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Spring has sprung! Many of us are beginning to add spring themes to your homeschool lesson plans.

One of my favorite spring themes is frogs. If you intend to teach frogs this spring, be sure to leave time in your lessons to create this simple frog life cycle craft.

This life cycle activity is a great way for children to visualize how frogs grow from a tiny egg to an adult.

This science activity is best for kids who are proficient with scissors. However, if you cut out the frog pieces for your younger kiddos, they can complete this craft alongside their older siblings.

All you need to complete this craft is some paper, scissors, and glue. Then, you’re good to go!

Give your kids a chance to demonstrate the life cycle of a frog with this fun craft.

Download the template below, assemble the life cycle craft, and have kids retell what they know over and over again.

Frog Life Cycle Cut and Paste

This fun life cycle craft can be added to many of your springtime lesson plans. It works will in your frog unit, of course. But, it also works in your pond theme, your life cycle theme, and even your Letter Ff theme.

Frog Craft Supplies

• cardstock

• crayons (optional)

• scissors

• glue

• pencil

• frog craft template (enter your email in the form at the bottom of this post)

How to Make a Model of the Life Cycle of a Frog

To get started on this craft, download the frog craft template, print it out, and cut out the pieces you need.

This template includes a color version and a black/white version. If you choose the black/white version, have your child color the pieces before cutting them out.

Cut a piece of green construction paper into a 6″ x 12″ rectangle. Fold it in half lengthwise (matching short sides). Then, fold each half in half again the opposite direction to create a four-part accordion fold.

Glue the life cycle cards in order leaving a little space at the top and bottom to glue this strip to the frog.

Glue the frog’s head to the top of the life cycle strip. Then, fold it toward the back of the strip so the life cycle cards don’t show.

Next, glue the back legs behind the frog’s body. One on either side. Then, glue the front legs on either side of the belly.

Finally, glue the frog’s body to the bottom of the life cycle strip.

Kids can fold it up accordion style to see a cute frog craft. Then, unfold it to reveal the life cycle sequence.

Once the glue has dried, children can trace the labels on each part of the sequencing strip as they retell the stages of the life cycle of a frog.

PICTURE BOOKS ABOUT FROGS

Fill your book basket with a great collection of books about frogs. Most of these books can be found at your local library or used bookstore.

If you have a hard time finding them, you can order them through my Amazon affiliate links by clicking the images below.

The Frog Book – Long legs, sticky tongues, big round eyes, and other dazzling features—what’s not to love about frogs?

The Lucky Green Frog – A short sweet story about a little lucky frog. He likes to complain a lot, until he meets a little mouse who challenges him to not complain, find out if he can actually do it!

I Don’t Want to Be a Frog – Frog wants to be anything but a slimy, wet frog. A cat, perhaps. Or a rabbit. An owl? But when a hungry wolf arrives—a wolf who HATES eating frogs—our hero decides that being himself isn’t so bad after all.

Teaching Resources

This Frog Pond loose parts kit is perfect for pretending while reading Frog and Toad or any other froggy book! These items are perfect to add to homemade play doh or just on their own!

Learn how a tadpole turns into a frog. This felt board set shows a pictorial display of a frog’s life. With 5 stages and detailed felt pictures this set works well within a lesson on frogs, their life cycle, pond life, pond habitats or amphibians.

Frog Activities

If your kids enjoyed this frog life cycle craft, they’ll love the frog activities featured below. Choose one or more to add to your upcoming frog theme.

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