Hop right on up and get your fill of these super fun Easter riddles!
45 Easter Riddles That Will Have You Hunting for Answers
Updated on Feb. 26, 2025
What is Easter? It’s a time for chocolate bunnies, colorful eggs and, of course, Easter riddles. Every holiday comes with its own traditions, and many of those traditions make for great riddles and jokes. There are so many Easter games to play and Easter puns to share, so why not expand on the fun with some riddles?
If you’re looking for a great way to enjoy these riddles, write them on small slips of paper and put them inside plastic Easter eggs along with candy. Then when the kids hunt for their eggs, they’ll find a joke and a treat. With these Easter riddles, they’ll be able to celebrate Easter and exercise their brains and funny bones.
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Best Easter riddles
1. On Calvary, there were three, not six. It’s also known as a crucifix.
Answer: The cross.
2. I can be small and circular or big and square,
And sometimes I hold giant chocolate hares.
What am I?
Answer: An Easter basket.
3. You will see me every Easter in the garden and at church,
My white petals are a perfect place for a butterfly to perch.
What am I?
Answer: An Easter lily
4. I am a chick that hatches in a basket on Easter.
I have no mom, and I don’t make a sound.
What am I?
Answer: A Peep.
5. I do not march, but I arrive during it.
I bring new life, but I’m not a mother.
What am I?
Answer: Spring.
6. When I break, colors fly through the air,
I symbolize the joy people felt when they found the tomb of Jesus bare.
What am I?
Answer: Cascaróns (Confetti eggs).
7. I hold Easter, but not in my hand.
You can find a spring in me, but it doesn’t bounce.
What am I?
Answer: March.
8. He came to Earth to show us how to live, how to put others first, how to love and how to give.
Answer: Jesus.
9. I have two lips, but cannot kiss.
My colors can be hard to miss.
What am I?
Answer: Tulips.
10. I have every color, but I’m not a rainbow.
I can be sweet and sour.
What am I?
Answer: Jelly beans
Funny Easter riddles for kids and adults
11. How do you send Easter greetings?
Answer: By hare mail.
12. Why do you paint eggs for Easter?
Answer: Can you imagine trying to wallpaper them?
13. Why did the duck get fired from his Easter job?
Answer: He kept quacking the eggs.
14. If a rooster laid an egg on the top of a hill, which direction would it roll down?
Answer: It wouldn’t—roosters don’t lay eggs.
15. There’s only one place where Christmas comes before Easter. Where is it?
Answer: The dictionary.
16. When do the kids go to bed on Easter?
Answer: When they’re eggs-osted.
17. What kind of beans won’t grow in your garden?
Answer: Jelly beans.
18. What popular Easter item has to be broken before you can use it?
Answer: An egg—egg-cept on Easter!
19. How many Easter eggs can you put in an empty basket?
Answer: Only one—after that, it’s not empty anymore.
20. How do you find all the loot on Easter?
Answer: Eggs marks the spot.
21. Why shouldn’t you tickle an Easter egg?
Answer: Because it might crack up.
22. Where do bunnies hang out?
Answer: The hare salon.
23. Why was the Easter egg hiding?
Answer: Because it was a little chicken.
24. How does Easter end?
Answer: With an “r.”
25. What do you get when you cross a rabbit with shellfish?
Answer: The Oyster Bunny.
26. What’s the best way to make Easter easier?
Answer: Put an “i” where the “t” is.
27. What do you put in your hair before church on Easter?
Answer: Hare spray!
28. How did the sister Easter egg react when she saw the brother Easter egg getting scolded by the mother Easter egg?
Answer: She cracked up!
Easter Bunny riddles
29. What does the Easter Bunny do after he takes a shower?
Answer: He uses a hare dryer.
30. Where does the Easter Bunny eat breakfast?
Answer: IHOP.
31. What kind of music does the Easter Bunny like?
Answer: Hip-hop.
32.What branch of the military would the Easter Bunny join?
Answer: The Hare Force.
33. What treat does the Easter Bunny hide in the ocean?
Answer: Oyster eggs.
34. What is the Easter Bunny’s favorite sport?
Answer: Basket-ball.
35. What kind of story does the Easter Bunny like best?
Answer: The ones with hoppy endings.
36. What do you call the Easter Bunny the day after Easter?
Answer: Tired.
37. What kind of jewelry does the Easter Bunny wear?
Answer: 14-carrot gold.
38. How do you catch the Easter Bunny?
Answer: Hide in a bush and make a noise like a carrot!
39. How do you know carrots are good for your eyes?
Answer: The Easter Bunny doesn’t wear glasses!
40. What does one Easter Bunny say to another if they want to flirt?
Answer: You’re ear-resistable.
41. Which college did the Easter Bunny have at the top of his list?
Answer: Johns Hop-kins University.
42. Why did the Easter Bunny cross its mom?
Answer: Because it was Good Friday!
43 How does the Easter Bunny stay active?
Answer: Eggs-ercise!
44. What kind of bunny can’t hop?
Answer: A chocolate one!
45. What’s the Easter Bunny’s favorite way to travel?
Answer: By hare-plane!
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