Honesty Coloring Pages — Affirmations and Quotes

About this resource

Telling the truth is harder when it is uncomfortable or comes with consequences. These honesty coloring pages help students think about what honesty asks of them before that moment arrives. The 20 messages build honesty as a value and a habit, in the Responsible Decision-Making competency for Grades 2–8, and include harder cases like being honest and kind at the same time.

What students practice

• Being honest and kind at the same time
• Choosing truth over excuses
• Finding the courage to be honest
• Seeing that their word is their power

What’s inside these honesty coloring pages

• 10 affirmation and 10 quote pages in portrait and landscape
• “Choosing Truth Check-In,” an 8-question SEL reflection page with tips
• A 12-task choice board in four categories, with tasks like drawing two paths, one labeled “truth” and one labeled “excuses,” and showing what each leads to
• Classroom and counseling guides and a printing guide
• A list of all 20 messages; 56 pages in all

A look inside

• Affirmations: “I can be honest and kind.” “I choose truth over excuses.”
• Quotes: “Being honest takes courage.” “Your word is your power.”

Grade fit

Think of the set as honesty affirmation coloring pages with SEL reflection built in; the slow, detailed coloring makes them mindfulness coloring pages too. It is helpful after a classroom situation involving dishonesty, or alongside lessons on integrity and trust. The reflection page asks “When is it hardest for you to be truthful?” The set fits Grades 2–8.

Pairs well with

For a take-home companion, pair it with Honesty Bookmarks to Color. To go deeper on values, see Integrity Coloring Pages — Affirmations and Quotes.