DIY Chore Charts.

Okay, so I'm a weeee bit of a control freak. I tend to forget to let my children clean up after themselves, because it's just so much easier to get things done myself. But seeing as my 5 year old daughter thinks cleaning her room is now a death sentence, I figured it's time to give her a grasp on real responsibly. So I came up with these adorable chore charts for both her and her little brother.

Things you'll need.

- Rectangular frame, mine are 14x7inches. 
- Thick (1 inch) ribbon 
- Clothespins (how ever many you choose to use)
- Acrylic paints 
- Hot glue gun, glue sticks
- Blank sheet from a picture album
- Buttons
- Thin ribbon to use to hang frame 
- Permanent marker
- Wooden craft flourishes. Micheal's always has a huge selection of these. I used trucks for my little man, and went with a crown and castle for my little princess.

I started with painting the clothespins first, since that was the step that would take the longest. (I also used this time to let my glue gun heat up.) After I finished the front of the clothes pins, and they dried, I used the same colors to paint the word "Done!" on the backs of all the them, using a toothpick. 

Now using the blank photo album sheet (I use these for many different projects, so when I come across an old album I make sure to save the sheets) you're going to cut out small rectangular pieces just big enough to fit over the size of the clothespin. Cut out one piece for every clothespin. 

 Using your permanent marker, you're going to write the chores you wish you use on each of the pieces you just cut out.

Now you just need to hot glue it into place. I lined up the clear piece over the clothespin, put a small dot of hot glue right in the left corner, and put the button right over it to hold it all in place. I thought this was a good way to make them so that when I want to change their chores I can just pluck the clear pieces right off, make new ones, and glue those back on with out ruining the clothespins.

The easy part is just hot gluing your wood flourishes in place, and flipping your frame over and also hot gluing all the ribbons in place. And then voila! You start the day with all your clothes pins on the left. After each task is completed, your little one can flip the clothespin over and put it on the right side, showing that the task is "Done!" :D