Plant and Animal Lifecycles: FREE Printables, Crafts and Activities

Spring time brings forth new life, and is the perfect time to learn about plant and animal lifecycles!

If your children enjoy nature and learning about animals and plants they will LOVE learning about all of the different lifecycles of insects, animals and plants. I love to teach about lifecycles in our homeschool. There are so many different printables, crafts and activities available  to create a fun, in depth unit study on lifecycles!

Insect Lifecycles:
Butterflies:
Lifecycle of a Butterfly Booklet from Worksheet Place
Butterfly Lifecycle Printable Book from Fun a Day
Butterfly Lifecycle Unit from Lakeshore Learning
Butterfly Lifecycle Craft from DLTK Kids
Butterfly Lifecycle Craft with FREE Printable Template from Buggy and Buddy
Playdough Butterfly Lifecycle Cards from Learning 2 Walk
Interactive Butterfly Lifecycle Craft from Crayons and Cuties in Kindergarten
Butterfly Lifecycle Sensory Bin from Pre-K Pages

Butterfly Lifecycle Necklace Craft from Fun a Day

Ladybugs:
Ladybug lifecycle coloring page from Education.com
FREE Ladybug Lifecycle Packet from Preschool Powol Packets
Ladybug Lifecycle with Playdough from Mom Inspired Life
Ladybug Lifecycle Worksheets from Itsy Bitsy Fun
Ladybug Lifecycle Sensory Activities from Natural Beach Living

Ladybug Lifecycle Emergent Readers at Blessed Beyond a Doubt

Other insects:
Rhino lifecycle worksheet from Education.com
Grasshopper lifecycle worksheet from Education.com
Cicada lifecycle worksheet from Education.com
Lifecycle of a fly from Education.com
Lifecycle of a moth worksheet from Education.com
Honeybee Lifecycle Printables from TrillumMontessori

Animal Lifecycles:
Education.com has some great animal lifecycle worksheets:
Chicken Lifecycle worksheet
Sea Turtle Lifecycle worksheet
Salmon Lifecycle worksheet
Jellyfish Lifecycle worksheet

I love these animal lifecycle cards from Pinay Homeschooler.

Bat lifecycle worksheet from KidZone
Lifecycle of an egg laying snake from KidZone

Chickens:
Chicken Lifecycle Cards from Pre-K Pages
Chicken Lifecycle Booklet from Classroom Freebies Too
Lifecycle of a Chicken Craft from I Heart Crafty Things
Chicken Lifecycle Montessori Cards from Montessori Soul

Frogs:
Frog lifecycle worksheet from Education.com
Lifecycle of a Frog Worksheet from Scholastic
Frog Lifecycle Notebooking Pages from 123 Homeschool 4 Me
Frog Lifecycles Color and Copywork from The Multitaskin Mom
Fine Motor Frog Lifecycle Craft from Life over C’s

Frog Lifecycle Recycled Craft from Still Playing School

Plant Lifecycles:
Plant Lifecycle Cards from Education.com
Plant Lifecycle Worksheet and Diagram from Itsy Bitsy Fun
Plant Lifecycle Notebook Printables from 123 Homeschool 4 Me
Plant Lifecycle Writing Activity from Made by Teachers
Lifecycle of a Plant Booklet from Worksheet Place
Plant Lifecycle File Folder Games from Bible Fun for Kids

These are our favorite animal lifecyle toys! I keep this in a tub and my girls love to get them out and play with them!

Ladybug Life Cycle Stages

Butterfly Life Cycle Stages

Frog Lifecycle Stages

Safari Ltd Life Cycle of a Green Sea Turtle

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Sarah Shelton

Sarah is a wife, daughter of the King and Mama to 4 children (one who is a homeschool graduate)! She is a an eclectic, Charlotte Mason style homeschooler that has been homeschooling for over 16 years now. She is still trying to find the balance between work and keeping a home and says she can only do it by the Grace of God, and Coffee!