Halloween Riddles
Ghosts, bats and pumpkins make great riddle subjects. These are spooky but never scary, so they work for classroom parties and trick-or-treat nights.
Tip: Short and simple wins at a party: pick the riddles you can read in one breath.
88 riddles in this collection, page 1 of 3. Tap a riddle for the answer, or open it for the full explanation.
A pack of 12 candy canes is shared equally by 4 children. How many does each get?
I am a spooky word. Take away my first letter and I become someone who invites you to a party. What am I?
I rise at night, change shape each week, and glow without a flame. What am I?
I have eight legs and spin a web in the corner of a spooky house. What am I?
Sam puts 5 pumpkins in each of 6 boxes. How many pumpkins is that altogether?
Lily makes 4 rows of 2 pumpkins and adds 3 more at the end. How many pumpkins are there in all?
What word sounds like a question you ask, but names a spooky woman with a pointed hat?
I have nine lives, I am often black, and I sit beside a witch. What am I?
I am sent home in a backpack and you must do me at night. What am I?
A line goes: pumpkin, squirrel, pumpkin, squirrel, pumpkin. What comes next?
8 pumpkins are shared equally among 4 friends. How many pumpkins does each friend get?
The pumpkin is smaller than the corn cob, and the corn cob is smaller than the dinner roll. Which one is the biggest?
Three trick-or-treaters rang a doorbell: a ghost, a witch and a pirate. The ghost came before the witch, and the pirate came last. Who was first?
What word starts with S and ends with K and describes something scary?
I am a house where nobody lives, yet people say ghosts stay in me. What am I?
Noah puts 3 pumpkins in each of 7 boxes. How many pumpkins is that altogether?
I am sticky and sweet and wrapped in paper, and you collect me from neighbors' doors. What am I?
I am a pink or red piece of candy shaped like a heart. What am I?
Sam gets 4 pumpkins on Monday and 7 pumpkins on Tuesday, then gives away 4. How many pumpkins are left?
A line goes: pumpkin, dinner roll, pumpkin, dinner roll, pumpkin. What comes next?
A pumpkin patch has 6 rows with 5 pumpkins in each row. How many pumpkins is that?
Add one letter to the sound a ghost makes and you get something you wear on your foot. What is it?
I fly at night, sleep upside down, and use echoes to find my way. What am I?
Frequently asked questions
- When should I share these?
- Publish or print them a week or two ahead of October.
- Are the answers included?
- Yes. Tap "Show answer" under each riddle, or open the riddle page for the full explanation.