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Free online chore chart maker

Create a Chore Chart in Minutes

Add names, choose chores, customize the layout, and download a printable chore chart for your family, kids, classroom, or roommates.

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  • No signup
  • Private
  • Printable
Create My Chore Chart View Templates

Works with A4 and US Letter paper

Quick start

Start Your Chore Chart

Answer a few questions and we'll open a ready-made chart in the editor. You can change everything there.

Choose chores (or leave blank for chores that suit their age)
Nothing you type leaves your browser.

Templates

Choose a Chore Chart Template

Each template opens the same editor with a ready-made starting point. Switch chart types at any time without losing your chores.

Kids Chore Chart

Picture chores chosen by age, with a box to tick for every day of the week.

Family Chore Chart

Everyone on one color-coded chart, or a separate page for each person.

Morning Routine

Picture steps in order, from getting dressed to packing the backpack.

Reward Chart

A sticker track of 5 to 30 stickers that leads to a prize you choose.

Roommate Chore Chart

Chores move to the next person each week, so the work stays fair.

Printable Chore Chart

Start from a ready-made template, edit it and print it in minutes.

How it works

From blank page to fridge in four steps

Everything happens on one page, and the preview updates as you type, so what you see is exactly what prints.

  1. Add names

    Add up to eight people, with an age for each child if you like.

  2. Choose chores

    Tap suggested chores for their age, or type your own. Each one gets a picture.

  3. Customize

    Pick a chart type, theme, days, paper size, rewards and allowance.

  4. Download & print

    Print straight from the browser, or save a PDF or PNG.

Why it works

Why families use Chore Chart Maker

Built for parents who make a chart in a spare five minutes, often on a phone.

  • Works entirely in your browser

    Kids' names and chores stay on your device. Nothing you type is uploaded, and share links keep the chart after the # so it never reaches a server.

  • Free to use

    Every chart type, theme and download. No trial or paywall.

  • No account required

    No email, login or app to install. Open the page and start.

  • Printable PDF and image

    Print directly, or save a PDF or PNG for the fridge or a tablet.

  • Age-appropriate chores

    A picture chore library for ages 2 to 14.

  • Family and roommate layouts

    Color-coded family charts and weekly rotations.

  • A4 and US Letter

    Portrait or landscape, sized right for either paper.

Popular

Chore ideas by age: 3-Year-Olds , 4-Year-Olds , 5-Year-Olds , 6-Year-Olds , 7-Year-Olds , 8-Year-Olds , 9-Year-Olds , 10-Year-Olds , 11-Year-Olds , 12-Year-Olds

Guide

A practical guide to chore charts

What is a chore chart?

A chore chart is a simple grid: jobs down the side, days across the top and a box to tick each time a job is done. It turns "help out more" into a short list a child can actually follow. Because the chart is on the wall, it does the reminding for you, which means fewer nagging conversations and fewer arguments about whose turn it is.

Why chore charts help families

Kids do best when expectations are clear and the same every day. A chart shows exactly what "done" looks like, gives a visible record of effort and makes it easy to notice progress. For younger children, ticking a box or adding a sticker is a small win they can see. For older kids and teens, a chart replaces repeated reminders with a shared plan, which tends to feel fairer to everyone.

Choosing age-appropriate chores

Pick jobs your child can finish on their own after you have shown them a few times. Toddlers can put toys in a bin and clothes in the hamper. Four- and five-year-olds can set the table, match socks and water plants. By seven or eight, most kids can sweep, feed pets and pack their own backpack, and from around ten they can run a load of laundry or cook a simple meal. Our list of age-appropriate chores for kids goes through each age in detail.

Start small: three to five daily chores is plenty for children under eight. A short chart that gets done every day teaches more than a long one that gets ignored.

Reward charts vs chore charts

A chore chart tracks routine jobs that keep the home running. A reward chart focuses on one goal, such as staying in bed all night or practicing reading, and adds a sticker for each success until the child earns a prize. Many families use both: an everyday chore chart with no prize attached, and a short-term reward chart for a new habit they want to build.

Tips for making children actually use the chart

  • Make it together. Let your child pick a theme or a chore or two. Ownership helps.
  • Use pictures for pre-readers. An icon next to each chore means a three-year-old can read the chart alone.
  • Put it at their eye level, near where the jobs happen, such as the bedroom door or the fridge.
  • Check in at the same time each day, for example after dinner, and tick boxes together.
  • Praise effort, not perfection. A lumpy bed made by a five-year-old still counts.
  • Refresh it every few weeks. Swap a mastered chore for a new one so the chart grows with them.

Printable vs digital chore charts

Apps can send reminders, but a printed chart is always visible, needs no screen time and works for children too young for a device. Ticking a box with a pen or adding a sticker is satisfying in a way a tap is not. If you want the best of both, print the chart for the wall and keep a PNG on a tablet, or send the share link to another parent or caregiver so both homes use the same routine.

Frequently asked questions

What is a chore chart?

A chore chart is a simple table that lists jobs down one side and days across the top, with a box to tick each time a job is done. It makes expectations visible, so children can see what to do without being reminded and parents can see progress at a glance.

What chores are suitable for children?

Short, concrete jobs a child can finish on their own. Toddlers and preschoolers can put toys away, put clothes in the hamper and help feed a pet. From about age 6, most kids can make their bed, set the table and sweep, and by 8 or 9 many can load the dishwasher, vacuum a room and take out the trash.

What age should kids start doing chores?

Kids can start simple chores around age 2, like putting toys in a bin or clothes in the hamper. Toddlers usually want to help, and doing small jobs alongside you builds the habit long before they can do a job on their own.

Can I print the chart?

Yes. Print straight from your browser on US Letter or A4 paper, in portrait or landscape, or download a PDF or PNG to print later or show on a tablet. The ink saver option prints outlines only to save color ink.

Does this tool require an account?

No. There is no sign-up, login or trial. Your chart is saved in your own browser on the device you made it on, and nothing you type is uploaded to a server. To open it on another device, use Copy share link.

Can I make charts for multiple children?

Yes. Add up to eight people to one chart. Choose the family chart to put everyone on one color-coded grid or print a separate page for each child, and assign each chore to one child, several children or everyone.

Can adults or roommates use the tool?

Yes. The rotation chart moves each chore to the next person every week, which suits roommates, couples and teenagers, and the family chart can include every adult in the house as well as the kids.

Ready to make your chart?

It takes about two minutes, it is completely free and your chart stays on your device.

Create My Chore Chart