How to Make Chore Sticks
April 12, 2021
Chore sticks will help teach kids responsibility and the value of hard work, along with helping to keep your home cleaner and neater! They can earn chore sticks for doing chores, and you determine how many chore sticks they earn. The kids can turn in their chore sticks for privileges, treats, or even allowance.
Supplies
- 2+ small mason jars (1 for the main chore stick jar and 1 for each child)
- Approximately 50 craft sticks (more or less, depending on how many kids you have)
- Washi tape or thin, decorative duct tape
- Tape or hot glue gun
- Labels
- Paper for creating the Chore Stick Reward Chart
Steps
- Wrap small amounts of washi tape or thin, decorative tape at the top of the craft sticks.
- Create labels with each child's name and a label for chore sticks jar.
- Wrap a piece of washi tape around the top of the chore stick mason jar. Attach the labels with tape or glue gun. One jar will be the main chore stick jar and the others will be for each child.
- All the chore sticks go into the main chore stick jar until they are earned.
- Create a Chore Stick Reward Chart and hang it in an obvious spot where everyone will see it. Example of rewards could be 1 chore stick is equal to 30 minutes of TV or 2 chore sticks are worth a special treat. Allow the kids to cash in their sticks as they please.
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