Templates for running a household without losing track of it — weekly meal planners, chore charts the whole family can follow, and family calendars. Each one opens straight into Excel, Word or Google Sheets, ready to fill in. Looking for a household budget or savings plan? Those live under Money Management.
A household runs on the same kind of planning a business does — schedules, recurring tasks, shared responsibilities — just with different names. This category collects the templates families actually reuse week to week: a meal planner that turns into a shopping list, a chore chart that splits fairly across ages, and a family calendar for keeping everyone's schedule in one place.
Most of these templates are designed to be printed and stuck on a fridge as easily as they're used on a laptop.
The Meal Planner, Weekly Meal Planner, Monthly Meal Planner and Daily Meal Planner cover the same job at different time horizons. Most households do best starting with the Weekly Meal Planner — long enough to plan a proper grocery run, short enough that plans don't go stale. The Grocery Planner is built to pair directly with it, so the shopping list follows from what's already planned rather than being written separately from memory.
The Chore Planner works best when it's visible and specific — assigned by name, not just by task, so there's no ambiguity about whose turn it is. The Cleaning Planner and Monthly Cleaning Planner handle the recurring deep-clean tasks that don't fit a daily chore chart — the ones that get skipped precisely because no single day feels like the right day for them.
The Family Planner, Weekly Family Planner and Family Activity Planner are for the shared calendar layer — everyone's appointments, school events, and activities in one place, so plans don't collide. The Household Planner is the broadest of the set, combining meals, chores, and schedule into a single overview document for families who'd rather manage one file than five.
The Christmas Shopping List is a seasonal addition for tracking gift ideas, budgets per person, and purchase status in the run-up to the holidays, so nothing gets bought twice or forgotten.
Looking for a household budget, savings plan or debt tracker? Those now live under Money Management, alongside every other budgeting and savings template on the site. Looking for something more personal, like a goal tracker or journal? Check Personal Templates. For school-related planning, see Student & Academic.
Which meal planner should I start with?
The Weekly Meal Planner is the best starting point for most households — long enough to plan an efficient grocery run, short enough to stay accurate as plans change.
Where are the household budget and savings templates?
Those have moved to Money Management, alongside every other budgeting, savings, and debt template on the site — this category is focused on scheduling and task planning rather than finances.
Are these templates printable?
Yes. All of them are designed to look clean on paper as well as on screen, so a chore chart or meal planner can be printed and stuck somewhere visible, like a fridge or family noticeboard.
Can I use the Chore Planner for young children?
Yes, it's built to be adapted by age — assign simpler tasks to younger children and more responsibility to older ones within the same chart.