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For a long time I've been wanting to make/buy some kind of chore chart to get my children motivated to help around the house. I wanted one that would last and really work well for our family. I finally found a nice one to buy on Etsy. But then... my super crafty friend with her super crafty blog wrote about how to make one. It was better than any I had seen and fit our needs perfectly. It didn't look too difficult even with my aversion to craftiness, so I decided to try it!



It took me a couple of weeks to gather supplies from several different stores but I finally set to it and it was easy and I LOVE the finished product! The kids are practically begging to do chores so they can move their magnet to the "done" column.



They are expected to do their jobs everyday just because they need to do their part by being a member of our family. The extra chores are just any big job or extra thing I think of that I will reward them for with money or a treat or whatever. Then we have the weekly chores. I made a few generic tiles with a star or heart just for jobs I think of that I didn't have already have a tile for. We decided the star would be homework, the smiley face is being happy and the heart is uh, keeping your heart beating. That is "Lulu's" job. (Not really the name of our baby for sure, but it is one of many on our list...)



Another thing I love is the paper can be easily removed so I can change it out for seasons, holidays, moods etc. or to change our baby's name to whatever it really will be. Not too bad, huh? So I'm ready to let the kids take over the household cleaning and sit back and relax!

If anyone wants the instructions they can be found on this post. Thanks Emily!!!