Printable chore chart
This page is a printable chore chart: use your browser's print command and the grid below comes out on paper without the menu or footer. It is made for housemates, couples and other adult households sharing a home. It is not a kids' reward chart.
Blank printable chore chart
Four weeks, five jobs. Write a name in each box with a pen, or fill the boxes in on screen first and then print.
| Week | Bins | Kitchen | Bathroom | Floors | Dusting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | |||||
| Week 2 | |||||
| Week 3 | |||||
| Week 4 |
Example: three housemates and five jobs
Rui, Sol and Tia share a house. Five jobs among three people means everyone has one or two jobs each week. The rotation moves every job one person along per week, so no one keeps the same pair of jobs.
| Week | Bins | Kitchen | Bathroom | Floors | Dusting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Rui | Sol | Tia | Rui | Sol |
| Week 2 | Sol | Tia | Rui | Sol | Tia |
| Week 3 | Tia | Rui | Sol | Tia | Rui |
| Week 4 | Rui | Sol | Tia | Rui | Sol |
Printing tips
- Pick a paper size in the print dialog. A4 and US Letter both take the grid; choose landscape if your browser squeezes the columns.
- Turn off headers and footers. Most browsers have a checkbox that removes the page title and web address from the margins.
- Print in black and white. The grid relies on lines and text, not colour, so it stays readable on a basic printer.
- Print one per household, not one per person. A single sheet on the fridge avoids copies that drift out of date when two people swap weeks.
- Save paper after week 4. The rotation repeats, so you can leave the same sheet up and start again at the top.
A printed sheet cannot remind anyone. If your household lives in its calendar rather than on the fridge, the online chore rota generator can give each person their own dates instead.
Get a rota with calendar links instead
The chore rota generator builds the rotation from a list of names and jobs, adds real dates and gives every housemate a personal link that downloads their own calendar (.ics) file.
The free version makes rotas for up to 4 people and up to 4 weeks. More people, or a run past four weeks, need the paid Chore Rota Pro licence, which covers up to 12 people and up to 26 weeks and nothing above that.
Privacy: the schedule lives only in the link. Anyone with the link can read the names and chores in it, and nothing is stored on a server. Details are on the privacy page.