Declutter cards in 3x5 and 4x6: room by room, 15 minutes at a time

These declutter cards are cut to exact 3 x 5 in and 4 x 6 in index card sizes, a little system kept in a card box that walks you through your home one room and fifteen minutes at a time. The set has 32 undated pages: zone cards for nine rooms and one blank zone, 15-minute session cards, tally cards for keep, donate, sell and toss, a donation log, a sell list, cards for a 30-day challenge, habit cards to keep things tidy, lined and dot backs and four dividers for your box, all with crop marks.

You get a US Letter PDF and an A4 PDF. Download them right away and print at home. Nothing is mailed.

How declutter cards make a whole house feel doable

A single long checklist can feel like a mountain. Here each room has a card of its own listing ten exact spots, such as matching lids to containers or sorting chargers and cables, and a clutter level from 1 to 5 to circle before you begin. The 15-minute card breaks a session into three short five-minute rounds, and the tally card counts every keep, donate, sell or toss choice, so the progress is easy to see.

The donation log and the sell list follow each item until it is truly out the door, with a donate-by date for anything that does not sell. Once the big clear-out is done, the 30-day challenge and the habits card keep the declutter cards useful week after week, and you only reprint the cards you have filled.

Who this declutter card system is for

• Anyone who feels swamped by the whole house and wants to tackle one room and one little card at a time
• Busy parents with only fifteen minutes free between the school run and dinner
• Fans of index cards who already plan from a card box and want a section for decluttering
• People preparing for a move, a new baby, selling things from the garage or driveway, or a spring reset
• Anyone whose donation bags tend to sit in the hallway for weeks

Design and printing

• Elegant, minimalist look: white pages and soft blush pink touches that use very little ink
• Generous margins all around, so a home printer will not clip anything
• Exact trim sizes with crop marks: 3 x 5 in (7.6 x 12.7 cm), three to a sheet, and 4 x 6 in (10.2 x 15.2 cm), two to a sheet, printed on US Letter (8.5 x 11 in) or A4 (210 x 297 mm) paper
• Undated, so you can begin on any day of the year
• The lined and dot grid backs match up with the fronts if you print double-sided and flip on the long edge
• These are cards, not full pages. You cut each one out and file it in an index card box

Inside the declutter cards: 32 pages

1. 1Cover listing the contents
2. 2Running the card system, in five steps (walk, pick, sprint, let go, keep it up), a table that explains each card, the four sections of the card box, a checklist for a weekly reset and helpful rules
3. 3Printing, cutting and setting up, in four steps, with both card sizes, a checklist of supplies and a table to find each page
4. 4 to 8Zone cards at 4 x 6 in, two to a sheet with crop marks, for the kitchen, closet, bathroom, living room, kids' room, garage, paperwork, digital, bedroom and a blank My own zone card. Every card lists ten spots with boxes to tick (such as expired food, shoes I never wear, shredding old receipts or emptying the downloads folder), a clutter level from 1 to 5, the date, time spent, bags out and the next spot
5. 9The 4 x 6 in 15-minute declutter card, with today's spot, three rounds of five minutes, a five step checklist, what I cleared, bags out, how it feels now and the next 15 minutes
6. 10The 4 x 6 in keep, donate, sell, toss tally card, with the zone, four tally columns and their totals, the hardest thing to let go and a date for it to be out of the house
7. 11The 4 x 6 in donation log card, with your usual drop-off places, 7 lines for the date, items, bags, destination and a gone box, total bags and where receipts are kept
8. 12The 4 x 6 in sell list card, with a donate-by date, what the money is for, 7 lines for the item, where it is listed, asking price, a listed box and the price it sold for, and total earned
9. 13The 4 x 6 in 30-day declutter challenge cards, one for days 1 to 15 and one for days 16 to 30, each day with a small printed task and a box to tick
10. 14The 4 x 6 in maintenance habits card, with six daily habits and circles for Monday to Sunday, four weekly resets, the hot spot for this month and a seasonal swap
11. 15 to 16Backs for the 4 x 6 in cards, one lined and one in dot grid
12. 17 to 20Zone cards at 3 x 5 in, three to a sheet, for the same nine rooms, plus a whole sheet of three blank My own zone cards
13. 21 to 26The 15-minute, tally, donation log, sell list, 30-day challenge (split into days 1 to 10, 11 to 20 and 21 to 30) and maintenance habits cards at 3 x 5 in, three to a sheet
14. 27 to 28Backs for the 3 x 5 in cards, one lined and one in dot grid
15. 29 to 30Tabbed dividers for the card box at 4 x 6 in: Zones, Today, Out the door and Keep it up
16. 31 to 32Tabbed dividers for the card box at 3 x 5 in: Zones, Today, Out the door and Keep it up

What you download

• Declutter Cards 3x5 & 4x6 in US Letter, a 32 page PDF
• Declutter Cards 3x5 & 4x6 in A4, a 32 page PDF
• Read Me First, a brief printing guide (PDF)

How to download and print

• Check out with PayPal, a debit or credit card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Your download page opens as soon as the payment goes through.
• We email the same private download links to you, so you can download your files again later.
• Open the PDF in a free reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader and print at 100% or Actual size.
• Print only the pages you need, as often as you like, for your own personal use.

Good to know

• This is a PDF you print and cut yourself. No printed cards are mailed.
• You are buying a digital file. Nothing physical is sent.
• Colors may look a little different on your screen than on paper.
• For your personal use only. Sharing, reselling or passing the files on is not allowed.
• Digital files cannot be returned. If a file will not open or print properly, email us and we will help quickly.

How this was made

Designed and written by PetiteDiary. AI tools helped draft parts of the text, and some background scenes in the preview images were created with AI. Every page was designed, reviewed and checked before release.

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