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126 Silly Jokes for Kids (Clean and Hilarious)

Silly jokes for kids that are pure nonsense in the best way - short, clean, and daft enough to be retold six times in a row.

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What makes these jokes work

Silly jokes are the ones adults tend to underrate. There is no clever construction and often barely a pun - the humour comes from the sheer daftness of the picture, which is precisely why they work so well on young children.

This is also the category kids reach for when they want to make somebody laugh right now, with no build-up and no explanation. A silly joke needs no shared context, so it works with a grandparent, a new classmate, or a stranger in a waiting room.

Everything below is clean. Silly on this site means absurd, not rude - no bathroom humour, no name-calling, and nothing a child would get in trouble for repeating.

How to tell them

Commit to it. A silly joke told half-heartedly is just a strange sentence.
These are the best ones for a child who is nervous about telling jokes - there is no timing to get wrong.
Repetition is the point at ages 4-6. Let them tell you the same one all week.
Silly jokes work brilliantly as a distraction during a wait, a queue, or an injection.
If a child laughs at their own joke before the punchline, that is a success, not a mistake.

Easy silly jokes for ages 4-6

Short setups and instant punchlines, so a preschooler or kindergartener can remember the whole silly joke after hearing it once.

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Knock knock! Who's there? Atch.

Reveal the punchline!

Joke teller: Knock knock!
Listener: Who's there?
Joke teller: Atch
Listener: Atch who?
Joke teller: Bless you!

Ages 5-12

Knock Knock!

What makes these jokes work

How to tell them

Easy silly jokes for ages 4-6

Knock knock! Who's there? Atch.

Knock knock! Who's there? Tank.

Knock knock! Who's there? Dishes.

What do you call a sleeping dinosaur?

Why can't you give Elsa a balloon?

What do you call a bear with no teeth?

What do you call a pig that knows karate?

What do you call a dinosaur that crashes their car?

Why did the banana go to the doctor?

Why did the cookie go to the doctor?

Why did the tomato turn red?

Why did the melon jump into the lake?

What did one plate say to the other?

Why did the orange stop rolling down the hill?

Why did the student eat his homework?

Why can't a bicycle stand on its own?

Why wasn't the teddy bear hungry?

What did the ocean say to the beach?

How do you organize a space party?

What did one wall say to the other wall?

What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back?

Why didn't the skeleton go to the party?

What do clouds wear under their clothes?

What did the traffic light say to the car?

What do you call a train that sneezes?

What do you call a snowman in the summer?

Why was the barn so noisy?

What do you call a shoe made of a banana?

What did the stamp say to the envelope?

Why did the toilet paper roll down the hill?

Why did the kid throw the clock out the window?

What do you call a fairy that doesn't shower?

Why did the sun go to school?

What do you call a witch at the beach?

Why did the moon skip dinner?

What do you call a sleeping bull?

What do you call a can opener that doesn't work?

What building has the most stories?

Why did the banana use sunscreen?

What did the left eye say to the right eye?

Why was the sock so happy?

Why did the egg tell a joke?

What do you call a donkey with three legs?

Why did the mushroom bring an umbrella?

What do you call a seagull that flies over the bay?

Why did the strawberry call for help?

What do you call a fly with no wings?

Why are ghosts bad at lying?

What do vampires eat for breakfast?

What does a witch want when she stays at a hotel?

What do you call a monster that likes to dance?

What room can a ghost not go into?

Why did the robot go on vacation?

What do planets like to read?

Why did the star go to timeout?

What do astronauts eat for dinner?

Why did the pirate go to school?

What did the soccer ball say to the player?

What sport do kangaroos love most?

Why did the music teacher bring a ladder?

What did the tree say to the wind?

What do you call a running nose?

What did one toilet say to the other?

Why did the tissue dance?

Why do firemen wear red suspenders?

What did the nose say to the finger?

What do you call a funny mountain?

What did the blanket say to the bed?

What do you call a banana that loves to dance?

Why did the pillow cross the road?

What do you call two bananas?

Why does the calendar have so many friends?

What kind of hair does the ocean have?

Why was the balloon nervous near the needle?

What did the window say to the door?

What is the longest word in the dictionary?

Silly jokes for ages 7-9