We Are Going Crazy About This Genius $4 DIY Chore Chart

I feel like I just don’t stop nagging! By the time the kids are in bed, I feel like I’ve made a complete transformation to a shrieking shrewish Shrek.

“Put your dinner plates in the dishwasher”.

“Pick up your disgustingly dirty clothes and put them in the washing machine”

“Scrape up that mouldy apple from under your bed”

It just doesn’t seem to stop!

So I will be eternally grateful for genius mum, Kacey, who created this amazing and interactive chore chart.

She says:

“I refreshed the boys routine/chore charts. I originally found this idea on Pinterest and got everything from Kmart, $15 for all 4 charts.”

activity-board

She explains why this chart is so successful with her boys:

“This works so well for our boys as they can move each peg as they do each chore and visually see what else needs to be done.”

Brilliant Idea

Kasey posted her creation on the Kmart Mums facebook group and she was flooded with approving comments.

“Brilliant”, “Incredible”, “Awesome”, the comments read.

One mum asked: “Have you written the tasks on the other side so that when they put the peg on the other side it shows it the right way up or they will peg it so it shows a blank side, or the written side upside down?”

Kasey answers: “I just have them upside down, I’m just happy they make it to the done side, although I hadn’t even thought of writing it on the back the other way as some clever mums have suggested, complete mum brain moment for me.”

Another asked: “Do the kids move each other’s pegs around to tease each other? We have used systems like this before and they wind each other up and move them around etc, or do you have a successful reward system?”

Kasey responded: “They don’t, well haven’t yet haha. We’ve been using this system on and off for nearly a year and it works well for us, they know everyone has to finish the morning jobs before screen time and again in the afternoon, the only thing that gets missed some times is the 10 minute tidy, but if I help them manage it, everything gets done and the house isn’t as chaotic.”

I’m now using a similar chart and my kids are actually enjoy doing their chores. There’s even a bit of a competitive spirit as to who can move all their pegs the quickest – love it!

Do you have a successful chore chart that you are using? Tell us about it in the comments below.

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83 Comments

- - Blossom said
  - 08 Apr 2020
    7:14 pm
We had a similar with boards and magnets. Problem is 2 of them cheat and transfer the magnets when they shouldn’t then hide in their bedrooms with books. The eldest one does the same with his laptop. We’ve had to confiscate it a few times……and remove books from bedrooms.

- - mom185490 said
  - 06 Apr 2020
    3:57 pm
With 3 kids being homeschooled at the moment and my hubby and I both working from home, I LOVE this idea so they and we can keep track on their work.

- - rnash02 said
  - 04 Apr 2020
    11:33 pm
I’ve tried lots of different charts, they usually work for a couple of weeks then the kids stop

- - mom19782016 said
  - 03 Apr 2020
    12:09 pm
Good for the kids to track their chores!

- - curlytops said
  - 02 Apr 2020
    8:46 pm
good idea and if it is producing the results you want then why change!

- - mom462038 said
  - 01 Apr 2020
    9:50 am
I need one of these for myself. I start the day with a list of to do in my head each morning, but I tend to forget most of them

- - Kimeeja said
  - 31 Mar 2020
    9:37 pm
Absolute brilliant idea. Will have to source goods on line during this social isolation period. My son is tactile and my daughter visual so will tick both their boxes

- - Mumofboys said
  - 30 Mar 2020
    4:32 pm
This is a brilliant idea!

- - rovermum said
  - 30 Mar 2020
    10:59 am
I love this. What a great idea. I always have To Do lists on the bench that my family check regularly. It works for us.

- - nadine_hill said
  - 30 Mar 2020
    9:52 am
Such a simple yet effective idea!

- - ThisIsMe said
  - 29 Mar 2020
    11:39 am
Oh this is neat! Great idea

- - mumma said
  - 29 Mar 2020
    10:59 am
This is GREAT! I won’t sound like a broken record now… expect for ‘look at the chart’

- - Amanda Holland said
  - 29 Mar 2020
    10:21 am
Love it! Need it for my teenage kids

- - JungleHeatMama said
  - 29 Mar 2020
    8:45 am
I have the magnetic white boards on our fridge and I wrote daily what needs to be done for each child and then one is for bonus chores, for bonus pocket money, currently my son is saving to go on a movie date with me, so very sweet. I’ll make sure I’ll buy the popcorn. But this idea is great too.

- - BellaB said
  - 29 Mar 2020
    2:44 am
We just use a paper chart – with reasonable success – I might try this.

- - anna213795 said
  - 28 Mar 2020
    9:36 pm
I need to start a job routine for my kids so this is a great idea!

- - mom160421 said
  - 28 Mar 2020
    6:00 pm
It looks good but does it work?

- - tessie said
  - 28 Mar 2020
    3:09 pm
What a clever and enterprising idea to make the kids do their jobs. I usually just write the days jobs on a sheet of paper and everyone chooses what they wish to do

- - taynik46 said
  - 28 Mar 2020
    2:13 pm
Great idea – well done clever mum! – perfect to adapt to homeschooling to, you could do reading, writing, timestable, maths, art pegs etc

I have some clipboards and just need to get some pegs – thank you so much for your idea!
- ashleaboniface replied
  
  01 Apr 2020 , 5:11 am
  Brilliant idea with using it for homeschooling as well, im definitely going to be making some for my kids and hopefully it will get them more willing to help out around the house as well as schooling. Need some ideas on rewards for them?
- - mom90758 said
  - 28 Mar 2020
    12:04 pm
It looks like an amazing idea indeed. I agree. Very useful in particular when you have more than two kids.