liquid that flows up maples in spring and boils into syrup is sap.
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85. I am a springtime branch dotted with soft silvery buds that feel exactly like tiny kitten paws, even though I am only a plant. What am I? Hard
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A pussy willow.
A willow with soft furry catkin buds that feel like kitten paws is a pussy willow.
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86. Rabbits do not truly lay me, and yet every spring children search the whole yard hoping to find me hidden in bright cheerful colors. What am I? Hard
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An Easter egg.
A brightly colored egg hidden for children to hunt in spring is an Easter egg.
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87. When the spring downpour is truly pouring, people say it is raining these two furry household pets. Which two are they? Hard
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Cats and dogs.
A very heavy rain is described by the old idiom raining cats and dogs.
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88. Which springtime flower shares its name with the famous ship that carried the Pilgrims across the ocean to America? Hard
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The Mayflower.
The Pilgrims sailed on a ship named the Mayflower, which is also a spring flower.
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89. I am a small sky-blue flower with a curious name that sounds like a gentle little plea never to be left out of your memory. What am I? Hard
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A forget-me-not.
A small blue spring flower whose name is a plea to be remembered is the forget-me-not.
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90. A baby chick pushing out of its egg and a clever secret plan can both do this very same word in spring. What is the word? Hard
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Hatch.
A chick hatches from an egg, and you can also hatch a plan.
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91. Grandparents tuck me away for a rainy day, while a bird tucks me under her feathered bottom up in the tree. What am I? Hard
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A nest egg.
Savings are called a nest egg, which is also literally an egg resting in a nest.
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92. Gardeners say a flower should do this right where it is planted, and people borrow the same word to mean thriving wherever you happen to be. What is the word? Hard
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Bloom.
To bloom means both a flower opening and a person thriving where they are planted.
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93. People call a lively young person a spring ______, borrowing the name of a common farm bird. Fill in the blank. Hard
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Chicken.
A young lively person is called a spring chicken in the old expression.
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94. I am the hard little case a caterpillar forms tight around itself in spring, and inside me a remarkable change takes place before a butterfly steps out. What am I? Hard
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A chrysalis.
The protective case where a caterpillar becomes a butterfly is a chrysalis.
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95. In spring we push our clocks in this direction and lose an hour of sleep, in a saying that rhymes neatly with fall back. What do we do? Hard
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Spring forward.
In spring the clocks move ahead one hour, which people call spring forward.
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96. I am the one special spring day when daytime and nighttime stretch to nearly the same length, about twelve hours each. What am I? Hard
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The equinox.
The spring day when day and night are nearly equal in length is the equinox.
Spring riddles for kids
Seeds, rainbows, umbrellas and puddles. Nature clues simple enough for little kids to puzzle out, with hints ready when they stall.
Baby animal and garden riddles
Chicks, lambs, tadpoles and one grumpy bear waking from its den. Plus worms, ladybugs and everything else a spring garden hides.
Springtime riddles with answers for adults
Trick questions and quick trivia round out the set, from April showers to what bees really collect. Every card reveals its answer on tap.
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FAQ about Spring Riddles
What ages are these spring riddles for?
The set spans kids and adults. Most nature riddles suit ages five and up, while the trick questions and trivia give grown-ups something to miss too.
Can I use these for a spring classroom activity?
Yes, they work well as March and April warm-ups or rainy day fillers. The raindrop counting picture and the odd-flower-out puzzle look great on a projector.
Do all the riddles include answers?
Every card hides its answer until you tap it, and hints cover the trickier ones. The multiple choice and type-in cards score you instantly.
If these springtime brainteasers put you in a seasonal mood, hop over to our Easter riddles for the whole family to keep the spring fun going. When you are ready to switch things up, try decoding a batch of picture-based rebus puzzles for a fresh challenge that will keep your brain guessing.