Situation Puzzles for Kids

A person got into the car and drove off, but five minutes later the car was just in the same place that it started from. What happened?

Five pieces of coal, a carrot and a scarf are lying on the lawn. Nobody put them on the lawn but there is a perfectly logical reason why they should be there. What is it?

At the bottom of a large hill, more than 50 cars are involved in an accident. Some of the cars are overturned and others are resting on top of other cars. The pile-up is so large that a few military vehicles and a fire truck are also involved in the crash. What happened to cause this big accident?

Michael is in prison. One day, he has luch, goes to prison courtyard for a while and finally visits the library. At dusk, out of the reach of the security cameras, he changes his clothes. He then goes through the door to leave the prison, without being caught.

A woman went on vacation and asked a friend to look after her cat. A week later, 8 cats were running around the apartment!

Tim is sailing his boat when his watch falls overboard. He is a great diver. However, he does not manage to retrieve the watch.

A woman walks into a pet store to buy a parrot. The seller offers her one, telling her that it can repeat everything it hears. Some days later the woman - feeling cheated - goes back into the store to get her money back. However, she comes back home with the parrot and not her money.

Jimmy hid a treasure but when he wanted to recover it, he was not able to.

A man comes breathless out of a house, closes the door and goes quickly down stairs. Then he walks two blocks to get to another house, enters and breathes relieved.

Four college students were late for a lecture and explained it to the lecturer by having a flat tire. The smart lecturer quickly proved to the rest of the audience that the latecomers had lied. How?

Ludo was about to eat a piece of cheese when he was suddenly killed by a piece of metal. What happened?

When Martin woke up that morning, he was surprised to see the door open. As soon as he crossed the threshold he got beheaded.