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Home » Home Organization » Organizing Challenges » Setting Up Evening Routines Challenge

Setting Up Evening Routines Challenge

Last Modified: May 12, 2025 Sabrina Quairoli This blog uses cookies. It also has affiliate links. We earn sponsored content income.

Evening routines are essential to help wind down the family. It's important to establish not just morning routines but also evening ones. Try this challenge to create your evening routine (Affiliate Link). Your evening routine (Affiliate Link) also supports your children by relaxing them and giving them time to decompress from the day.

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  • How to Create an Evening Routine?
  • Examples of tasks that could be in your evening routines:
  • Here is an example of an evening routine:
  • Here is an example of a kids' evening routine:
  • Now, it's time to create your evening routine.  

This challenge is to help you set up an evening routine (Affiliate Link) for you and your family. If your children are five or older, feel free to talk with them and ask them what they like to do in the evenings to incorporate their favorite things.

How to Create an Evening Routine?

First, determine what needs to be done in your evening routine.

Ask yourself these questions:

What do your kids need to get done before going to bed?
Which tasks will help your next day run more smoothly?
What helps you relax before you go to bed?
What helps your kids relax before going to bed?

Then, write down the tasks on paper for each household member.

Each person should have their tasks on their own paper. Don't worry about the order yet. Cut the tasks into strips and put them in order that makes the task list flow naturally (like placing all the bedroom tasks together) and tape them in the strips to another sheet of paper.

Tip: Make your tasks specific before placing them on a piece of paper. Then when you cut up the tasks, it will be easier for you to order the tasks.

Examples of tasks that could be in your evening routines:

Below are some examples of tasks that you may want to add to your evening routines.

Adult list of evening tasks:

  • Bedtime
  • Take a bath or shower
  • Do yoga
  • Stretch
  • Read a book
  • Meditate
  • Time free from electronics
  • Light snack / have herbal tea
  • Write down a to-do list or write in a journal (Affiliate Link)
  • Get ready for bed
  • Gather things for tomorrow and place them in one place.
  • Pick an outfit for tomorrow.
  • Use the bathroom.
  • Get into pajamas.
  • Prayer
  • Brush teeth
  • Comb hair

Kid list of evening tasks:

  • Take a Bath or shower
  • Get in pjs
  • Quiet play
  • Read a book out loud
  • Create a made-up story (Affiliate Link) and share
  • Brush teeth
  • Put phone or iPad away
  • Have a light snack
  • Go to the bathroom
  • Gather things for tomorrow and place them in one place.
  • Pick an outfit for tomorrow.
  • Snuggle time with parents

Below are some examples of evening routines that may work for your family.

Here is an example of an evening routine:

6:30 PM to 7:00 PM - Have a light snack like popcorn
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM - Get what is needed tomorrow together and place it near the pocketbook
8:00 PM to 9:00 PM - Watch TV or read to relax
9:00 PM to 9:30 PM - Get ready for bed, brush teeth, etc..

Here is an example of a kids' evening routine:

6:30 PM to 7:00 PM - Get a snack
7:00 PM to 7:10 PM - Make lunch for tomorrow

7:15 PM to 7:30 PM - Clean up, put an instrument near the backpack, and put the backpack in the hallway for tomorrow.
7:30 PM to 8:30 PM - Watch TV or video
8:30 PM to 9:00 PM - Take a shower, brush your teeth, and get ready for bed

Now, it's time to create your evening routine.  

After creating the proper flow for you and your family, write it on paper like the evening routines I made below.

Each task can be divided into ¼-hour increments, ½-hour increments, 45-minute increments, and 1-hour increments.

While routines are essential every day, sometimes weekend schedules are unique. You can also circle the days these routines are most important on the sheets below. I made two sheets, one for ¼-hour increments and one for ½-hour increments.

Evening Routine ½ hour increments worksheet
Evening Routine ½ hour increments worksheet

Starting on a Sunday seems to help make the routine (Affiliate Link) easier to manage for the week. Make your evening routine (Affiliate Link) important for everyone and keep to the schedule.  It takes time to set a new habit, so stick with it.

Then, hang up the newly created evening routine (Affiliate Link). You can place it on bedroom walls so it is easily accessible until everyone knows the new routine (Affiliate Link).

By making evening routines, you are preparing yourself for the next day. It will help you wind down before bed. It will help control the stress of running around in the morning to gather these items together as well.   Try it and then leave a comment below and let me know how it goes.  Good luck.

Below are some additional posts I found online that talk about how to create an evening routine.

6 Tips to Build a Better Bedtime Routine

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  1. Janet Barclay says

    June 30, 2023 at 10:01 am

    We've been empty nesters for over 15 years, and working at home even longer, so our evening routines are much simpler now - thankfully!

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  2. Ellen Delap says

    May 11, 2015 at 9:44 pm

    Great idea! An evening routine is an important part of family life. A consistent evening routine makes for a great next day!

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  3. Sarah Soboleski says

    May 09, 2015 at 2:41 pm

    I'm a big fan of rules and routines too! I love this idea for kids as well. When I used to work in a children's residential program, we had a big, colorful bulletin board of their a.m. and p.m. routines. With the younger children we'd use pictures and they could move a little Velcro sticker along to mark their progress.

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  4. Jill Robson says

    May 09, 2015 at 12:12 pm

    You are so right Sabrina, an evening routine is just as important as a morning one. Ours is similar to yours.

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  5. Autumn Leopold says

    May 08, 2015 at 1:43 pm

    Great ideas here! We are 10 days away from summer vacation here so I need to sit down and work on how our days and evenings are going to go in the summer. Especially since I work from home. This will be the first summer I am working full time from home so I know I'll have to find a balance.

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