Pumpkin Investigation Fun: Parts of a Pumpkin & Coloring Pages

Not Your Average Pumpkin Coloring Pages

What if your elementary students could learn while they were engulfed in coloring? With this teaching resource, students explore the parts of a pumpkin and its life cycle through coloring pages, labeling activities, cut-and-paste projects, and a hands-on science lab.

Your kindergarten, first, and 2nd grade students will explore pumpkins in a way that’s fun, memorable, and educational. Whether you are teaching about the rock cycle or weather, comics have the power to capture curiosity and pull readers in. Even struggling readers eagerly engage in reading comics because comics are approachable and easy to grasp.

What’s Inside the Pumpkin Investigation Lesson?

This resource includes everything you need to guide kindergarten, first, and 2nd graders through a Halloween pumpkin study:

• Comic-style science, illustrating the parts of a pumpkin in an engaging format.
• Pumpkin coloring pages, reinforcing concepts while giving students creative time.
• A “Parts of a Pumpkin” labeling activity designed to help young learners connect visuals with vocabulary.
• A cut-and-paste project enabling students to build their own pumpkin diagrams.
• A hands-on pumpkin investigation lab involving prediction creation and recording observations.
• A blank comic template so kids can create their own science comics about pumpkins and show what they’ve learned.

Why Teachers Love It

• Engagement built in → Comics, coloring, and hands-on projects keep students interested.
• Differentiation → Great for English language learners (ESL, ELL), struggling readers, and graphic novel lovers.
• Easy prep → Print-and-go pumpkin printables save you time.
• Standards-aligned → Meets NGSS for K–2 life science while fitting perfectly into a Halloween or fall science unit.

How to Use in Your Classroom

• Pair this activity with a real pumpkin and let students investigate its parts up close.
• Use the pumpkin printables for centers, morning work, or small-group lessons.
• Hang the completed pumpkin labeling diagrams as seasonal science artwork throughout your classroom or in the halls.
• Encourage creativity by letting students design their own pumpkin comics—you’ll be surprised at how much science vocabulary they use!