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Trick-or-Treat Riddles: 30 Halloween Night Riddles for Kids

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Trick-or-treating is the best part of Halloween for most kids: the costume goes on, the porch lights come on, and every doorbell might mean a handful of candy. All those little traditions make great riddle material, from the bag you carry to the words you shout at the door.

These 30 trick-or-treat riddles are made for kids and families. The easy ones are about the things you see on Halloween night, the medium ones dig into costumes and candy, and the tricky ones include a few jokes and some clever clues about staying safe in the dark. Read them on the walk between houses, or while you sort the candy afterward.

Easy Trick-or-Treat Riddles

You put me on once a year to become a pirate, a robot or a ghost. When the night is over, I go back in the closet. What am I?

Hint
I can be store-bought or homemade from a cardboard box.
Answer
A costume

Press my button and I ring inside the house. On Halloween night, I don’t get a minute of rest. What am I?

Hint
I’m right next to the front door.
Answer
A doorbell

I start the night empty and light, and I come home heavy and full. You hold me by my handles from house to house. What am I?

Hint
You fill me one handful at a time.
Answer
A candy bag

I’m a light by the front door. When I’m switched on, trick-or-treaters know they can come knock. What am I?

Hint
Turn me off and the kids walk right by.
Answer
A porch light. Many families leave it on to welcome trick-or-treaters.

I was a plain orange pumpkin until someone carved a face into me. Now I glow on the step all night. What am I?

Hint
I have a light inside where my seeds used to be.
Answer
A jack-o’-lantern

I’m small enough to carry, and I shine a bright beam on the dark sidewalk so you can see where you’re stepping. What am I?

Hint
I need batteries, not a plug.
Answer
A flashlight

I cover your face so nobody knows who you are, but I should never cover your eyes. What am I?

Hint
Superheroes and monsters both wear me.
Answer
A mask

I’m a hard candy on a stick. You lick me instead of chewing me, and I can turn your tongue bright red. What am I?

Hint
I come in lots of fruity colors.
Answer
A lollipop

Kids shout me at every door, and I’m two choices joined by “or.” What am I?

Hint
Most people pick the second choice.
Answer
“Trick or treat!”

I shine down on trick-or-treaters from high in the sky. Sometimes I’m round and full, and sometimes I’m just a thin slice. What am I?

Hint
Wolves in spooky stories howl at me.
Answer
The moon

Medium Trick-or-Treat Riddles

Bend me until I snap, then shake me, and I glow bright green or pink for hours, with no battery at all. Wear me as a bracelet so cars can see you. What am I?

Hint
Something inside me mixes together to make the light.
Answer
A glow stick

I’m not a mask, but I can turn your face into a tiger, a skull or a butterfly. You wash me off at bedtime. What am I?

Hint
An artist puts me on with a brush or sponge.
Answer
Face paint

I’m the safe path beside the street, made of concrete squares. Trick-or-treaters should walk on me, not in the road. What am I?

Hint
You might draw on me with chalk in the summer.
Answer
The sidewalk

I’m a striped path painted across the road. Use me to get to the other side, and look both ways first. What am I?

Hint
Some people call me a zebra crossing.
Answer
A crosswalk

On every other night of the year, I hold up your head while you sleep. On Halloween, I hold candy instead. What am I?

Hint
Take my pillow out first!
Answer
A pillowcase. Lots of kids use one as a giant candy bag.

Vampires and superheroes both wear me, and I flap behind you when you run. What am I?

Hint
I’m tied around your neck and hang down your back.
Answer
A cape

I’m a sweet that’s shaped like a tiny kernel, with stripes of yellow, orange and white. Some people love me and some people can’t stand me. What am I?

Hint
I’m named after something that grows on a farm, but I’m made of sugar.
Answer
Candy corn

I live right next door, and on Halloween night, I might be the first one to fill your bag. What am I?

Hint
You see me over the fence all year round.
Answer
Your neighbor

I’m fake hair that’s green, purple or bright orange. Put me on and you’re a clown, a witch or a rock star. What am I?

Hint
I go on top of your head, not on your face.
Answer
A wig

Pointy black hat, long robe, broom in hand. Name the costume.

Hint
She might be stirring a cauldron.
Answer
A witch

Tricky Trick-or-Treat Riddles

I’m a pumpkin, but I’m not orange. When I sit on a porch, it means this house has toys or stickers for kids who can’t eat some kinds of candy. What color am I?

Hint
I’m a blue-green color, like the sea in a tropical postcard.
Answer
Teal. A teal pumpkin shows that a house offers non-food treats for kids with food allergies.

You get a treat at every house, and these two words are the polite thing to say before you walk away. What are they?

Hint
Your grown-up will remind you if you forget.
Answer
“Thank you!”

After a night of trick-or-treating, I’m the one who works hardest. I scrub your teeth so the sugar doesn’t stay. What am I?

Hint
You use me with a blob of paste, morning and night.
Answer
A toothbrush

Why didn’t the skeleton go trick-or-treating?

Hint
Think about what a skeleton is missing.
Answer
He had no body to go with.

A ghost knocks on every door on the street, but there’s one room he can never go trick-or-treating in. Which room?

Hint
Think about what a ghost isn’t anymore.
Answer
The living room

Before you eat your treats, I’m the grown-up job of looking through your bag and throwing out anything that isn’t wrapped or sealed. What am I called?

Hint
It’s a “check,” like at the doctor’s, but for candy.
Answer
A candy check

I’m a shiny strip you stick on a dark costume. When car headlights hit me, I flash back so drivers can see you. What am I?

Hint
I don’t make my own light. I bounce it back.
Answer
Reflective tape

When the night is over, you and your sister swap a sour candy for a chocolate. What is this famous after-Halloween game called?

Hint
It’s the same word people use when they swap baseball cards.
Answer
Trading candy

I’m the day after October 30 and the day before November 1. On me, kids get to knock on doors for treats. What am I?

Hint
Count the days in October.
Answer
October 31, Halloween night

What do you call a ghost who rings the doorbell over and over, even after the candy is gone?

Hint
He just won’t stop haunting the doorstep.
Answer
A boo-merang. He keeps coming back!

Trick-or-Treat Riddle Games and Safety Tips

  • Doorstep riddle: at home, ask every trick-or-treater one easy riddle before you hand out treats. Kids love the challenge, and give the treat whether or not they get it right.
  • Walk-and-guess: between houses, a grown-up reads one riddle. Whoever answers first chooses the next street (on your planned route).
  • Candy sort game: after the night is over, read one tricky riddle per handful of candy that gets sorted. It slows down the eating, too.
  • Safety, the smart way: the safety riddles in this list are good reminders. Carry a flashlight or a glow stick, add reflective tape to dark costumes, walk on the sidewalk, cross at the crosswalk, and stay with a grown-up or a group. Let a grown-up check the candy before anyone eats it.

Want more Halloween riddles? Try our costume riddles, these witch riddles or our skeleton riddles.