Cool printable chore charts for toddlers through teens

Have your kids been slacking on their daily chores lately? Or really, have you been slacking on enforcing them? First, give yourself a break; summer just unofficially ended. Second, I’ve got help for you: Download one of these cool printable chore charts for kids. They will help.

Even toddlers and preschoolers can be tasked with daily chores. Kids that age actually love helping out, and an illustrated chore chart they can adorn with check marks or stickers or scribbles is an easy way to encourage their participation. For older kids, printable chore charts might not motivate so much as remind them of what needs to get done and when. Which is fine, as long as the result is still a clean house.

Or maybe you need a printable rewards chart like this one, to help them focus on a specific task, like potty training, or earning screen time by helping around the house.

As for whether you should pay kids for chores or not? Check out Kristen and Liz’s recent discussion about whether you should you pay your kids for chores which is very helpful — and also entertaining!

Above: Printable Personalized Chore Chart from LittleGraphics

KID-APPROVED PRINTABLE CHORE CHARTS

Yes, even superheroes have to do chores. Superman, Black Panther, and Wonder Woman wannabes will get a kick out of checking off their daily tasks on this comic-inspired printable superhero chore chart from Little Graphics. It’s not super cheap, but it a kind of super package — it’s not only customizable with your child’s name, the chart comes with 54 matching badges, plus 80 printable cards for routine, chores, and behavioral items.

I think this bunting banner printable chore chart design from CreativiDee Workshop on Etsy is so sweet that I might laminate it, especially since you can personalize it. Besides adding your child’s name, CreativiDee Workshop will include up to six chores that you can specify all for $4 a pop. Or leave it blank, and just change it up every time your kid is ready to take on bigger responsibilities.

Older kids can handle more responsibilities than their younger siblings — if only they can remember what you asked them to do. An unfussy, nicely designed printable chore chart like this one from Just A Girl And Her Blog can help keep your older elementary kids on task, so to speak.

This is why I love Etsy: For $5, you can download an entire pack of editable printable chore charts and goal trackers including these daily/weekly and monthly chore charts, from the Paper & Oats shop. High schoolers will appreciate the simplified design — I’d even print out copies for myself.