These 104 engaging character building activities for kids represent a small percentage of the resources I have available for character education.
Building character is an essential part of raising and teaching kids. For many, values and morals are not being taught in the home. Whether you are a school teacher, care giver or a parent ready to invest in developing integrity in children, you have landed in the right place.
I want to introduce you to my character building series so that you can take full advantage of the lessons and activities available here.
104 Engaging Character Building Activities for Kids
Welcome to my character building series. This series has been one of the backbones of my blog since I began blogging in 2012.
One of my goals when I started blogging was to invest in my children’s character every day for an entire year. I did just that and have since developed the concept further. I plan to continue to tweak and refine my character education lessons in the coming months.
What is Character Building?
Character building is intentionally investing in and strengthening the good and useful qualities in a human being. It is intended to develop the integrity and morals that not only benefit the individual but also the society.
What is this Character Education Series?
I have chosen 52 character traits to work on, one for each week of the year. You can find the 52 traits here.
Within these 52 traits you will find over 7 lessons. Therefore, you can be intentionally teaching morals to children every single day of the year if you choose to utilize what I have available here at Meaningful Mama.
Each trait comes with a variety of lessons. I start the week out with defining the term and adding a scripture verse for memorization. The next day I present “I Will…” statements for kids to claim. The rest of the week is filled with object lessons, book & movie resources, crafts, activities and Bible lessons.
I originally did this series with my kids when they were age 2-5, but I’ve continued adding. All lessons can be adapted to a variety of age groups.
Because I am a Christian, this series comes from a Christian perspective. I do believe this series is beneficial to all.
Looking at the traits presented, these are qualities that we all want for our kids and for our communities. Who doesn’t want to live in a society full of people striving for kindness, perseverance, love, honest, responsibility and thoughtfulness, just to name a few?
If you are here wanting to invest in the character education of your students or kids but don’t adhere to a Christian worldview, I encourage you to stick around. There is plenty available for you too. There will be parts you want to skip over, but I would also encourage you to read through things completely, considering what this character series has to offer.
What are the 104 Engaging Character Building Activities for Kids?
Like I mentioned, the resource I’m offering today is only a peek into what is available here. I am going to share my 52 traits, in the order in which I originally presented them to my kids. Then, I’ll offer two lessons for each trait.
If you want more, dig in. I want to make this resource rich and full. When I began blogging, I didn’t know what I was doing. When I had an idea, and I just presented it really basic. Some thoughts were a simple paragraph long, and many of the photos were pretty bad.
Now that I’ve been blogging for a while I realize more of what makes a high quality post. I want these to become fully comprehensive character lessons. Therefore, I am going to be re-vamping old posts and adding to my series in the coming months and probably years.
As mentioned, I have hundreds of posts to improve, so have patience with me as I make this series all that I hope. Here’s a peek into what I have available and the 52 character traits I believe will make this world a better place.
Perseverance Character Building Activities
Here are all the lessons under my perseverance tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
- Fun Challenge Activities that Teach Perseverance
- Learning Perseverance through Activities with “The Little Engine that Could”
Patience Character Building Activities
Here are all the lessons under my patience tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Self Control Character Building Activities
Here are all the lessons under my self control tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Thoughtfulness Character Building Activities
Here are all the lessons under my thoughtfulness tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Respect Character Building Activities
Here are all the lessons under my respect tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Love Character Building Activities (made to correspond with Valentine’s Day)
Here are all the lessons under my love tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Obedience Character Building Activities
Here are all the lessons under my obedience tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Joy Character Building Activities
Here are all the lessons under my joy tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Kindness Character Building Activities
Here are all the lessons under my kindness tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Orderliness Character Building Activities
Here are all the lessons under my orderliness tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Sensitivity and Empathy Character Building Activities
Here are all the lessons under my sensitivity tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Virtue Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my virtue tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Helpfulness Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my helpfulness tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Grace Character Building Lessons (made to correspond with Easter)
Here are all the lessons under my grace tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Cooperation Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my cooperation tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Peace Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my peace tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Courage Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my courage tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Diligence Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my diligence tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Courteous Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my courteous tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Generosity Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my generosity tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Wisdom Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my wisdom tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Flexibility Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my flexibility tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Honesty Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my honesty tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Faithfulness Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my faithfulness tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Responsibility Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my responsibility tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Humility Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my humility tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Hospitality Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my hospitality tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Attentiveness Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my attentiveness tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Submissiveness Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my submissiveness tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Leadership Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my leadership tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Optimism Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my optimism tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Contentment Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my contentment tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Thoroughness Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my thoroughness tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Sincerity Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my sincerity tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Availability Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my availability tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
- Availability Object Lesson with Kinetic and Potential Energy
- Mary and Martha Craft Teaches Availability
Purpose Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my purpose tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Creativity Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my creativity tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Appreciation Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my appreciation tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Persuasiveness Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my persuasiveness tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Curiosity Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my curiosity tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Consistency Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my consistency tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Friendliness Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my friendliness tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Worshipful Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my woshipful tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Gentleness Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my gentleness tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Efficiency Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my efficiency tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Fairness Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my fairness tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Thankfulness Character Building Lessons (Made to Correspond with Thanksgiving)
Here are all the lessons under my thankfulness tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Risk Taker Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my risk taker tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Compassionate Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my compassionate tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Forgiveness Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my forgiveness tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Pleasant Character Building Lessons
Here are all the lessons under my pleasant tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Hopeful Character Building Lessons (Made to Correspond with Christmas)
Here are all the lessons under my hopeful tab. Let’s get a peek into two of these lessons:
Phew! That’s a lot. I know! And there is so much more. There is so much more content already available on my site and so many more ideas swirling around in my brain.
I hope you will follow me on Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram so you know when more education lessons and activities become available.
100% yes!!! Love these character building activities – look forward to doing them with my kids!
Thank you! I have loved being able to engage with my kids in this way to talk about some pretty important stuff. 🙂
Wow! The organization and information here are so super helpful! I am pinning this so I have it for always. Thank you!
Thanks so much! I hope it becomes a great resource for you.
This is amazing! Absolutely love this and can’t wait to try some of these out. Thank you for this incredible resource!
Thank you so much. Hoping it will be helpful to you!
Wow! Exactly what I needed! Thank you for these, Jodi. Your ideas are amazing 😉
So glad to help. I am really working on cleaning all of my character building content up and adding more to make it better, so stick around. You can sign up for my newsletter if you want updates on the new content that gets posted. Thanks so much for commenting!
I found your page as I was searching for Bible lessons for my kids. We started teaching them ourselves from home when the pandemic started. Now we are doing the character traits study with them every week on Sundays from home. We incorporate a bible story that drives the lesson home. It’s made a great impact in our home and brought us a lot of laughs while creating fond memories that we’ll cherish forever. I just wanted to share what an impact your work has had on our family during this difficult time. Thank you for creating this invaluable resource.
Oh my word! What encouragement. I needed that today. I have a daunting task of really wanting to refine it, re-vamp old posts and possibly even turn it into a curriculum. I really, really appreciate it!
Hi!! Wow! I can’t believe I came across your page with so many character building activites….for FREE!!!! So many times you have to pay for things these days! So I truly appreciate you offering us all these amazing plans for FREE!!
I can’t wait to get started with them!! My kids need these badly!! I’ve been thrown into homeschooling this year, like so many others! And realize I need to be teaching my kids character building! I’m super excited to get started on these ideas! Love your idea of teaching on a trait everyday for 1 year! That’s my goal! (Perseverance-I will…set goals! 😉 This is what I’m starting with!
I also signed up for the text messages as I can use those encouraging words too! I can’t thank you enough for all you’ve created here!! Thank you! Thank you!!
Yay! So glad you found me. These resources will always be on my site free. I do need to say that right now I’m working on really cleaning up the series. It was originally created in 2012, so it is a bit rough around the edges. My hope is to make it into a curriculum that I can sell with added content and more lesson-plan format, but it doesn’t mean the original works won’t be available. I am so so glad that you are going to find this resource helpful as you raise your family. Blessings on your homeschool experience.
Do you have a file to purchase with all thr lessons?
I don’t yet. I am working toward developing a curriculum for purchase. It’s a big goal for this year. There is so much content and so much of that content needs updating to be worthy of purchasing, so it is a daunting task that I just need to prioritize.