How to Create a Free Chore Chart
A chore chart will help you organize the cleaning and maintenance activities your household or business requires to stay clean and work efficiently. You can assign members of your household or different employees to complete the chores on a weekly basis or other timeline of your choosing. You can create a free chore chart by drawing one up on some paper or using a spreadsheet or word processing software to create a grid you can print out.
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Things You'll Need
- Pen
- Paper
- Spreadsheet software (optional)
- Word processing software (optional)
- 3 push pins
- Pencil
- Tape (optional)
- String (optional)
Instructions
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Write out a list of all the chores you want done on a regular basis on a piece of paper. This can be broken down into major categories or exact chores. For example, “kitchen,” “bathroom,” “living room,” “break room” and “lounge” are all major categories, while “dish washing,” “floors,” “fold laundry,” “coffee table,” “vacuum” and “make beds” are exact chores.
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List each person you want to assign to a chore on the same sheet of paper. Take another sheet of paper and draw a table with as many rows as there are names you want to assign and as many columns as there are chores, including one for the “name” category, one for “assignment” and one for “date.”
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Write out each chore inside a column across the top of the page. Write each name in row along the lefthand side of the page. Write down in the “assignment” column what chore each person is assigned to do. You can write more than one chore per name if you choose to do so.
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Open a new spreadsheet or word processing document. Create a table with rows and columns to match what you drew. Save your work and print out the chore chart.
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Hang the chore chart using two push pins where it can be easily seen by everyone. Optionally, you can tape a piece of string around the end of a pencil and hang the pencil with another push pin so each person can mark off on the grid when the chore is complete.
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Explain to everyone that as the chore is completed they can check off or “x” out the box under their assigned chore and write in the date in the “date” column. Erase the dates each week to start a new week and change chore assignments as necessary.
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Tips & Warnings
You can also download free chore chart templates on the Internet and customize each one to suit your needs.
Do not consider the initial chore chart to be set in stone. As time progresses, you will find you may need to change the chore chart depending on household or employee availability. You may also need to change it depending on the season or when major chores that are done once or twice a year are completed. For example, you may need to adjust the chore chart while renovations are in process or during carpet cleaning.
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