Free chore chart and reward chart, and how to make your own

A chart that fits your family

You'll describe the chart to a free AI assistant, paste what it writes into a file, and open it in your browser. Your jobs, your rewards, and characters your children choose.

• A weekly chore chart that runs in your web browser
• A column for each child, with their own jobs and colour
• Tap-to-award stars or stickers for each day of the week
• A weekly goal and a reward to work towards
• An automatic fresh start every Monday, with last week's total kept
• A printable version for the fridge
• Your own rewards, pictures and rules

Good for: parents who want help around the house without nagging, families trying a reward or sticker chart for a new habit, and co-parents who share a tablet.

What you need

Build it in six steps

1. Ask for the chart

   Copy this prompt into your AI assistant:

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   I don't know how to code. Please make me a weekly chore chart for my children that runs in a web browser.
   
   Requirements:
   - ONE single HTML file (HTML, CSS and JavaScript together), no external libraries, no internet needed. I will save it and double-click it.
   - I can add up to 4 children, each with a name and a colour.
   - Each child has their own list of chores (e.g. "Make bed", "Feed the cat"), which I can add, rename and delete.
   - A grid with the chores down the side and Monday to Sunday across the top. Tapping a square gives a star; tapping again takes it away. Highlight today's column.
   - Show each child's star total for the week.
   - Save everything in localStorage on this computer only.
   - Bright, friendly design with big tap targets that work on a tablet.
   
   Please give me the complete file in one code block, then tell me in simple steps how to save and open it.

   Copy the code, paste it into your text editor, and save it as chore-chart.html. Double-click it, add a child and a couple of jobs, and give out your first star.

2. Add a reward to work towards

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   That works, thank you. Please add a weekly goal for each child: a number of stars and a reward (e.g. "20 stars = pizza night"). Show a progress bar that fills up as stars are added, and a big celebration with confetti made in CSS when the goal is reached.
   
   Send me the complete updated file.

   Always ask for the complete file. Replace everything in chore-chart.html, save, and refresh the tab (F5 or Cmd+R).

3. Start a fresh week automatically

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   Please make the chart start fresh every Monday: clear the stars, but keep the children, chores and goals. Keep a history of each child's weekly totals, and show the last 4 weeks as a small bar chart for each child so they can see how they're doing.
   
   Send me the complete updated file.

4. Make it printable

   Some families prefer paper on the fridge, with real stickers.

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   Please add a "Print" button that prints a clean A4 landscape chart in black and white: the week's dates, each child's name, their chores and empty boxes for stickers, plus the goal and reward at the bottom. Hide all the buttons when printing.
   
   Send me the complete updated file.

   Tip: in the print window, choose Save as PDF to keep a copy you can print again every week.

5. Let the children choose the look

   Ask each child what they'd like, and fill in the brackets.

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   Please let each child pick their own star style from a few options: a gold star, a dinosaur, a unicorn, a football and a rocket (use emoji). When they earn a star, make it pop in with a little bounce and a cheerful sound made with the Web Audio API (with a mute button).
   
   Also add a "character" for each child that grows as they earn stars this week, for example an egg that cracks and hatches into [their choice, e.g. a dragon] when the goal is reached.
   
   Send me the complete updated file.

6. Add a parent lock

   Stops eager children awarding themselves stars.

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   Please add an optional 4-digit parent PIN. When it's turned on, children can see the chart but tapping a square asks for the PIN first (and stays unlocked for 5 minutes). Adding or deleting children, chores and rewards also needs the PIN. Store the PIN in localStorage on this device only and make it clear this is a gentle lock, not real security.
   
   Send me the complete updated file.

Quick fixes

On my tablet the chart is too wide and I have to scroll sideways. Please show one child at a time on small screens, with big buttons to switch between children, and keep the whole week visible. Send me the complete file.

Twist it into something else

Change the first prompt and the same chart becomes:

No accounts, no subscription, no nagging

Chore apps usually want an account for every family member, send notifications, and sometimes charge a subscription. Printables are fixed and end up covered in crossings-out. Yours fits your family's actual jobs and rewards, keeps your children's names on your own device, and can change as they grow up. Making it together also gives children a say in the rules, which is half the battle.

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