Printable Chore Chart for Kids — One-Grid Version (Free Download)

This printable chore chart for kids is the one-grid version. Ten chores, seven days, one page. If a five-page packet feels like too much, this one slides under a fridge magnet and stays there for a week.

What’s included in the free download

• Page 1, weekly grid: 10 chores × 7 days, mixed for toddler and school-age kids
• Page 2, two-week tracker: same 10 chores across 14 days for streak-building
• Page 3, blank build-your-own: 10 empty rows × 7 days, write in your family’s chores

All three pages are US Letter, black-and-white friendly. Pages 1 and 2 share the same chores so a kid can graduate from the weekly chart to the two-week tracker without re-learning anything.

Download the Free Chore Chart PDF

How to use the printable chore chart for kids

One grid, four small habits. Print Page 1 first, see how a week goes, and only print the tracker once your kid has the rhythm.

Cross out chores that don’t fit your kid. “Take out trash” is not a 4-year-old job. “Help with dishes” is. The chart is a starting list, not a contract. Cross out three rows if you need to and the chart still works.

Tape it at kid-eye height. A grown-up reading the chart is not the point. Stick it where your kid sees it on the way to breakfast and again on the way to bed. The fridge works. The bathroom mirror works better.

Use a pencil for the first week. You will rewrite this chart. Some chores will turn out to be too vague (“tidy the bedroom” means nothing to a six-year-old). Pencil makes the rewrite easier.

Move to the two-week tracker once they’ve got it. Page 2 is the same chores across 14 days. Streaks are addictive. By day 5 most kids start asking if they can do the chore so they can fill the box.

The reward chart pairs nicely with this once you’re a few weeks in. The free printable reward chart is a separate page so you can swap rewards without rewriting the whole chore list.

Preview

What you’re looking at is Page 1, the weekly grid. Page 2 is the same idea stretched to 14 days. Page 3 is the blank version, for when “Help with dishes” needs to become “Feed the cat” because your family has a cat and someone else’s family has a dog.

Related kids’ printables

• Free Printable Chore Chart: the 5-page version with separate toddler and school-age grids plus morning and evening routines.
• Toddler Chore Chart Printable: picture-only version for kids who don’t read yet.
• Free Printable Reward Chart: pairs with this for kids who need a small payoff.
• Free Printable Bedtime Routine Chart: covers the part of the day where the chart goes ignored.

Or grab everything in the Kids Routine Pack bundle: one download, one email, no juggling tabs.

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Designed by Hannah B. for The Mommy Mess. Free for personal and classroom use. Please don’t repackage and resell, but please do print as many copies as your fridge can hold.