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Chore chart for adults: one week, for one person or for two
This chore chart for adults covers one week, Monday to Sunday, with no stars and no stickers. The version for one person splits daily chores from weekly jobs and prints twelve chore ideas at the bottom. The version for two gives every chore an owner, and whoever actually does it initials the day.
- Pages
- One per version: for one person, and for two
- Rows
- For one: 6 daily and 5 weekly chores. For two: 12 chores with an owner each
- Paper
- US Letter and A4, portrait, print at 100%
- Versions
- Blank and a fillable PDF; the handwritten example is below
- Designs
- Minimal, warm and color
Chore chart generator for adults: type your names and chores, print the week
Write the people and the chores, one per line. Each chore gets an owner in turn and a row of boxes for Monday to Sunday. Nothing you type leaves this page.
What each version of the sheet holds
Every day
Six blank rows with a checkbox for each day. Dishes, the bed, the ten-minute tidy: whatever you write in.
Once a week
Five rows for laundry, the bathroom, the floors. Under the heading the sheet says Check the day you did it, so one tick a row is a finished week.
Chore ideas
Twelve printed ideas, six daily and six weekly, for the first week, when the rows are still empty.
Our week, for two
Twelve rows, a Who column for the owner’s initials, and an empty box for each day. There are no checkboxes: every box takes initials.
Sunday check-in
Two lines for What worked and two for What we change next week. The changes go straight onto next Monday’s sheet.
Both versions have a reward line at the top: My reward for a good week, or Our reward for a good week.
A chore chart for 2 adults: an owner, and the initials of whoever did it
A tick on a chart can’t show that the owner of dinner was out on Wednesday and the other person cooked. Initials in the day box can.
In the filled-in example, Camille owns dinner and Omar owns the dishes. On Wednesday the boxes read OH under dinner and CD under dishes: they swapped. Their Sunday check-in keeps that swap as something that worked and moves the laundry to Omar.
The sheet has no total per person and no score line. Counting who did more is the argument the chart is there to prevent; the owner column already says who answers for what.
The example for two. Names and entries are made up.
Chore list for adults: the 12 ideas printed on the sheet
Every day
- Wash dishes and wipe the counters
- Make the bed
- Ten-minute tidy of the living room
- Take out the trash when it’s full
- Put away today’s clothes
- Plan tomorrow’s dinner
Once a week
- Laundry, from wash to put away
- Clean the bathroom
- Vacuum and mop the floors
- Change the bed sheets
- Groceries and the meal plan
- Water the plants
Not every line costs the same effort in your head. In a YouGov poll of US adults, 59% said they love or like preparing meals, and only 16% said the same about cleaning bathrooms.
Put the reward line to work on the jobs at the bottom of that list. Living alone, tie the good-week reward to the bathroom row. Living with someone, give the bathroom to whoever minds it less, and the cooking to the other.
How to set up a weekly chore chart for adults
- Write the week first. Fill in Week of with the Monday date and the reward you will take if the week holds.
- Split daily from weekly. Anything done most days goes in Every day; a job done once goes in Once a week. A monthly job, like cleaning the oven, goes in the weekly rows of the week it is due.
- For two, fill in Who together. Sit down with a pen before Monday; a chore with an owner nobody agreed to is a chore nobody does.
- Start a new sheet each Monday. A missed Tuesday stays on last week’s paper. On Sunday, the check-in decides what changes on the next one.
Sunday evening: what worked, and what changes next week.
Download the chart: two versions, Letter and A4
Two versions, three designs each. Every file is free, with no email and no account.
Questions about chore charts for adults
What is a good chore chart for adults?
One that fits a week on one page, keeps daily and weekly jobs apart, and names a reward before Monday. For two people it also needs an owner for every chore.
What are daily chores for adults?
The ones that pile up in a day: dishes and counters, the bed, a short tidy, trash when it is full, today’s clothes, and planning tomorrow’s dinner. Those six are printed on the sheet for one.
What is the most disliked chore?
Cleaning bathrooms. In YouGov’s February 2026 poll, 52% of US adults said they hate or dislike it, more than any other chore in the survey.
What are 10 household chores you do every day?
Dishes, counters, the bed, a ten-minute tidy, clothes put away, planning dinner, cooking, the trash, feeding a pet and checking tomorrow’s calendar. The sheet has six daily rows: pick the six that matter.
Is there a chore chart for two adults?
Yes, the version for two: twelve chores, an owner for each, and initials for whoever did it that day. Roommates can use it as it is; couples also have a couples chore chart that splits the home by zones.
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Save this chart to Pinterest
Pin it now and next Monday’s sheet is one tap away. One week on one page, daily chores apart from weekly jobs, and a line for the reward you take if the week holds.
The same week, kept by the app
In Alpacto a daily chore becomes a routine: a repeating habit with a shared rhythm, visible check-ins and a streak. The reward can be coins or one from a catalog you made together, and coins are never money.