Chore chart maker
A chore chart where the jobs move round
Type who lives in the house and the chores that need doing. Each week, every chore gets one person, and people rotate through the jobs so the same person isn’t stuck with the bathroom every time.
Your chore roster appears here
Type the names, choose the first date and how it repeats, then press Make the chore roster. Each date goes to whoever has had the fewest turns so far, so the turns are shared out and nobody is skipped.
How the chores rotate
Each date has one person on every chore. For each chore, it picks whoever has had the fewest chores overall, and among those, whoever has done that chore least. So the turns are shared out first, and then the jobs.
Three kids and three chores means everyone has a job every week, and the jobs move round: Ava on dishes this Monday, bins next Monday, vacuuming the week after. Add a fourth name and one person has the week off each time, in turn.
| Week | Dishes | Bins | Vacuuming |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2 Nov | Ava | Noah | Zara |
| Mon 9 Nov | Leo | Ava | Noah |
| Mon 16 Nov | Zara | Leo | Ava |
| Mon 23 Nov | Noah | Zara | Leo |
When you leave the chores box empty, it works like the plain roster maker and uses People on each date instead.
Making a chore chart that lasts
- Name chores by what gets done: “Bins out Tuesday night” beats “Rubbish”. The chart is the instructions.
- Keep the jobs a similar size. If one job takes five minutes and another takes an hour, split the big one (kitchen benches, kitchen floor).
- Match the date to the chore. Bins go weekly on bin night. Bathroom might be weekly on Saturday. Make two charts if the days differ.
- For younger kids, fewer chores and pictures on the printout work better than a long list. The guide to chores by age has ideas.
- Put it where the job happens: the fridge, the back of the laundry door.
Print it, or keep it on everyone’s phone
Press Print for a chart with the dates down the side and a column for each chore, or Download for Excel or Sheets. For a share house where people come and go, a live roster is easier: in FairTurns, make each chore a position, add the flatmates, and press Fill. People mark the weekends they’re away and are skipped. When someone moves out, Redistribute hands their chores to the others and shows you who gains what before anything changes. The house sees it all on one link. It’s free.
Questions
How does the chore roster generator rotate the jobs?
For each chore on each date, it picks whoever has had the fewest chores so far and, among those, whoever has done that chore least. People move through every chore in turn.
What if there are more chores than people?
Each person can only do one chore per date, so extra chores are left blank. Either combine small chores or make two charts on different days.
Can the chores be on different days?
Each chart uses one set of days. Make one chart for Tuesday bins and another for Saturday cleaning, or in FairTurns give each chore its own repeating date.
Can a little one have easier chores only?
In this maker everyone rotates through everything. In FairTurns you can limit a person to certain positions, so the five-year-old only ever gets feeding the cat.
Is it free?
Yes. There is nothing to sign up for and nothing is saved. Print it or download it as often as you like.
Read next
Household chores
The whole family’s chores on one shared roster, with whose turn it is on everyone’s phone.
Chore chart template
A printable chore chart for kids: jobs down the side, the week across, a box to tick each day.
How to split chores fairly
List every job, including the invisible ones, agree the standard, then rotate or own. A method for any household.
Make your roster free
Click a day, add people, share one link. No card, no limit on people or dates.