Pumpkin Life Cycle Worksheets
It’s Pumpkin Season! These Pumpkin Life Cycle Worksheets are a great way to start fall. No matter where you look, you’ve probably noticed the plethora of pumpkins just waiting to be bought and taken home.
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Have you ever stopped and considered everything a pumpkin can be used for? And how does the pumpkin’s life cycle work?
We like to break down everything in our homeschooling lessons and figure it all out. Some lessons are interesting and factual, while others are more of a “think tank” session where we throw out a few theories and talk about why we see it that way. (Regardless, any type of learning and communication is always good!)
The pumpkin season is the perfect time to teach and talk about the pumpkin life cycle. How in the world does a pumpkin start as a tiny, itty bitty seed (which is yummy to eat, by the way!) and grow into a giant, enormous pumpkin?
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What is the life cycle of pumpkins?
When you cut open a pumpkin, you will see it is full of seeds. And with that, pumpkins are actually considered fruit! From the seeds, a plant will grow, and the flowers will bloom, producing the fruit pumpkin.
Seeds
Pumpkin seeds can be harvested inside the pumpkin. You can save the seeds to plant them, or you can roast them and have a snack of pumpkin seeds.
Sprout
With the right soil nutrients and conditions, the seeds will sprout after 7-10 days. It is important to keep the soil moist, but do not overwater them.
Plant
The sprout will grow into a plant and then into a pumpkin vine. The plant requires ample space as it can grow up to 10-20 feet long. If the space is too small, this can affect the growth of the pumpkin fruit.
Flower
As the vines grow, they will start to produce flowers. There are actually male and female flowers in a pumpkin. Pollinators like bees are needed for the female flower to bear fruit. In fact, in some cases, humans hand pollinate the pumpkin flowers!
Pumpkin
If the pollination succeeds, a small green fruit grows at the base of the female flowers. The size of the pumpkin depends on the soil nutrition and conditions so make sure to water the plants well at this point. The green pumpkin once ready for harvest will turn into an orange pumpkin.
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Recommended Pumpkin Books
These are just a few of the pumpkin books that we like to use in conjunction with our pumpkin life cycle worksheets. They’re an easy read and are great for fall learning fun. I always try to pair up a few good books with whatever topic that we’re currently learning about.
The Ugly PumpkinThe Roll-Away Pumpkin: A Wonderful & Whimsical Book for Kids. Perfect for this Fall / Autumn, Halloween, & Thanksgiving!Big PumpkinHow Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow?Too Many PumpkinsPumpkin Jack
Pumpkin Printable Supplies
- Printer (I have this one)
- Paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Pencil
The printer I have is not available anymore. You can look for another HP Instant Ink-ready printer so that you can use their program to send you ink cartridges whenever your printer gets low on ink.
Print the cards onto cardstock and laminate them if you want. (I always think it’s a great idea to laminate everything for a longer life!) That way, if they are laminated, your kids can reuse the worksheets easily.
All you’ll need is a dry-erase marker and a towel to wipe it clean!
Recommended Plant Life Cycle Printables
Little Learners Print & Go Activity Kit: Pumpkin Life Cycle
This print-and-go activity kit perfectly matches this pumpkin life cycle worksheet. Complete the learning about the pumpkin life cycle and have fun with information cards, tracing pages, labeling worksheets, dot-a-letter worksheets, and more!
Little Learners Print & Go Activity Kit: Plant Life Cycle
These printables help you explore more about the life cycle of a plant. They include fun activities and more learning information. Learn what other factors affect the plant life cycle with these.
What’s included in these pumpkin life cycle printable?
These 13-page worksheets have all that you need to know about the life cycle of a pumpkin.
3-part cards
It includes four pages of 3-part cards. These will help children enhance their vocabulary and improve memory retention about the pumpkin life cycle.
Pumpkin Tracing Activity
This one-page activity is perfect for kids who are starting to write.
Parts of a Pumpkin Labeling Activity
They can choose to label the parts of a pumpkin by writing them down or cutting and pasting the labels using the word bank.
Pumpkin Life Cycle Cut and Paste Activity
Children can cut the illustrations and labels and then paste them on the worksheet to complete the pumpkin life cycle.
I Spy Game
The kids will surely enjoy this activity. They will have fun finding and counting pumpkin seeds, sprouts, plants, flowers, and pumpkins.
Answer Key
Answer keys are provided to check their work. The kids can even do this and check it on their own.
These pumpkin life cycles are really complete – fun and learning combined! This teaches your learners what the pumpkin plants need in order to grow and what stages it undergoes.
How do you use these pumpkin pages?
The great part about using these pumpkin worksheets is that they are an easy way for the kids to understand how the life cycle of pumpkins works. When you combine pictures with learning, it’s a simple way to get the images to stick in the minds of the kids.
Then, as they work through the sheets, you can talk about each stage of the pumpkin’s life cycle and go over the various worksheets. This is a great way to ensure that they understand the life cycle visually and can write it down, too.
To get hands-on with your pumpkin unit, get some pumpkin seeds to observe them. Better yet get a whole pumpkin to carve for Halloween. Have your kids help you clean it out so that they can investigate what the inside of a pumpkin looks like. You can even dry and roast the pumpkin seeds to taste them.
Ways to extend this activity
To extend this activity, head out and explore a local pumpkin patch! Have your kids find pumpkins of all various sizes and talk about what pumpkin life cycle stage they “think” that they are in. You’ll find that your kids are very interested in learning how a seed grows so big, so quickly!
Also, talk to the staff at the pumpkin farm and see if they can give you any tips about growing pumpkins. It’s a great way to learn about the entire process from start to finish.
The look on your child’s face will be amazed to hear the process while they are looking around, staring at hundreds and hundreds of pumpkins!
Once you get home, read a few books about pumpkins out loud together. From start to finish, it’s a great way to learn about the entire pumpkin life cycle.
You can bake a pumpkin pie to taste them and what a perfect treat to end the day. A whole fun-filled day with pumpkin science lessons.
If you’re putting together your own pumpkin lessons go ahead and add these pumpkin printables with real photos to your plans. Your kids will love these pumpkin printables.
More Pumpkin Activities to Try
- Pumpkin Coloring Pages
- Pumpkin Worksheets
- Bubbling Pumpkin Experiment
- Pumpkin Shapes Printable Book by Crystal and Co.
- Pumpkin Handprint Craft for Halloween by Homeschool of 1
Fun Life Cycle Worksheets to Try
- Apple Life Cycle Worksheets
- Life Cycle of a Scorpion Worksheet
- Owl Life Cycle Worksheet
- Bald Eagle Life Cycle Coloring and Writing by 3 Boys and a Dog
- Watermelon Life Cycle Printable by Homeschool Preschool
See more fun life cycles for kids here.
These life cycle of pumpkin worksheets are a great addition to your life cycle lessons. The kids can even do this on their own. They will surely have fun doing the activities while learning about the stages of the pumpkin life cycle. Do not miss these out!
I am sure they’ll love pumpkins even more after doing these worksheets. This is a good way to show the kids how fruits grow from seeds. It teaches them that aside from watering the plants and keeping good soil conditions, taking care of plants is also important.