25 Holiday Riddles for Students

1. I stand in a windy field with many slats, catching drifting snow without holding a shovel. What am I?

2. Which weighs more: a pound of fresh snow or a pound of feathers?

3. I am made of water, but if you drop me into a warm drink, I disappear. What am I?

4. I follow you across fresh snow but copy only the bottoms of your shoes. What am I?

5. I start with E, end with E, and usually hold just one letter. I carry holiday cards. What am I?

6. I have a mouth that opens sideways, teeth that never chew, and one hand that pulls me shut. What am I?

7. I am a bow, but you can never tie me on a present. You might spot me after winter rain. What am I?

8. I show your face, keep none of it, and disappear when you close the camera app. What am I?

9. I have a thumb and four fingers, but I am not alive. I keep your hands warm. What am I?

10. I have rows of teeth but never bite. I close your winter coat from bottom to top. What am I?

11. I have one eye but cannot see. I help stitch names onto holiday stockings. What am I?

12. I have degrees but never went to school. In January, everyone checks me before going outside. What am I?

13. I am a flat winter lake that lives on a cafeteria tray and jiggles when the table bumps. What am I?

14. I tell you which box holds the decorations, but I never see what is inside. What am I?

15. I am a cardboard wheel that gives everyone a different chore when my arrow stops. What am I?

16. I judge whether a tiny power cell still has energy, but I never charge it. What am I?

17. I hold paper together without making a hole, and squeezing my silver arms makes me let go. What am I?

18. I carry money but cannot buy anything until a coin scratches my hidden strip. What am I?

19. I wait in an envelope. Open me and the recipient learns where and when to join a celebration. What am I?

20. I swallow letters all December and never read a single one. What am I?

21. You fill me with clothes before the holiday trip and unpack me when you get home. What am I?

22. I am a small square of tape that tells the fridge both my name and my deadline. What am I?

23. I begin as an empty row of circles; each completed chore gives one of them a bright new face. What am I?

24. Number the letters in SNOWFLAKE starting at 1. Which piece of furniture do letters 1, 3, 5 and 7 spell?

25. Frost draws feathery patterns on me overnight, and I let you watch the snow from inside. What am I?