Riddles

Check your answers on page 34. Why not choose your favourite shell from your trip to the beach and make it into a necklace? You could press the shell into a blob of coloured salt dough, make a hole in the dough and leave it to dry. Then thread it onto some twine or ribbon to make it into a necklace.

1. You’ll find me in sand, but not in the sea. I’m also kept between you and me. What am I?

2. What is the first thing everyone does when they get into the sea?

3. I’m tall but I’m not a tree. I shine but I’m not the Sun. I help sailors but I’m not an anchor. What am I?

Jingle Shell Mussel Shell

Also known as blue mussel

FLAT TOP SHELL

Also known as purple top shell