Printable chore chart maker

A chore chart that splits the work by time

This chore chart maker builds a weekly grid for your family or roommates: one row per chore, one box per day. It shares the chores out by how long they take, rotates them every week and prints on a Letter sheet in landscape for the fridge. Boxes checked on screen are cleared every Sunday. Nothing leaves your device.

How to make your chart

1. Under Household members, enter up to 10 first names, a color, an emoji or the Initial, and an age if you like.
2. Under Chores, click the Ready-made chores or Add a custom chore, then set How often (Every day, Chosen days, Every week, Every month) and Time (min). Use Everyone does their own for “Make your bed”.
3. Keep Automatic and fair, or drag a chore onto a person, or use the Who? menu.
4. Check boxes on screen, or click Print.

Why share the chores

When one person carries the whole house, tiredness and resentment build up. For kids, a small regular job builds independence: knowing Tuesday is their turn to set the table, without a reminder.

Age-appropriate chores for kids

Rough guidelines only; every child is different:

• Ages 3 to 5: put toys away, set the table with unbreakable dishes, water a plant.
• Ages 6 to 8: make the bed, fold laundry, feed the pet.
• Ages 9 to 12: dishes, take out the trash, vacuum, start a load of laundry.
• 13 and up: cook a simple dinner, clean the bathroom, grocery shopping.

The From age field follows these guidelines. With Take age into account, a chore never goes to a younger child, and each person gets a share of the time: 30% up to age 5, 50% for ages 6 to 8, 70% for 9 to 11, 85% for 12 to 14, and 100% after that.

How the fair split works

The tool counts each chore's time over a week. Dishes taking 15 minutes every day weigh 7 × 15 = 1 h 45 min; trash night on Tuesday and Friday at 5 minutes weighs 10 minutes; cleaning out the fridge, 30 minutes once a month, counts as 30 × 12 / 52, about 7 minutes a week. The longest chores go first to the least busy person, then chores are moved or swapped while the gap shrinks. At the end, moving any single chore cannot shrink it further.

Example: 4 people and 12 chores come out at 1 h 45 min, 1 h 37 min, 1 h 35 min and 1 h 35 min a week. The 10-minute gap is the smallest possible, since the dishes alone take 1 h 45 min. For chores nobody likes, raise their time so they count for more, or assign them by hand.

Rotation, points and roommates

With Rotate every week, each set of chores moves to the next person. With four roommates, the bathroom comes back to each of you once every four weeks.

Kids mode makes the boxes bigger and gives a star or a point per chore done, with a weekly goal and a reward chosen as a family, such as picking Friday's movie. It is optional: some kids love collecting stars, others help just as well without, and a reward for everything can turn into “what do I get for it?”.

Print it and put it up

Pick One page for the week or One page per person, In color or Black and white, on US Letter or A4. Each box shows the person's emoji or initial. Up to 40 chores fit on one page.

FAQ

Do the boxes reset?

Yes, at the start of each week: Sunday by default, or Monday if you change Week starts on.

Where are my charts stored?

In this browser, on this device. Use Save (.json) and Open a .json file to move them to another device.

When does an “Every month” chore show up?

On the first chosen weekday of the month: with Sunday, that is December 6, 2026.

Can I change just one assignment?

Yes: drag the chore to another person. The chart switches to Manual and keeps every other assignment.