When my kids were little I would make up stories with various characters - with all of them making an appearance in the stories a single story might have Batman, Superman, Bigfoot, Huckleberry Finn, Snow White, etc. in them. Goofy adventures where they got into trouble and their friends would help them.
My last series of stories and the kids were older, was of King Arthur and the Knights of the roundtable. No Bigfoot or stuff in them. All of the stories were about the very young boys trying to join the round table. They each had their own attributes (good fighters, clever/tricky, smart, compassionate, etc. I recall one boy that screwed up big time but somehow redeemed himself just on his sheer perseverance.
The end of the story (probably a month or more in the telling) had King Arthur letting them all join based on their distinct and special skills that they brought to the round table. Obviously trying to instill in my kids what I thought were good attributes to have, and some that I could see in my kids even though they were still very young.
