1. International Puzzle Day We are learning to write our own riddles

2. What am I?

3. What am I? What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
What has to be broken before you can use it?
What has a neck but no head?

4. What am I? I have lots to say but never speak.
I open but you cannot walk through me.
I have a spine but no bones. .

5. What am I?
I am warm but I'm not alive. When I get up in the morning I can be beautiful but please don't stare. I am shy and disappear at night. .

6. My favourite thing... backpack glitter pogo stick swing balloons
backpack
glitter
pogo stick
swing
balloons
go-cart
rockpool
sword
basketballs
guitar
pop-up book
telescope
beanbag
harmonica
prize
television
binoculars
hat
puddle
temporary tattoo
blanket den
hairband
puppet
bling
hobby horse
racing car
tent
bike
hot air balloon
rainbow
toy
board game
hula hoop
robot
train
book
icicle
rocket
trampoline
bubble baths
insect
roller coaster
treehouse
bubbles
kite
roller skates
walkie-talkies
buried treasure
lighthouse
rubber band
water slide
button
locked box
sailing boat
wellies
car
magic trick
sand castle
Whistles
cartoon
magnet
seashell
yo-yo
castle
marbles
scooter
zoo
clay
medal
see-saw
coins
megaphone
sequins
computers
mirror ball
shoe box
construction toy
monster
skateboard
movie
skeleton
crayons
mud
skipping rope
cuddly toy
music
slide
cymbal
necklace
slime
dandelion
parachute
snow
dinosaur
pebble
snowman
dollhouse
phone
sparklers
drum
picture book
spider's web
feather
piggy bank
water pistol
fireworks
pinecone
stickers
football
plane
stilts

7. Why don’t you...?
Choose you favourite thing. Imagine you are that thing. What can you see? What can you feel? What do you do? What do you like?
You can use sentences such as:
· I look like…
· I sound like…
· You find me…
· I have…
· I am…
· I feel…

8. When you write a riddle...
Don’t use the thing's name. That would make it too easy!
Keep your riddle short, no longer than eight lines.
Remember: riddles don't have to rhyme.
Test it on a friend and see how difficult they find it!