Chore Chart

I made a chore chart for Kaylin. Don't worry, her chores aren't much work. They're just things that we expect of her and I want her to get used to contributing and having responsibilities. The chores I want her to focus on are:

1. Get dressed
2. Do hair
3. Brush teeth
4. Make bed
5. Pick up toys

Obviously, I'm helping with most of these. Kaylin does well with positive reinforcement and loves charts, so I'm hoping this chart will help us get ready in the morning and keep her things picked up without too many tears and complaints.

First, I made a magnetic chart. I based it off of this tutorial.

I took two 5" x 8" metal shingles, which I purchased from Lowe's in the roofing section, and glued them with E6000 glue to a thin piece of cardboard cut to 8" x 10". I then printed the chart onto a piece of scrapbook paper and trimmed it to 8" x 10". I attached the paper to the metal shingles using some scrapbooking adhesive so that I can easily remove it and change the paper when I want. I then placed the magnetic chart into an 8" x 10" frame.

Here are her chore magnets:

To make the magnets I found clip art in Word and sized it to about 1" x 1". I made a text box over the top of each picture (make sure the transparency is set to 100%). I then basically followed this tutorial. I printed my magnet images on card stock. I've found that works better. I traced each pebble (found in the floral section of craft stores) around one image. I cut the image out and mod podged it to the pebble. After drying, I put a layer of mod podge on the back of the paper. After that was dry, I used E6000 glue to attach a ceramic 3/4" magnet.

Here is the finished chart:

Kaylin immediately wanted to move the magnets from the "to do" side to the "done" side. As you can see, we hadn't made her bed yet today. We then had to rush upstairs to make her bed. Now she is begging me to help her clean up the bonus room so she can move the last magnet. We'll see how long the excitement lasts. But even after the excitement has faded, I think the chart will be a great visual reminder of what is expected of her every day.