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Worked plans for a savings jar challenge, plus templates and themes for jar charts you can make in a minute.

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Savings
How to plan a 2027 savings jar challenge
Worked arithmetic for daily, weekly and rising deposits, skipped dates, limits and mid-plan changes.
Reading
Reading challenge jar 2027
Twelve reading categories you fill as you finish books, with a reading preset in the maker.
December
Advent activity jar
Twenty-four cosy December ideas and an advent preset.
Gratitude
Gratitude jar ideas for November
Thirty gentle prompts and a five-minute evening routine.
Friends
Jar chart template for friends
How to run a jar chart night with a printable sheet and game formats.
Couples
Couples jar chart ideas
Forty sweet jar labels to fill separately and compare.
Friends
Rate your friends template
A kind, strengths-based jar chart for the group.
Explainer
What is the jar meme?
A family-friendly explainer of the jar chart format.

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