Free Printable Family Chore Chart Template

A family chore chart is a checklist that assigns household tasks by how often they need doing, so nobody has to remember the full list from scratch each week. This free template groups chores into daily, weekly, and monthly sections with a blank line to write in whoever's responsible. Print it or save it as a PDF.

Last updated: October 6, 2026

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What’s in this template

A chore chart only holds up if it’s organized by how often something actually needs doing, not lumped into one long list everyone skims past. This template groups household chores into three sections — daily, weekly, and monthly — plus a short list of seasonal tasks that come up a few times a year but are easy to forget entirely. Each item has a blank line next to it so you can write in a name, initials, or a rotation (“Mon: Mia, Tue: Dad”) depending on how your household splits things up. It’s deliberately generic enough to fit a two-parent household, a single parent with kids old enough to help, or a blended family juggling two schedules — add or cross out whatever doesn’t apply to your house.

The chore chart

Daily

• Make beds ______
• Clear and wipe down kitchen table after meals ______
• Load or unload the dishwasher ______
• Wipe kitchen counters ______
• Take out kitchen trash if full ______
• Feed pets ______
• Pack school bags/lunches for the next day ______
• Put away shoes and coats by the door ______
• Wipe bathroom sink after use ______
• Tidy living room before bed ______

Weekly

• Vacuum bedrooms ______
• Vacuum or sweep living areas ______
• Mop kitchen and bathroom floors ______
• Clean bathroom — toilet, tub, mirror ______
• Change and wash bed sheets ______
• Wash, dry, and fold laundry ______
• Take bins out for collection ______
• Water houseplants ______
• Wipe down kitchen appliances (microwave, stovetop) ______
• Clean out the car ______
• Empty bathroom trash ______
• Dust shelves and surfaces ______
• Wipe down door handles and light switches ______
• Restock toilet paper and soap in bathrooms ______

Monthly

• Clean out the refrigerator ______
• Wipe inside of microwave and oven ______
• Change furnace/AC filter if applicable ______
• Clean windows and mirrors ______
• Deep-clean bathroom grout and tile ______
• Wash shower curtain or liner ______
• Vacuum under furniture and beds ______
• Organize one closet or drawer ______
• Wash pet bedding ______
• Test smoke and carbon monoxide detectors ______
• Wipe down baseboards in one room ______
• Clean out the junk drawer ______

Seasonal / As Needed

• Rotate seasonal clothing in closets ______
• Clean out the garage or storage area ______
• Wash windows, inside and out ______
• Clean gutters (if your home has them) ______
• Deep-clean the oven ______
• Sort and donate outgrown clothes and toys ______
• Restock first-aid kit ______
• Check/replace smoke detector batteries ______

How to use this template

1. Sit down together — even a 10-minute family meeting — and assign each chore to a name or a rotation, rather than one parent silently filling it in and handing it out. Kids old enough to read the chart can usually choose which of a few options they’d rather own.
2. Put the printed chart somewhere everyone passes daily — the fridge, the inside of a cabinet door — so checking it doesn’t require opening an app first. A chart nobody sees doesn’t get used.
3. Check items off as they’re done, not at the end of the week from memory. A chart filled in retroactively stops being useful as a record of what actually happened.
4. Revisit the assignments every month or so. Chores that felt fair in September can feel lopsided by December once schedules shift — swap who owns what rather than letting resentment build around an assignment nobody renegotiated.
5. Treat the monthly and seasonal sections as a standing reminder, not an extra chart to track separately — fold them into whichever week you have the time.

Printing a chart keeps the chores visible at home, but a family often needs the same list reachable when nobody’s standing in the kitchen. Olive (witholive.app) can hold a family’s shared chore list in a family space — up to nine people — so anyone can check or update it from their own phone, the same way this chart works on the fridge.

For the shared-space idea this template extends, see Olive for families. If chores are only one piece of a bigger household-coordination problem, how to stop being the one who remembers covers the full setup, and Olive vs Cozi compares this approach to a traditional family organizer app.

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