Your kids will love these science craft ideas! We have an adorable
pumpkin life cycle craft AND an amazing
ladybug life cycle craft. Kids Activities Blog thinks Mommy might even have fun playing with these adorable crafts.
Science Craft
A science craft uses color, artwork, and craft supplies to bring science to life for kids. In these two crafts, kids make hands-on manipulative pieces that they have fun using while reinforcing learning.
Pumpkin Life Cycle
Related: 23 Adorable Preschool Ladybug Crafts for Kids
Steps to Making Pumpkin Craft
- Read Pumpkin Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington
- Color and cut out the Lifecycle Printable so that you have some bit of paper to fold over the yarn to glue well
- Cut your stem
- Use a glue stick to attach the lifecycle pictures to the yarn (in the right order)
- Cut a semi circle off from the top of one of the plates
- Attach the end of yarn with the pumpkin with some leftover felt adhesive or a piece of tape to the center of the other plate
- Pop out the bottom of plate with a cut
- Glue the plates together
- Allow time to dry
- The pull your lifecycle out of the pumpkin beginning with the seed
Ladybug Life Cycle
Steps to Make this Ladybug Craft
- Read Are You a Ladybug? by Judy Allen
- Color your ladybug lifecycle
- Cut the lifecycle out in a circle to fit the center of the plate and glue it
- Using your scissors and black adhesive felt, cut a head and dots for the ladybug’s body
- Apply the felt to top plate
- Cut a triangle shape in the top plate
- Use the brad fastener to attach the plates
Have fun with your lifecycle crafts! Plant a pumpkin seed to go along with the craft! It is easy to do and kids love it!
Marnie
More Kids Activities
Kids love a fun science craft. Do you have other ideas for teaching about a pumpkin life cycle or a ladybug life cycle? We’d love to hear them! For more science craft kids activities, you might want to read over these great ideas from some other contributors:
by Jeanne Titherington
by Judy Allen
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