Free Printable Chore Chart for Kids (5 Pages, PDF)

This free printable chore chart for kids makes everyday jobs and routines easy to see and fun to tick off. Bright colours, a friendly fox, bunny and bear, and picture icons next to every printed chore mean even children who can’t read yet know what to do.

It is made for parents, caregivers and teachers of young kids, roughly preschool to early grade school. You get 5 pages: a picture chore chart, a blank chore chart, a reward chart and morning and bedtime routine charts, in both A4 and US Letter sizes.

What’s inside the free printable chore chart

Here are all five pages, in the order they print.

How to set up a chore chart your child will actually use

The first page has a Name line and a table with a Chore column and day columns Mon to Sun. The printed chores are “Make my bed”, “Brush my teeth”, “Get dressed”, “Tidy my toys”, “Feed the pet”, “Set the table”, “Put clothes in hamper” and “Read a book”. Every day cell has a star outline to colour or cover with a sticker.

1. Sit down together. Let your child write or decorate their name. Kids tend to care more about a chart they helped make.
2. Talk through each picture. Point to the icons and act a few out. This helps pre-readers link the picture to the job.
3. Start with fewer chores. You don’t have to use all 8 at once. Cross out any that don’t fit, such as “Feed the pet” if you don’t have one, or focus on 3 or 4 for the first couple of weeks.
4. Put it at their eye level. The fridge door, a bedroom wall or the back of a door works well. Keep a pen, crayons or a sheet of stickers next to it.
5. Check in at the same time each day. After dinner or before bed is a natural moment to colour in the stars together.

Using the blank chore chart

The blank chart has the same layout with exactly 10 empty chore rows, a circle in every day cell and a “Reward:” line at the bottom. Use it for older kids or for chores that aren’t on the printed page. Age-friendly ideas:

• Younger kids: water the plants, match socks, put shoes away, help unload the spoons.
• Older kids: empty the dishwasher, take out recycling, pack their own lunch, fold laundry, wipe the table.

For siblings, print one chart per child so nobody argues over whose star is whose.

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Chore Chart for Kids

Get the picture chore chart, blank chart, reward chart and morning and bedtime routines in one print-ready PDF.

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• A4 & US Letter
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Free for personal use. Print at 100% scale (“actual size”), or open it in GoodNotes or Notability.

How to use the reward chart

The reward chart has a line “I’m working on: ________”, exactly 20 big empty stars in 4 rows of 5, and a line “When I fill it up I get: ________”. It works best for one clear goal at a time.

• Pick one specific goal. “Getting dressed by myself” or “Staying in bed all night” is easier to understand than “being good”.
• Agree on the reward together. Small, non-food rewards often work well: a trip to the park, choosing the family movie, an extra bedtime story or a special outing with a parent.
• Make it reachable. Twenty stars could take two to four weeks. For a younger child, you can give two stickers for a great day so the reward doesn’t feel too far away.
• Celebrate when it’s full. Hand over the reward promptly, then let your child choose the next goal.

Big puffy stickers, gold star stickers or a stamp all fit nicely in the star shapes.

Morning and bedtime routine charts

Routine charts take the nagging out of busy mornings and evenings. Each page has six picture cards in order, each with a checkbox:

• Morning Routine: Wake up, Use the toilet, Get dressed, Eat breakfast, Brush teeth, Pack my bag.
• Bedtime Routine: Tidy up toys, Take a bath, Put on pajamas, Brush teeth, Read a story, Lights out.

Some practical tips:

1. Hang them where the routine happens. The morning chart by the bedroom door or kitchen, the bedtime chart in the bathroom or bedroom.
2. Make them reusable. Slide each page into a sheet protector and give your child a dry-erase marker so they can tick the boxes every day and wipe them clean.
3. Use “What’s next on your chart?” instead of a list of instructions. It hands the job back to your child.
4. Cut the cards apart if you like. Add Velcro dots so your child can move each card to a “done” area.

How to print it

• Paper: print on 160 to 200 gsm (60 to 80 lb) card stock so the charts stand up to little hands and stickers.
• Size: choose the A4 or US Letter file and print at 100% or “Actual size”.
• Colour: print in colour. The bright colours and picture icons help kids recognise each chore at a glance.
• Make it last: laminate the pages or use sheet protectors, then hang them on the fridge with magnets or on a clipboard by the door.

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