The sheer number of chores we now have with two kids has increased dramatically. Or perhaps our chores haven’t increased that much; we just have less time to do them!
Since Mr. Bee and I divide chores, I wanted a printable chore schedule so we could see which chores needed to be completed each day. I was really inspired by the way Jenny of Little Green Notebook organized her chores. She has daily chores (like the dishes), weekly chores (a specific chore each day of the week), and “swing” chores which rotate a chore that doesn’t need to be done as often (like cleaning windows) every 4 weeks. Minhee created a printable inspired by that method!
You can find the chore chart pdf here. Customize it with your own information, and print!
How do you and your partner stay on top of all the chores?
Household Chores part 3 of 7
1. 9 Ways to become a more equal partner in household chores by Mr. Bee2. The Cleanliness Threshold or: How I Learned To Stop Being Messy and Love Chores by Mr. Bee
3. Chore Schedule by printables
4. Home Management Binder by Mrs. Bee
5. Chore Swap: swapping chores for the weekend by Mr. Bee
6. Life's Too Short to Fold Fitted Sheets by Mrs. Lion
7. Household Chores and an App Review by Mrs. High Heels
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
I did the same thing a few months ago mostly because it helped me visualize what needed to be done and not overwhelm myself everyday with doing everything.
Now that I have a baby, it’s definitely harder. I am still learning how to juggle caring for a baby AND doing everything I used to.
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
Great printable! Unfortunately I could never be that organized. We just do what is needed as we see it.
grape / 75 posts
Thank you so much!!! This is going in my household notebook!
pomegranate / 3503 posts
Thanks for this. We have to implement something like this in our house too. Chores, especially those monthly chores, just pile up now.
grapefruit / 4400 posts
Are the printables customizable? I know I could just cross off “Clean cat litter” with “Pick up the dog crap,” but it wouldn’t look as pretty!
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
@HabesBabe: yup all the fields are customizable!
GOLD / pomelo / 5167 posts
This is great! clearly we suck at this… but maybe I should print out a list.
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
I feel so lazy since my cleaning lady does most of these things. But it is well worth the money since we always fell behind pre-cleaner. For our chores, we do Google reminders and that seems to work.
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
I love printables!
persimmon / 1255 posts
Almost everything is scheduled into our google calendar with reminders.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
Haha, laundry once a week, in what universe! I have to do at lead two loads a day to keep up!