Halloween life cycle sequence and fold activities - pumpkin spider owl and bat

Give your life cycle studies a Halloween twist with this set of cut-and-paste science foldouts. This resource features differentiated templates for the life cycles of a bat, owl, pumpkin, and spider.

You could use them to compare the life cycles of a bird, mammal, plant, and arachnid. They are also great for interactive science notebooks or as science centers.

The templates

Each life cycle has options that allow you to differentiate for your students.

Spider life cycle - Template options

1. Color the template and life cycle pictures, match the word or description labels to the images, glue, cut, and fold.

2. As above but with an easy-cut outline around the web.

3. Color the template and life cycle pictures, cut out the 4 life cycle stages, and arrange them in order, glue, cut, and fold. As with templates 1 and 2, there is an option to use the stage name or short descriptions.

4. Same as template 3 but with an easy-cut outline around the web.

Pumpkin life cycle - Template options

There are 3 options to choose from:

1. Color the pumpkin life cycle stages, cut out, glue and fold.

2. Color the pumpkin life cycle stages, cut out the stages and sequence them, glue and fold.

3. Larger template. There are 2 label options for this - one has pictures with words, the other with short descriptions.

Owl life cycle - Template options

1. Children sequence 4 life cycles on the template, glue, cut, and fold. Option to sequence basic words with pictures, or pictures with descriptions.

2. As above, but with an easy-cut edge.

3. Children sequence 6 life cycles on the template, glue, cut, and fold. Option to sequence basic words with pictures, or pictures with descriptions.

4. As above, but with an easy-cut edge.

Bat life cycle - Template options

There are 2 templates to choose from:

1. Children color the template and life cycle stages, match the words to the pictures, glue, cut and fold.

2. Children sequence 4 life cycles on the template, glue, cut, and fold. Option to sequence basic words with pictures, or pictures with descriptions.

Are the resources editable?

No, these PDFs are not editable. For each life cycle, UK (A4 with British spelling) and US (Letter-size, US spelling) versions of the file are included.