Reward ideas for 5-year-olds
Reward ideas for a 5-year-old that are not toys or sweets, priced in points so a reward costs a day, half a week or a few weeks of jobs.
What a 5-year-old earns
- Daily jobs
- 2
- Weekly jobs
- 1
- Points a week
- 80
- Points a day, on average
- 11
5 points for each daily job and 10 for a weekly one, with the number of jobs from our chores-by-age guide.
Rewards by price
| Size | Price | Ideas |
|---|---|---|
| Small (about a day of jobs) | 10 points | Pick the bedtime story; A sticker for the chart; Choose the song in the car; Ten minutes of a game with a parent |
| Medium (about half a week) | 40 points | Choose what is for dinner; A bath with bubbles and extra toys; A trip to the playground of their choice; Bake something together |
| Big (about two weeks) | 160 points | A morning out at the park or the library, their choice; A picnic in the living room; A new book they choose |
| Saving goal (about five weeks) | 400 points | A day out somewhere they have been asking for; A small toy they have saved towards |
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Prices are worked out from a typical week of jobs at this age on a 5-points-for-a-small-job scale; change them to fit your family. The guide text is drafted with AI from these numbers and checked automatically before it is published.