85 Spring Jokes That Will Get the Laughs Blooming

April showers bring these delightful spring jokes!

The first day of spring often arrives with a sense of levity and relief that the cold of winter is finally over. Why not celebrate that with some silly, spring-related humor in addition to beautiful spring quotes? Even if you’d rather speed straight through to fall, you’re sure to giggle at these spring jokes and puns about the season of flowers, rain and more.

So banish those winter blues and indulge in some of the funniest (and corniest) jokes about spring. Bonus: Some of them make great short jokes for kids too!

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Best spring jokes

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1. Why are waterbeds so bouncy?

They’re filled with spring water.

2. Does February march?

No, but April may!

3. Which month of the year is the shortest?

May. It only has three letters.

4. Did you hear about the pregnant bedbug?

She’s having her babies in the spring.

5. What can you find in the middle of April and March but not at the beginning or end of either?

The letter R!

6. Why is Yoda such a good gardener?

He has a green thumb.

7. What did the dirt say to the rain?

You’d better cut it out, or my name will be mud!

8. It’s allergy season again?! You’ve got to be pollen my leg.

9. When is the best time to wash your Slinky?

During spring cleaning.

10. The bed store is having a spring sale. Unfortunately, the rest of the beds are still full price.

11. What do gardeners wear on their legs?

Garden hose.

12. How can you tell the weather’s getting warmer?

There’s a spring in people’s steps.

13. What do you call an emergency in spring?

May Day.

Spring flower jokes

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14. What is a flower’s favorite kind of pickle?

A daffo-dill.

15. Why is the letter A like a flower?

Because a B comes after it!

16. How do you plant a kiss in spring?

With two lips. (This also makes a good Valentine’s Day joke!)

17. When is it impossible to plant flowers?

When you haven’t botany.

18. What did the seed say to the flower?

OK, bloomer!

19. Why couldn’t the little flower ride a bike?

It didn’t have any petals.

20. How do brand-new spring flowers greet each other?

“Hey, bud!”

21. I just opened a flower shop. Business is blooming.

22. What’s the best flower for a boy to give on Mother’s Day?

A son-flower.

23. Did you hear about the flower who went on a date with another flower?

It’s a budding romance.

24. How can you tell spring flowers are friendly?

They always have new buds.

25. Should I plant flowers in April?

May as well!

26. What type of flower do you plant in the dark?

A light bulb.

27. What’s the best way to create a bouncy pool?

By adding spring water!

28. Why did the farmer bury his money?

To make his soil rich.

29. Why was the bee mad?

You’d be mad, too, if someone stole your honey and nectar.

Spring jokes for kids

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30. Did you hear the one about the gardener who couldn’t wait for spring?

He was so excited, he wet his plants!

31. Which superhero likes spring the best?

Robin.

32. Which month is the politest when asking questions?

The month of May.

33. How do bees brush their hair?

With honeycombs.

34. What did the tree say during springtime?

“Well, this is a re-leaf!”

35. Did you know we prank one another on April 1?

Yes, I’m fooly aware!

36. How does the sun listen to music?

On the ray-dio.

37. Did you hear about the flowers that died and then came back to life?

It must have been reincarnation.

38. Did you see that all the snow and ice are melting?

Yes, I thaw!

39. Who is an herb’s favorite singer?

Elvis Parsley!

40. In all of spring, it can rain cats and dogs, but when does it rain monkeys?

In Ape-ril.

41. When it starts raining ducks and chickens, that’s some fowl weather.

Spring break jokes

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42. What traveled around the world over spring break but stayed in one place?

A stamp.

43. What did the chipper spring breaker say to his beach buddies?

Seas the day!

44. Where did the egg go for spring break?

New Yolk City.

45. Why don’t skeletons go on vacation during spring break?

They have no body to go with!

46. Why do bees stay in their hives during spring break?

They’re too buzzy planning their next road trip!

47. Where do cows go for spring break?

Moo Jersey.

48. Why did the man try to fix his bed?

He heard there was a spring break.

49. What do you call a bowl of cereal in the month of April?

Spring break-fast!

50. What did the parents say to their kids when they went to the beach for spring break?

“Long time, no sea!”

51. Where is the funniest place to visit during spring break?

The mountains, because they’re hilly-areas.

52. Why didn’t the spring breakers go to the forest?

Because the trees said, “Leave me alone.”

53. Why did the spring breakers miss their flight?

They had no spring in their steps.

54. What did the baker’s son do over spring break?

He loafed around.

55. Where did the shark go for summer vacation?

Finland.

56. What do fishermen play with their kids during spring break?

Go fish!

57. What spring break destination allows you to bring pet birds?

The Canary Islands.

58. Why didn’t the teacher wear sunglasses over spring break?

Because her brightest students weren’t around.

59. How does the ocean say hello on spring break?

It waves!

Spring weather jokes

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60. What do you call a deer who enjoys playing in the rain? 

A reindeer.

61. What is a flower’s favorite song?

“Rain on Me” by Lady Gaga.

62. What goes up when the rain goes up?

Umbrellas.

63. Why was the cake wet?

It got sprinkled.

64. What animal runs the fastest during spring storms?

Cheetahs, because they move at lightning speeds.

65. How can you make the sky prettier?

With a rainbow.

66. What’s a tornado’s favorite game?

Twister.

67. I tried to catch the fog, but I mist.

68. What falls but never gets hurt?

The rain.

69. What is a king’s favorite kind of weather?

Reign-y weather!

Spring animal jokes

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70. What is a chick’s favorite vegetable?

Eggplant.

71. Why are frogs so happy?

They eat whatever bugs them.

72. Spring is everything I wanted it to bee, and more!

73. What did the gray rabbit say to the blue rabbit?

Cheer up!

74.  Can bees fly in the rain?

Sure—if they wear yellow jackets!

75. What do you call a bear caught in a spring shower?

A drizzly bear.

76. Which bird should you never let into a jewelry store?

A robin.

77. What’s the real reason the birds fly north in April?

For spring beak!

78. What do you call a rabbit that tells good jokes?

A funny bunny.

79. How do sheep celebrate Memorial Day?

With a baa-baa cue.

Spring food jokes

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80. Why was the strawberry sad?

His mom was in a jam!

81. What beverage does a tree drink the most?

Root beer!

82. What happens when you tell an egg a joke?

It cracks up.

83. What’s the difference between spring rolls and summer rolls?

Seasoning.

84. Why did the gardener plant a seed in the pond?

To grow a water-melon.

85. What do you get when you push a bunch of Easter eggs down a hill?

Spring rolls.

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Meghan Jones is a word nerd who has been writing for RD.com since 2017. You can find her byline on pieces about grammar, fun facts, the meanings of various head-scratching words and phrases, and more. Meghan graduated from Marist College with a Bachelor of Arts in English in 2017; her creative nonfiction piece “Anticipation” was published in the Spring 2017 issue of Angles literary magazine.