Life Cycle Worksheets and Coloring Pages
Updated October 2026 · 6 free printables
Teach how living things grow and change with life cycle printables for a plant (seed, sprout, seedling, plant), a butterfly (egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly) and a frog (eggs, tadpole, froglet, frog).
Start with the labeled coloring page, then check understanding with the cut-and-paste or number-the-pictures worksheet.
All 6 Life Cycle Worksheets and Coloring Pages, One by One
Here is a closer look at every page in this collection: what it practices, which grade it fits and a tip for each one.
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1. Plant Life Cycle Cut and Paste
A free printable plant life cycle cut and paste science worksheet with an answer key on page 2. Cut out the pictures and glue them in order: seed, sprout, seedling, plant. Made for kindergarten science at home or in class. Big pictures and only a few tasks per page make it a gentle start for kindergartners.
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2. Butterfly Life Cycle: Put It in Order
A free printable butterfly life cycle: put it in order science worksheet with an answer key on page 2. Write 1, 2, 3 or 4 in each box to show the order. Then finish the sentences. Made for 1st grade science at home or in class. It matches first grade goals, roughly ages 6 to 7.
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3. Frog Life Cycle Cut and Paste
A free printable frog life cycle cut and paste science worksheet with an answer key on page 2. Cut out the pictures and glue each one in the right circle, starting at number 1. Made for 1st grade science at home or in class. First graders can do it on their own once they know the strategy at the top of the page.
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4. Plant Life Cycle Coloring Page
This page features the four stages of a plant's life in a circle with arrows: a seed in the soil, a sprout, a seedling and a grown plant with a flower. Every page in this set is a different drawing. The bold outlines are easy to stay inside, even with chunky crayons.
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5. Butterfly Life Cycle Coloring Page
This printable shows a milkweed plant showing the whole butterfly life cycle from the bottom up: tiny eggs on a leaf, a hungry caterpillar, a hanging chrysalis and a butterfly. Every page in this set is a different drawing. The bold outlines are easy to stay inside, even with chunky crayons.
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6. Frog Life Cycle Coloring Page
Here you get a pond scene with the frog life cycle: jelly-like eggs, swimming tadpoles, a froglet with a tail on a log and a grown frog on a lily pad. Every page in this set is a different drawing. Simple shapes keep it relaxing for little hands, roughly ages 3 to 7.
Tips for life cycle worksheets and
- Say each stage name out loud while pointing to its picture before cutting.
- Use the matching coloring page as an answer check after the worksheet.
- Use arrows or a circle to show that the last stage leads back to the first.
Fun math facts
- Monarch butterflies lay their eggs on milkweed, the only plant their caterpillars eat.
- Tadpoles breathe with gills, and grown frogs breathe with lungs and through their skin.
- A seed holds a tiny baby plant and the food it needs to start growing.
Fun ways to use your printables
- Raise caterpillars in a classroom butterfly kit and record each stage.
- Visit a pond in spring to look for frog eggs and tadpoles (look, do not take).
- Make a paper plate life cycle wheel with the four stages.
How to print
Click Download PDF and print at 100% on US Letter or A4 paper. Page 1 is the worksheet and page 2 is the answer key, so choose “page 1” in the print dialog if you only want the practice page. Every worksheet is free for home, homeschool and classroom use, so print as many copies as you need.
Frequently asked questions
What is a life cycle?
The stages a living thing goes through from the start of its life until it is grown and can make new young, which starts the cycle again.
What is the difference between a chrysalis and a cocoon?
A butterfly caterpillar forms a chrysalis, a hard case. Most moth caterpillars spin a cocoon out of silk.
What is a froglet?
A young frog that has grown legs but still has a short tail left over from being a tadpole.