If you are looking for an easy and fun way to encourage your child to help out around the house then our free printable chore charts for kids are the perfect solution! With over 30 colorful, engaging designs to choose from, there’s a chart here to suit every child’s personality and interests.
Each chore chart is thoughtfully designed and print-ready in high quality PDF format. Whether your child loves dinosaurs, unicorns, outer space, baking, monsters, rainbows or robots, we’ve got you covered!
How to Use These Printable Chore Charts
Using a chore chart helps children learn responsibility, build good habits, and feel a sense of achievement. Here’s how to get started:
- Choose a Chart: Let your child pick their favorite design from the collection below.
- Fill Out the Chores: Use the lined section to write in age-appropriate daily or weekly chores.
- Track Progress: Each day, mark off completed tasks using stickers, stamps, or checkmarks.
- Celebrate Consistency: Consider small rewards or praise for completing chores each week.
Motivating Kids to Stick with Chores
- Make it part of a daily routine (e.g., after school or before screen time).
- Start with easy, achievable tasks for younger children.
- Display the chart somewhere visible (on the fridge, bedroom door, or a bulletin board).
- Praise effort and progress, not perfection.
- Use fun incentives like extra playtime, choosing a movie, or a small treat.
Printing Tips
- All charts are in PDF format, sized for standard US Letter (8.5 x 11″) paper.
- Print on heavier paper or cardstock for durability.
- You can also laminate the charts and use dry erase markers for a reusable version.
Browse the Free Chore Chart Printables
Below you’ll find all of our free printable chore chart designs. Click below to open or download the PDF version. These are totally free to use for personal or classroom use.
Keeping your kids motivated with chores
I read a really good article about how to how to motivate your children to do chores and what it means for their development.
I know you might be thinking “yeah, kids do chores and it makes them better adults…” but it’s not just about how chores set them up for adult life.
In fact, when you read the article you learn that there is something more important than chores, and doing chores isn’t simply about getting your kid to do the dishes.
If I’m being honest, the article really hit home with me because it made me think about my setup at home and what more I could be doing to bring my family closer together.
I genuinely feel like I have learned something and that’s why I’m telling you about it.
What chores should be done daily?
Everyone has a different set of chores that they think should be done daily. It all depends on your lifestyle as everyone interacts with their home differently.
If you work from home or have younger children, you might find that you do certain chores every day whereas someone else wouldn’t.
There isn’t a set of rules that determine what chores should be completed and when but there are plenty of lives that give you guidance on what you could do to make your home cleaner and more organized.
- Make the bed
- Wash dishes
- Sweep the floor
- Put things away
- Clean kitchen counter tops
- Wipe up spills and messes straight away (including toothpaste blobs in the sink!)
- Take out the trash
What chores should my child do?
When it comes to encouraging your child to help with the chores, don’t expect miracles. Your child might be willing to help sometimes and not so bothered other times, just keep persevering and make it fun for them.
You will know as a parent what chores your child is capable of helping with and what they will enjoy doing but here is a little list of some chores for kids that they’re likely to find fun!
- Putting toys and books away
- Making their bed
- Choosing the clothes they want to wear
- Helping with meals
- Wiping the table
- Sweeping the floor
- Help with the washing machine (my kids love taking clean clothes out of the machine and putting dirty clothes in)
Try and make chores fun for your child and help them do the chores too. Praise them and let them know you appreciate their help. Try and get your kid into a routine of 10-20 minutes of chores per day (not all at once).
What chores can a 4 year old do?
My daughter will be four in three months (wow, I can’t believe it!) and she likes to be involved with the chores most of the time. I’ve put together a little list of some of the things my daughter likes to do to help out.
- Make the bed (just pull the duvet up and straighten the pillow)
- Put toys away
- Help with getting dressed
- Choose clothes to wear
- Help with gardening
- Help wash vegetables
- Put clothes in the washing machine
- Hang clothes up
- Clean up their spills or messes
- Brush teeth, brush hair, wash face
- Help put the shopping away
- Help with nappy changes
This is just a snapshot of the chores you could ask your child to get involved with. There will be more out there that are more specific to you and your family.
Get started with a couple of things first, and then build it up the more your child likes to participate. Also, your child doesn’t have to do these chores every day, just when it’s appropriate.
Sometimes my daughter jumps at my request for help. She loves to be the big girl unless she’s “too busy” (her favorite phrase right now).
What chores should a 9 year old do?
At age 9, children are much more developed and ready to take on fresh challenges. The chores that your child did as a toddler or young child are pretty much mastered now, so what’s next?
Allow your child to continue doing the chores they know but kick it up a notch and add more responsibility.
- Look after pets
- Wash dishes
- Do laundry
- Help prepare meals (with guidance)
- Selfcare
- help put groceries away
- Sweep the floor
- Tidy their room
- Water plants
- Clean the bathroom
- Take out the trash
- Be responsible for their homework
What chores should a 12 year old do?
At 12 years+, you could consider adding a reward for completing chores such as an allowance. Tweens and teenagers tend to have a lot more responsibility with chores and with their lives.
At this age, kids are going off on their own to play with friends, hang out at the arcade, and go to the cinema, so they are keen to earn money.
Tween or teen chores can be bigger jobs with more responsibility.
- Selfcare (without help or encouragement)
- Tidy bedroom
- Make their own snacks and simple meals
- Help with younger siblings
- Pet care
- Wash the car
- Pay for things at the till
- Wash the windows
- Empty trash and add a fresh bag
- Help with the gardening
- Do their laundry
- Clean the dishes and put them away
- Bring in groceries and put them away
- Be responsible for their homework
- Recharge their personal belongings
- Sweep / vacuum / mop
- Lawn chores
- Babysitting (as a tween, I’d suggest babysitting be limited to something like an hour during the day while you nip to the shop, or waiting in the car with the baby while you nip into the shop)
You might be surprised at how well your tween handles things, especially these days. I honestly think kids are more switched on these days and have matured so quickly.
I look at my own (step)daughter and can’t believe she is only thirteen. She looks and acts much older, it’s scary really, but she is so capable!
How do I make a chore chart for my child?
Creating a chore chart for your child and setting chores for kids is easy and can be created fairly quickly.
- First, you need to write down what needs to be done around the house.
- Then you need to put these into age-appropriate sections based on the age of the children you have.
- Divide the chores for each child. Just because a four year old is capable of doing 10 things on your list doesn’t mean that’s ‘their job’.
- Give them set chores they can do daily by themselves and help them with others.
- Find inspiration and draw your own chore chart. Let your child help decorate it to get them excited about doing chores.
More Helpful Tips
- Use Visual Cues: Younger children benefit from charts with images or icons.
- Be Flexible: Adjust chores as your child grows or as routines change.
- Make It a Team Effort: If you have multiple kids, let them pick their own charts and encourage teamwork.
Putting the fun into chores for kids
Chore charts are a great way to encourage a child to get involved with housework and general house duties. They can help a family bond, teach valuable lessons and reduce stress (for the parents at least)!
I hope you found this post on chores for kids and free printable chore charts useful and that it has given you some insight into how to and why you should incorporate chores into your child’s life.
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Final Thoughts
Helping your child build healthy habits and responsibility doesn’t have to be a struggle. With these fun and functional printable chore charts, you can turn daily tasks into a positive and rewarding experience. Don’t forget to bookmark this page or share it with fellow parents or teachers looking for an easy way to encourage good habits!
Happy printing and chore-charting!
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