Picnics are a fun way to spend time outdoors with family and friends. They allow you to enjoy nice weather, eat tasty food, and engage in activities like sports, games, and relaxation. Picnics also present great opportunities for telling riddles and challenging one another to come up with the answers.
Riddles encourage critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration. When told in the lighthearted spirit of a picnic, they add an extra element of amusement. In this article, we’ve compiled 47 riddles about picnicking to share at your next outdoor gathering.
Easy Picnic Riddles
Get your picnic riddling started with these family-friendly riddles that are easy to solve.
Riddle #1
I’m packed in a basket and taken to the park, eaten as a snack or a mini meal. What am I?
Answer: A sandwich.
Riddle #2
We’re juice boxes, sodas, lemonade, taken to picnics to help you stay hydrated. What are we?
Answer: Beverages or drinks.
Riddle #3
I’m green and leafy, made into a salad or slaw, taken to picnics for a healthy food option. What am I?
Answer: Lettuce or cabbage.
Riddle #4
We’re red, yellow, orange, or green, packed into a picnic basket as a sweet treat. What are we?
Answer: Fruit.
Riddle #5
I’m laid out on the ground for you to sit or eat on at a picnic. What am I?
Answer: A blanket or picnic cloth.
Riddle #6
I’m used to play catch, Frisbee, or other games at a picnic. What am I?
Answer: A ball.
Riddle #7
We’re plastic or paper and hold your picnic food. What are we?
Answer: Plates, bowls, or cups.
Riddle #8
I’m long and wooden, used for spearing food at a barbecue picnic. What am I?
Answer: A skewer.
Intermediate Picnic Riddles
Stretch your thinking skills with these moderately challenging riddles.
Riddle #9
We’re cold, sweet treats brought to picnics as dessert. We come in cones, or you eat us in a dish. What are we?
Answer: Ice cream.
Riddle #10
I’m bubbly, refreshing, and poured into cups at picnics. Lemonade and iced tea are versions of me. What am I?
Answer: A drink.
Riddle #11
We’re red and white squares you take to picnics for a tasty snack. You peel us and we’re segmented into juicy sections. What are we?
Answer: Oranges.
Riddle #12
I’m a yellow condiment in bottles and packets taken to smear on burgers and hot dogs. What am I?
Answer: Mustard.
Riddle #13
We’re brown, crackling, and perfect for picnics. You eat us with dips or make sandwiches out of us. What are we?
Answer: Chips or crisps.
Riddle #14
I’m thick, creamy, cool and scooped into cones or dishes at picnics as a treasured treat. What am I?
Answer: Ice cream.
Riddle #15
I’m a yellow fruit that you take wedges of to squirt on hotdogs and burgers at barbecues. What am I?
Answer: A lemon.
Hard Picnic Riddles
Test your smarts and creative thinking with these challenging riddles.
Riddle #16
We’re red, white, and eaten at picnics while you relax on me. Plastic or paper, we hold your food when eating outdoors. What are we?
Answer: A picnic blanket and picnic plates.
Riddle #17
People throw me around at picnics or use me for sun shade. I’m circular, can have designs, and float through the air. What am I?
Answer: A frisbee.
Riddle #18
I’m slippery and wriggly, found in tuna and egg salads made for picnicking. You also use me for fishing. What am I?
Answer: Worms.
Riddle #19
We’re insects with black and yellow stripes found picnicking on sweet treats. Eaters beware, our stings bring painful swellings. What are we?
Answer: Bees.
Riddle #20
We’re buzzing insects that bother picnickers as we try to share your food. We land on sandwiches, fruit, and snacks. What are we?
Answer: Flies.
Riddle #21
I’m green, grown underground, and added to salads at summer picnics. I’m nutritious but have a funny name. What am I?
Answer: Celery.
Riddle #22
We’re hot, grilled over coals, and stuffed into buns at backyard barbecues. You can cover us in ketchup, mustard, or relish. What are we?
Answer: Hotdogs.
Tricky Picnic Riddles
Put your puzzle-solving skills to work on these tricky and humorous riddles.
Riddle #23
People sit on me, eat off me, and spill food on me at picnics. I get folded up when it’s time to leave. What am I?
Answer: A picnic blanket.
Riddle #24
I’m sticky and sweet, perfect for picnics. You might find me on s’mores or drizzled over ice cream. What am I?
Answer: Chocolate sauce.
Riddle #25
I’m red, juicy, and grow on bushes. People take me to picnics for a fruity snack or dessert. What am I?
Answer: A strawberry.
Riddle #26
I’m hard, in shells, and packed for picnics or eaten at them. You have to crack me open to enjoy my meat inside. What am I?
Answer: A hardboiled egg.
Riddle #27
I’m a refreshing drink brought to picnics in a cooler. Look for me in flavors like grape, fruit punch, and lemon-lime. What am I?
Answer: Koolaid.
Riddle #28
I’m green, leafy, and used to line picnic baskets. I help cushion bottles, apples, and sandwiches. What am I?
Answer: Lettuce leaves.
Riddle #29
We’re red circles packed into picnic lunches and eaten with a squeeze of lemon. Eating too many of us makes your breath smell. What are we?
Answer: Radishes.
Riddle #30
We’re under your drinks, dishes and food, keeping your picnic fare off the ground. You sit, eat and play games on us. What are we?
Answer: Picnic blankets.
“Eww” Picnic Riddles
How well can you handle some gross-out riddles?
Riddle #31
We’re brown, buzzing pests that try to walk on your food at picnics. We carry diseases, so you don’t want us landing on your potato salad. What are we?
Answer: Flies.
Riddle #32
I’m yellow and wobbly, found in leftover tuna and egg salads after too long unrefrigerated. Eat me at your own risk. What am I?
Answer: Mold or bacteria.
Riddle #33
We’re gross squishy slugs leaving trails on picnic tables that grab your food. Salt will shrivel us up. What are we?
Answer: Snails/slugs.
Riddle #34
We’re jointed bugs who contaminate and munch all your picnic snacks. You’ll get sick if you eat potato salad full of us. What are we?
Answer: Ants.
Riddle #35
I’m what remains after your picnic lunch is eaten. You stuff me back in the basket until you find a trash can. What am I?
Answer: Garbage or trash.
Riddle #36
I’m a disgusting mess found under your picnic table at the park. I’m made of old food scraps, gum, and other gross things. What am I?
Answer: Trash, litter, a mess.
Riddle #37
We’re creepy crawlers that can ruin your picnic fast. We have eight legs and love hiding in baskets and blankets. What are we?
Answer: Spiders.
Silly Picnic Riddles
Get silly with these goofy riddles.
Riddle #38
We’re crazy without knees, but we help you carry picnic supplies. You pack us full of food, drinks, and sunscreen. What are we?
Answer: Picnic baskets.
Riddle #39
I’m a food with a funny name you might take on a picnic. I’m long and yellow and monkeys like eating me too. What am I?
Answer: A banana.
Riddle #40
I’m green and prickly, but my name makes me sound like a fun guy! Pack me for picnics and I’ll end up in trash bags. What am I?
Answer: A watermelon rind.
Riddle #41
I’m lumpy, creamy, and inside a hard shell at picnics. Eat me fast on hot days or I’ll melt all over your hands! What am I?
Answer: Pudding or custard.
Riddle #42
I’m sweet, white, and fluffy. You take me to picnics carefully so I don’t spill. Dollop me on pie at your dessert course. What am I?
Answer: Whipped cream.
Riddle #43
I’m yellow and fun to peel. Take me to picnics and eat me section by section for a tasty, healthful treat. What am I?
Answer: A banana.
Riddle #44
We’re red, round, and grow on vines. Pack us for picnics to enjoy our sweet juicy taste. But don’t get in a food fight with us! What are we?
Answer: Tomatoes.
Classic Picnic Riddles
Try out these familiar classic riddles in the picnic setting.
Riddle #45
You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat at your picnic?
Answer: Corn on the cob.
Riddle #46
What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Answer: Your name.
Riddle #47
What gets wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A towel.
Conclusion
We hope you enjoyed this selection of 47 riddles for your next picnic! Riddles are great for breaking the ice and sparking fun conversations when spending time together outdoors. The easy, tricky, silly, and classic riddles here provide something for picnickers of all ages to puzzle over. Challenge your friends and family to some riddle solving at your next sunny picnic outing!
