Family Chore Chart Checklist Spreadsheet – Google Sheets Template

What’s always dirty and never ends? Housework. It can be time consuming and overwhelming to keep up with the everyday chores. You don’t have to do it all alone. The best way to keep up with the housework is to get yourself organized and delegate. If you have kids in the home, you may even want to consider utilizing a family chore chart.

I have a really cool new Family Chore Chart to share with you today, but first, let’s talk about the benefits of using a chore chart or cleaning checklist.

Benefits of a chore chart

One of the biggest benefits of using a chore chart is getting your kids to do chores in the first place. Not only does this help you out with the household chores but it also helps your children learn responsibility. There are also many benefits for you to use a chore chart as well, such as:

• Keeping organized by utilizing a visual representation.
• Improving upon time management skills.
• Builds confidence and self-esteem by accomplishing tasks.
• Motivation to get your chores checked off.
• Sense of family unity by working together to complete the chores.
• Develops responsibility accountability by assigning tasks.

What to add to your cleaning checklist

You can add anything you want to your cleaning checklist of course. However, in case you are drawing a blank, I’ve put together a list of tasks to help get you started.

• Cleaning Checklist Ideas

  • Wash dishes / Load & run dishwasher.
  • Unload dishwasher / Put dishes away
  • Wipe counters
  • Clear table
  • Dust surfaces
  • Dust blinds
  • Tidy living room
  • Tidy bathrooms
  • Pick up laundry
  • Wash laundry
  • Fold & put away laundry
  • Take out trash
  • Take dumpsters out to curb
  • Pick up toys
  • Fold throw blankets
  • Vacuum
  • Mop / Sweep
  • Wipe down appliances
  • Clean windows
  • Clean mirrors

• Other Home Chores

  • Do homework
  • Feed and water the pets
  • Walk the dog
  • Clean the litterbox
  • Mow the yard
  • Weeding the yard or garden
  • Wash and vacuum out the car

Family Chore Chart for use with Google Sheets

So now let’s talk about the new Family Chore Chart Spreadsheet I have to share with you today. This chore chart is for use digitally with Google Sheets. If you’ve never used Google Sheets before, don’t worry, its very simple and a lot like Excel. All you need is a free google account to use it. The best part is that you can access your spreadsheet at anytime, anywhere, with any device when you use Google Sheets. You can also share the file with your family members if you’d like everybody to have access to the chore chart.

This Google Sheets template is not only easy to use with just one simple tab (and a read me tab to help get you started) but it’s also kind of fun! With a colorful theme and lots of checkboxes and charts, this spreadsheet will really brighten up your dreaded housework.

Get access to the Family Chore Chart

If you are ready to give the Family Chore Chart spreadsheet a try, you can find it in my Etsy shop here. If you are looking for more of a cleaning checklist spreadsheet to use yourself, check out my Digital Cleaning Checklist Spreadsheet. The cleaning checklist spreadsheet also comes with a printable version, but if you are looking for simple printables only, I have several cleaning checklist printables for you to try here.