10 Pumpkin Life Cycle Art Activities
Not sure how to teach the pumpkin life cycle in a fun and engaging way?
You've gotta check out these 10 STEAM-focused ideas that mix art and pumpkins for fun learning at home.
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10 Pumpkin Life Cycle Art Activities
Draw the Pumpkin Life Cycle.
The fastest way to see if your kids are retaining information: have them draw it!
These free pumpkin life cycle worksheets are a great way to introduce the life cycle, teach it, and then see what your kids know.
Who knew drawing could be an assessment, right?
SUPPLIES
Scissors
Markers/crayons/pencils/paint
Glue
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INSTRUCTIONS
Choose the pumpkin life cycle worksheet that fits the age/level of your child. There are 3 options!
Print the worksheet. There are colored and black and white versions.
Follow the instructions to complete the pumpkin life cycle. Depending on which worksheet you chose, your child may need to color, cut, or both!
Using the directed drawing guides, prompt your child to draw their own pumpkin in the middle.
Hang up and refer back to the pumpkin life cycle worksheet throughout the pumpkin season.
2. Craft each part of the pumpkin life cycle.
A hands-on art project is always a win for kids.
Teach them the 4 basic steps of the pumpkin life cycle:
-seed
-vine
-flower
-pumpkin
…through 4 fun pumpkin crafts!
SUPPLIES
Student Guides
Plastic sandwich bag
Seed Printable
Markers
Green Pipe Cleaners
Green construction paper
Scissors
Leaf Template
Yellow construction paper
Flower Template
Paper Plate
Orange construction paper
INSTRUCTIONS
Print and color the seed/sprout. Place into a plastic bag. Color the bottom 1/3 of the bag brown.
Twist 4 green pipe cleaners together at the tips. Bend each away from each other to form an X. Trace leaf templates onto green construction paper. Cut out 4 of them. Twist onto the end of the pipe cleaners.
Trace the flower template onto a yellow piece of construction paper. Cut it out and fold down the center of each petal. Draw design in center.
Cut the top and bottom off of a paper plate. Rip orange construction paper into thin strips. Glue onto a the paper plate. Trim off the orange paper that hangs off the edge. Color brown one of the cut off pieces from the plate and glue to the top of the pumpkin for a stem. Do the same but with green for the leaf.
3. Color the pumpkin life cycle.
Coloring is a relaxing art skill.
It can also be a great way to learn!
Teach your kids the pumpkin life cycle by coloring in these pumpkin coloring pages.
SUPPLIES
1. Pumpkin Life Cycle Coloring Worksheets
2. Coloring utensils
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Print out the Pumpkin Life Cycle Coloring Pages.
2. Start with page 1 (learn it!). This one explains each step of the pumpkin life cycle.
3. Move onto the rest of the coloring page pack in any order. You child can choose to color these in for morning quiet time, as a pumpkin life cycle review, or as a pumpkin patch field trip companion.
4. Solve a pumpkin math puzzle.
Yes, you can learn the pumpkin life cycle AND practice your child’s math skills!
Try out these pumpkin math worksheets.
Your child will enjoy the puzzles, pumpkin markets, and math riddles that tell the story of the pumpkin life cycle with numbers.
SUPPLIES
Math worksheets
Coloring utensils
INSTRUCTIONS
Print out the worksheets that match the arithmetic process you want to work on (addition, subtraction, multiplication, or subtraction).
Work through each one, checking the Answer Key.
Talk to your child about where they see the pumpkin life cycle in these activities.
Color in the pumpkin life cycle worksheet!
5. Grow your own pumpkin patch through a hands-on art project.
If you’ve always wanted to own your own pumpkin patch, now’s your chance!
Grow your own pumpkin patch with this hands-on art project.
Kids will “plant” seeds, grow pumpkins, sell them at the market, and so much more!
SUPPLIES
1. Printed story pages.
2. Printed worksheets
3. Scissors
4. Glue
5. Coloring utensils
6. Farm toys (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS
Read the introductory story. You can read it to your child or have older children read it out loud.
Plan out when, where, how, and how many pumpkins you’ll be “planting.” Kids can head to the library or surf the internet with you to do the guided research.
Color and cut out the pumpkins that have “grown.” Glue into the field worksheet.
Take your pumpkins to the market! Kids determine how much to sell each pumpkin for depending on size and supply.
6. Write creatively about the pumpkin life cycle.
Explore the pumpkin life cycle through creative writing and art! Kids imagine themselves finding the Incredible Pumpkin.
By designing their own version of the pumpkin life cycle, your kids can create their own story.
At the end, they’ll have a little booklet they can read!
SUPPLIES
Printed booklet worksheets
Coloring utensils
Scissors
Stapler
INSTRUCTIONS
Cut out each page of the booklet worksheets.
Staple together.
Have your child read the story and fill in the blank writing spaces.
Design the pumpkin life cycle!
7. Cut and glue the pumpkin life cycle.
For kids who are kinesthetic learners, this pumpkin life cycle craft is a win!
Not only do they build their own spinner, they get to—well—spin it!
Is this the future of educational fidget spinners??
Check out this pumpkin activity from Education Connection below:
8. Play with the pumpkin life cycle.
Play-based learning is all the rage right now, and for good reason. Play is the instinctive form of learning for kids. The younger the child, the more they need to play to learn!
That’s why these playdough pumpkin mats are genius.
Check them out from SweetandSaor below:
9. Experiment with the pumpkin life cycle.
Sometimes you just need to make something explode, ya know?
If you’ve got thrill-seeking kids who are having a hard time sitting still to learn, show them the pumpkin life cycle through these hands-on, sometimes messy experiments!
Ideas from Little Bins for Little Hands:
10. Paint the pumpkin life cycle.
I know painting is messy, but hear me out.
PROCESS ART HELPS KIDS LEARN!
So try out this pumpkin life cycle painting (using the free pumpkin life cycle worksheets mentioned earlier), and see what your kids create!
SUPPLIES
Acrylic washable paint
Scissors
Glue
Newspaper (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS
Print out the large pumpkin life cycle worksheet (Ages 3-4).
Cut out the large box and the 6 parts of the life cycle. Set aside the small pumpkin life cycle pieces.
Pour orange, yellow, light green, dark green, and brown paint onto newspaper or other paint palette.
Encourage your child to dip their fingers into paint and swirl it onto the large pumpkin. Tell them they can mix the colors. They can also get it outside the lines of the pumpkin, because you’ll cut out the pumpkin later anyway.
Let the pumpkin dry.
Once dried, flip the painted pumpkin over and cut it out of the box. You can see the thick black lines showing through on the other side and can use them as a guide.
Glue the pumpkin life cycle pieces onto the front of the pumpkin. Start at the top with seed. Follow this order going around clockwise:
-seed
-sprout
-vine
-flower
-green pumpkin
-orange pumpkin
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My Final Thoughts
The pumpkin life cycle does a great job of bringing kids into the science world in the fall.
But adding art into it with hands-on activities?
That’s a learning memory your kids will look back on forever.
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