Free Spring Printables for Kids: Worksheets, Experiments and Crafts
Spring is a brilliant time for learning with children. Suddenly there are flowers everywhere, insects appearing again, frogspawn in ponds, lambs in fields and trees bursting into blossom. All these fascinating changes naturally encourage children’s curiosity – asking questions, collecting things, pointing things out and wondering what’s going on.
We’ve created a free spring activity pack full of engaging worksheets, simple science experiments and creative activities to help children explore this blooming wonderful season!
Whether you’re looking for something to do on a rainy afternoon, a simple learning activity after school, or ideas to support topics your child is learning about in class, these printables are easy to use and require very little preparation.
If you’re looking for even more seasonal ideas, you might also enjoy our spring learning activities for children, spring crafts for kids, and spring flower craft ideas.
You can download the full pack here and print whichever pages your child would enjoy most.
What’s inside the spring activity pack
The spring printable pack includes a range of activities that work well for children aged roughly 4–11 (primary age). Some are quick five-minute activities, while others can turn into a little science project or experiment that children can keep checking on over a few days.
The free spring activity pack includes:
- A signs of spring spotting activity
- Two simple plant science experiments
- Frog and chicken life cycle worksheets
- Spring word puzzles and flower anagrams
- Minibeast identification and creative insect activities
- Spring colouring pages
- A printable bunny costume craft
Spring activities included in the free printable pack
Spot the signs of spring
Spring is full of changes – flowers appearing, insects waking up again and birds starting to build nests.
How many signs of spring can children spot around them? A great activity on a walk, in the garden or even on the school run, helping children to start noticing what’s happening in nature.
Children can tick off things like daffodils, butterflies, lambs, birds nesting, frogspawn and cherry blossom as they spot them.
It’s also a great way to start conversations about the season… what’s changed since last week? What might appear next? And discuss how quickly everything begins to grow once spring arrives.
Two simple spring science experiments for kids
Spring is a perfect time to explore how plants grow. The activity pack includes instructions for two easy science experiments that children can try at home…
- Grow a bean plant in a bag
This spring experiment is incredibly simple but surprisingly exciting! Children can grow their own bean plant using a sandwich bag, cotton wool and a seed.
The roots and shoots should appear within just a few days, so children can clearly see how the plant begins to grow.
You could try placing one bag on a sunny windowsill and another somewhere darker to see if they grow differently. It’s a simple way to start talking about what plants need to grow.
- Discover how plants drink water
This classic experiment uses celery and coloured water to show how water moves through plants.
As the celery sits in the coloured water, children can watch the colour slowly travel up the stem and into the leaves.
It’s simple to set up and really memorable for children.
Explore life cycles in spring
Spring is when many animals begin their life cycles, which makes it a fascinating time for children to observe how living things grow and change.
Our free spring printable pack includes activities exploring the life cycles of animals such as frogs and chickens. Children place the stages in order, helping them understand how animals develop from eggs into adults.
If your child finds this topic interesting, you can explore life cycles further on Busy Things with interactive activities. There are short videos showing the life cycles of frogs, chickens, dandelions and butterflies, helping children see each stage clearly.
Explore life cycles on Busy Things:
Life cycle of a frog video
Watch how frogspawn develops into tadpoles and eventually adult frogs.
Life cycle ordering activity
Drag and drop the stages of different life cycles into the correct order.
Spring word games and literacy activities
For children who enjoy puzzles and word games, the activity pack includes a spring flower anagram challenge, a spring wordsearch and a flower labelling activity.
They’re a fun way for children to practise reading, spelling and vocabulary within a spring theme.
Learn about minibeasts and insects
As the weather warms up, lots of little minibeasts start appearing in gardens, parks and hedgerows again.
Children can explore them through several insect-themed activities in the printable pack, including:
• identifying insects and other minibeasts
• deciding which creatures are insects and which are not
• insect colouring sheets – try experimenting with different textures and patterns
• designing their own imaginary insect. Children can invent their own species and decide where it lives and what it eats.
If your child enjoys these activities, there are also several interactive minibeast games on Busy Things.
Explore minibeasts on Busy Things
Label parts of an insect
Learn the different parts of an insect’s body by matching the correct labels.
Make a minibeast
Create your own unusual insect by choosing different features and colours.
Insect Guess Who
Use clues to work out which minibeast is hiding.
Colouring pages for quiet moments
If you’re looking for a quick five-minute spring-themed activity, colouring is a simple and calming answer.
The spring activity pack includes both simple and more detailed colouring sheets, so younger children can enjoy filling in the pictures while older children can spend longer experimenting with colours, textures and patterns.
There are lots of lovely colouring activities on Busy Things to try too…
Mindful Colouring – Beautiful intricate designs to colour in and enjoy.
Make a spring rabbit costume
What’s more spring-like than the sight of a bunny rabbit?
Children can hop into this fun printable craft activity and make their own rabbit costume pieces, including rabbit ears, a nose, a fluffy tail and even carrot props.
It’s perfect for imaginative play, dress-up days or Easter activities.
Looking for more spring activity ideas?
If you’re enjoying these printables, you might also like some of the other spring activity ideas on the Busy Things blog.
• 10 Spring learning activities for children – simple and engaging ways to explore the season through play and discovery.
• Spring crafts for kids (with free printables) – creative craft ideas that are easy to set up at home.
• Easy spring flower crafts and activity ideas – colourful projects inspired by the flowers that appear each spring.
How to access your FREE printable activity pack?
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