Life Cycle Of A Pumpkin

What Is The Life Cycle Of A Pumpkin?

Find out how many stages there are in growing a pumpkin and the parts of a pumpkin. You can also explore the life cycle of an apple.

💡 Hands-On Activity: Pair this free printable pumpkin activity with a real pumpkin!

1. Seed

First comes the seed. Plant a pumpkin seed in the ground and watch it grow!

2. Sprout

Once the seed grows and grows, it will change into a small sprout that will grow into a vine!

3. Vine

Instead of growing tall, a pumpkin plant grows out! The vine will grow until it produces flower buds.

4. Flower

When the vine is big enough, it buds and blossoms into big yellow flowers! These will fall off and create little tiny pumpkin starts.

5. Green Pumpkin

Before a pumpkin becomes orange, it starts as green! When it ripens, it turns orange.

6. Fruit

When a pumpkin is ripe, it will be big and usually orange. Once it’s ripe, it’s ready to be picked and turned into pie, jack-o-lanterns, and other fall decorations and foods!

Use the worksheets from this pack (free download below) to learn, label, and apply the pumpkin’s life cycle stages. Students can see the pumpkin’s life cycle and then cut and paste (and/or color!) them onto the pumpkin life cycle worksheet!

ALSO CHECK OUT: Apple Life Cycle Activities

The Parts of a Pumpkin

Vine. The pumpkin grows on a vine. Large parts of the vine grow and hold the pumpkin itself, while smaller vines help stabilize the plant as it grows.

Stem. The stem is the small part of the vine that’s still attached to the pumpkin after it’s been cut off the vine.

Leaves. The leaves are also from the pumpkin vine and can stay attached to the stem.

Skin. The skin is the outer part of the pumpkin. It is smooth and tough and helps protect the pumpkin fruit.

Pulp. Inside a pumpkin, you will find a thick, slimy substance called pulp! The pulp holds the seeds and is what we remove when we make jack o’lanterns!

Seeds. Inside the pulp, you find the seeds! They’re large, white, flat seeds many people will separate from the pulp to cook and eat!

We also have a worksheet to label the parts of a pumpkin. Students can cut and paste the pumpkin parts and place them in the appropriate places.

You can send a full sheet of pumpkin facts home with students or have them work together in class! You can also do these worksheets as a group and watch students work together to find the answers.

Pumpkin Life Cycle Worksheets

Print and use these life cycles of pumpkin worksheets at home or in your classroom for some fun fall learning with pumpkins!

Click Here To Get Your Life Cycle Of A Pumpkin Worksheets

Hands-on Pumpkin Life Cycle Activities

Pair these hands-on pumpkin life cycle activities below with the pumpkin life cycle worksheets.

Pumpkin Investigation

We love helping our little ones learn with their hands! Let each student investigate the insides of a pumpkin. We tested to see if they floated, compared our pumpkin sizes, wrote about how we would describe our pumpkins, and then cut it open and counted the seeds inside!

Count Pumpkin Seeds

Set up a seed investigation to explore the inside of some favorite fall fruits—like apples, pumpkins, and cranberries—to find out just how many seeds they have!

Pumpkin Sensory Bag

Get up close this fall with the insides of a pumpkin without the mess. Set up this easy DIY pumpkin sensory bags for kids to explore.

Pumpkin Playdough

Explore the parts of a pumpkin with this easy to make pumpkin playdough recipe. A fun hands-on way to learn about pumpkins.

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More Fun Pumpkin Activities

When you’re done, you can make pumpkin slime using the pulp and seeds of a real pumpkin – kids love it!

Or make a non-Newtonian fluid, homemade oobleck, inside a pumpkin.

For more fun with pumpkins, you can make this Pumpkin Volcano, do this Pumpkin Skittles experiment, or do this fun Puking Pumpkin experiment!

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