Free Plant Life Cycle Worksheets for Kids

Exploring the wonders of plant growth becomes an interactive and educational journey with these plant life cycle worksheets.

Ideal for both personal and classroom use, these worksheets are designed to illuminate the stages of plant development in an engaging way.

The free life cycle worksheets, spanning a variety of activities from coloring to cutting and pasting, cater to different learning styles and age groups, making the complex process of plant growth accessible and understandable.

Colorful collection of printable plant life cycle worksheets for kids, featuring diagrams and activities to teach plant growth stages from seed to mature plant. Worksheets include parts of a plant labeling, life cycle charts, growth factor illustrations, and a round interactive wheel labeled “Plant Life Cycle” with a rotating section showing germination. Large green banner text reads “Plant Life Cycle Worksheets.”

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Table of Contents

Life cycle of a plant worksheet

The kids are going to love our free plant life cycle worksheet, and you are going to love it, as you are going to already have all the supplies needed.

Supplies needed:

cardstock (printer paper will also work)
coloring pens
paper cutter or scissors
glue
brass fasteners

How to use

Download the printable life cycle worksheets below. There are 7 worksheets to download. Make sure to check the printer settings.

These free printable life cycle of a plant pages are free to print but are for personal and classroom use only. Scroll to the bottom of the post and add your email address to get the pdf file.

Life cycle of a plant planning sheet

The first worksheet is a planning sheet where the children have to find out about the 4 main stages of the plant’s life cycle.

Plant life cycle worksheet for kids with four labeled sections—Seed, Germination, Seedling, and Mature Plant—each with lined space for writing. The top features colorful illustrations of a seed, sprout, flower, and mature plant. A botanical book is partially visible in the top right, and green bead garland adds a decorative, kid-friendly touch to the scene.

We also use the book Life Cycles for our studies, and they have lots of different plants included. But also animals, Earth, space and so much more.

Parts of a plant worksheet

With the label the parts of a plant worksheet, the children will color in the different parts of a plant and then draw arrows to the correct words.

They need to show where the stem, petals, roots, and leaves are.

Parts of a plant worksheet for kids featuring a labeled diagram with colorful arrows pointing to the stem, petals, roots, and leaves. The plant illustration is partially colored, with green leaves and pink flowers, and three dual-tip markers in tan, pink, and green are placed on the bottom right corner of the page.

What do plants need to grow?

There are 5 main things that all plants need to survive:

water,
light,
the right temperature (some like it much hotter than others),
air,
nutrients.

Surprisingly not all of them need soil to grow. In fact, in South Florida, we have orchids growing halfway up our palm trees.

Colorful worksheet titled “What Do Plants Need to Grow?” featuring side-by-side illustrations of a healthy plant with flowers and a wilting plant. A blank box in the center prompts kids to list five things plants need to grow. A green bead strand and the DK book “Life Cycles” are included in the scene, reinforcing the educational theme.

Labeling the plant life cycle

The next 3 plant worksheets for kids involve cutting and gluing the correct stages of the plant life cycle with the correct image, in the correct order.

Interactive plant life cycle worksheet activity for kids with colorful cut-and-paste elements showing stages like seed, germination, roots & stem, seedling, growing leaves, and mature plant. Illustrations also include sun and rain as essential growth factors. A glue stick and blue-handled scissors are placed to the right, suggesting a hands-on classroom or homeschool craft.

This is the completed plant life cycle that they can display in their folders.

Completed cut-and-paste “Plant Life Cycle” worksheet for kids, showing labeled illustrations of each growth stage: seed, germination, roots & stem, seedling, growing leaves, and full plant. It also includes sun and rain as essential elements for growth. Bright yellow arrows guide the flow of the cycle, with a glue stick and scissors nearby indicating it’s a hands-on activity.

Life cycle of a plant spinning wheel

Cut out the two circles, and make sure on the plant life cycle image you cut out the blank quarter.

Two circular “Plant Life Cycle” worksheets designed for kids, featuring labeled segments for seed, germination, roots and stem, seedling, and plant. One wheel is fully assembled with a fastener and colorful illustrations including sun, rain, and flower; the other is ready to be cut and built. A box of metal fasteners and a pair of blue scissors are included, highlighting this as a fun, interactive science craft.

Place the plant life cycle image with the quarter cut out on top of the other image and add a brass fastener to the middle.

Circular “Plant Life Cycle” spinner for kids, with a movable window highlighting the germination stage. The wheel features colorful illustrations of a seed sprouting, mature plant, and blooming flower, with cheerful drawings of the sun, raincloud, and a smiling bug. The title “Plant Life Cycle” is boldly written in green and black across the top.

You will also enjoy our free printable life cycle of a pumpkin.

We love to add the Life Cycles book to our studies.

Plant life cycle activities

If you are looking for even more plant life cycle activities you are going to love these:

Learn about the summer flower with our life cycle of a sunflower coloring sheet.

You will also enjoy our free plant life cycle coloring page!

The paint and plant flower craft is my absolute favorite activity. This kit provides children with the opportunity to grow their own flowers and paint their own flower pot. Combining artistic creativity with hands-on gardening experience to foster their interest in nature and plant life.

Life cycle learning toys are a great way for children to learn about different life cycles through hands-on play and exploration. This set includes the plant, but also the frog, butterfly, chicken, and bee.

The giant magnetic plant life cycle is a visual learning tool that uses large, magnetic pieces to teach children about the stages of plant growth. The set offers an engaging and hands-on way for children to understand the life cycle of plants and explore the concepts of germination, growth, and reproduction.

How seeds & plants grow lapbook for 2nd – 6th grades is a great interactive activity.

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Last Updated on 8 April 2025 by Clare Brown

2 Comments

mel says:

3 April 2025 at 11:58 am

printable for the plant cycle

1. Clare Brown says:
  
  3 April 2025 at 2:19 pm
  
  Hi Mel! To get the plant life cycle worksheets, just enter your email in the blue box on the page that says “Get your free life cycle of a plant worksheets here!”—they’ll be sent right to your inbox.
  
  Thanks
  
  Clare