You may remember my Cleaning the House is Fun to Do series from last year. I love when my kids help out around the house without complaint and I love to let them have their own spending money that they earned to buy whatever their little hearts desire. We have been using the same chore chart system for a long time now and it has worked great! We have just been crazy busy lately and so I thought it might be fun to have a little punch card system that way the kids can see the results of their efforts in a fun way.
Cleaning the house with kids
The jobs are still pretty much the same;
- Get Ready (eat breakfast, clear their own dish, brush their teeth, get dressed, make their bed and make sure their rooms are straightened)
- Read for 15 minutes and do a worksheet (as home schoolers we have lots of leftover work sheets in their books, so I just let them pick one, and the younger kids get read to by either myself or one of the older kids as part of their 15 minutes)
- Do their own Age Appropriate job (unloading the dishwasher, take out the trash, and clean up the living room)
- Help mom with the job of the day (I’ll talk more about that another time, but on Fridays-it’s thoroughly clean the bedrooms-they all help)
- Extra punches for good deeds, or extra jobs (mom and dad’s discretion)
Free Printable
Punch Cards
I also saved the blank version so that I could change the graphics, and maybe the amounts, or use them for something else entirely!
Let me know if you try this out!
What do you do to keep chores interesting without fights at your house?
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I love this idea!
I just had to smile when I saw this. My kids are grown now (last one got married last fall) and this is SO like the things I did with them when they were growing up. I LOVE IT. And it is such a good way to teach them so many things. Keep up the good work. I’ll pass along this post to others. It’s great!
Well thank you! I am always coming up with hairball schemes like this to trick my kids into doing stuff for me. Hee hee! I know they will look back and think, “Wow mom was nuts!”
Sorry about taking so long getting back to you on your comment, but I wanted to let you know that I appreciate it and thanks for taking the time to leave one!
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Tiffany
I love this idea! I pinned it and linked to you in my blog post about our summer schedule. You can see it here: http://www.scatteredthoughtsofacraftymom.com/2012/06/summer-activity-schedule-for-my-5-and-7.html
~Jamie
Hi Jaime!
Sorry about the delay on getting back to you on your comment! Summer can be a little hectic!
I appreciate you sharing your link with me and for sharing the punch cards on your blog! Thank you!!!
I hope you are enjoying the punch cards and that they are working out for your screen time. That is a perfect use for them! I may have to make a second set for rewarding my boys for other things since that is all they care about!
Hope your summer is going great and that you have some fun plans for Wednesday!
hugs-
Tiffany
Wow, I should add cleaning your fingernails to her jobs huh?
I got so excited when I saw this on Think Pink Sundays! My Jr high kiddo wants cash for the special lunch/snack bar that they have at school but I’m not just handing it over. Best way ever to keep track of the extra stuff she does to earn that cash! I called it her ‘lunch punch’ card and the spaces are worth a quarter so the whole card is $5
@amankni fantastic! Glad to know it’s helping you, and also that it is good for older kids too!
Thanks for commenting. I really appreciate it!
-Tiffany
So do the kids fill a card up each day? Love the idea. Going to try it with my 2 sons!!
Love this idea and can not wait to start using it! Is there anyway to get a copy of the blank punch card sheet s that I can add my kids names and the $ amount they will earn. I downloaded your blank form but am not able to change/add to it. i am not very tech savy and wasn’t sure if there was a way to do modify it. Thanks!!
Hi Jessica! I made mine in Photoshop. I don’t know what program you have to edit things but you can always write it in and then make copies. Let me know how you would like to modify it though and maybe if I have a second I can make it compatible with your program. Thanks for the comment!
Tiff
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Thank you, thank you for.the blank printable!
You’re welcome, you’re welcome! Have fun with it!
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Tiffany
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Tiffany, do you by chance have a version that isn’t a PDF? I wanted to adapt the blank version or just adapt yours so that it doesn’t have them earning money. I want my kids to choose things like extra minutes reading together, an ice cream cone, a rental, or from different levels of toys, or save up to buy something they’ve been eyeing. Thanks again! Mindy
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