I bought a couple of mini pumpkins from Coles as I thought they were cute. They were really much bigger than a grapefruit. I put them in the fruit bowl and forgot about them until quite a few weeks later. They were getting soft and one was ready to be thrown out, so I thought about what we could do with the one that was okay.
We decided to see if we could grow a pumpkin in a pumpkin.
I cut a small square out of the top of the pumpkin and added some soil and a little water.
A week later, we had a little sprout!
After about two weeks, we still only had the one little sprout.
By this stage the pumpkin was starting to rot and get a little smelly, so we decided to plant the pumpkin in the garden.
Maybe, by using a proper sized pumpkin, you would get more sprouts. We will have to try that some day soon!
To add to this, we learned about the life cycle of a pumpkin. Below you will find some great pumpkin life cycle cards and notebooking pages printables.
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In the Pumpkin Life Cycle Card and Poster Printable Pack, you will find:
- 3 part cards for each part of the pumpkin life cycle
- Information cards for each part of the pumpkin life cycle
- Pumpkin Life Cycle Poster and printable
- Pumpkin Life Cycle Posters for each part of the pumpkin life cycle
- A printable pumpkin life cycle book for young children
- Comes in black and white as well as colour
To download a copy of this Pumpkin Life Cycle Card and Poster Printable Pack, click on the link below:
*** Pumpkin Life Cycle Card and Poster Printable Pack ***
I also created some Pumpkin Life Cycle Notebooking Pages. In this printable pack, you will find:
- Pumpkin Life Cycle Poster
- Pumpkin Life Cycle book with lines for young children
- Pumpkin life cycle note booking pages in four different styles with lines for both young and older children
- A total of 68 pages in colour
To download a copy of this Pumpkin Life Cycle Card and Poster Printable Pack, click on the link below:
*** Pumpkin Life Cycle Notebooking Pages ***
You may also like:
- Pumpkin & Blueberry Bread
- Pumpkin Soup
- Strawberry Patch Printable Pack
- Vegetable Garden Printable Pack
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Katie @ Cup of Tea
What a neat idea! And I love the idea of just planting it outside, so the pumpkin container can just finish rotting away. Good fertilizer!
Vanessa
This looks like a fun life-cycle lesson. 🙂
Jae
Interesting!