Chore Charts

I really like our new chore chart!! I found it on some website (again, can't remember which one). I really need to write it down or something! This chore chart cost me nothing, I made it with stuff I had at home. Now, don't start panicking...I am not very crafty. So, if I could do this anyone could do this. Here is a picture of it, I have it taped to the side of the fridge.

Okay, here is how I did it. The red is construction paper (you can use whatever color you like). Then I took a large index card (6x4) and folded three sides and glued them to the construction paper. I did that four times on one piece of construction paper, because I have two kids on one piece of paper just to save time and space. So, those index cards are a nice little pocket. On the top two cards I used stickers I had and put a child's name on it. The bottom two 'pockets' say DONE. Then for the chore part...I took 3x5 index cards and wrote out each child's daily chores on them. For Nemion I took pictures and printed them off on regular paper and glued them to the index card.

So, each child reads through their cards and does what they say. Once they have completed that chore, they put the chore card in the DONE pocket. So, really it just serves the purpose of reminding them what they are to be doing each morning. As an example, I will tell you what the boy's say, brush teeth, make bed, get dressed, put belongings away, and set table/clear table. This is all stuff that I would have to daily remind both of them to do.

Now, if your wondering what those white dots are above Rachel and Rebecca's, they are just plain black magnets and I took a sticky label and wrote 'wash' and 'dry'. Then weekly they just rotate those so that way they know who is doing what and I don't have to try to remember:)