Kanban cards for a calm paper task board, in 3x5 and 4x6 sizes

Kanban cards give your to do list a home on a wall, a door or the corner of your desk, so you can see the whole week at once. This 31 page undated set includes column headers, task cards and six helper designs in both 3 x 5 in and 4 x 6 in, plus lined and dot grid backs, tabbed card box dividers and two setup guides, all with crop marks. You get US Letter and A4 PDF files as an instant download, and nothing is mailed.

Moving a real card from one column to the next feels good, and it keeps busy weeks clear and quiet.

How kanban cards bring order to busy weeks

Give each job its own card, with a project name, a due day, its priority, the very next step and a few subtasks to tick. Then slide it along the board through Backlog, To Do, Doing, Waiting and finally Done. A WIP limit card caps how much sits in Doing at once, and a Blocked and waiting card records who you are waiting for, plus three follow up dates, so stalled work gets moving again.

For bigger goals, a Project overview card shows milestones and a progress bar. The Sprint and week plan card and the Retrospective card make a short weekly review easy to repeat. Since the kanban cards carry no dates, you can begin whenever you like and reprint just the designs you run out of.

Who this task board set suits

• Freelancers and one person businesses with several projects running who want them all in view
• People working from home who prefer moving a paper card to opening one more screen
• Students mapping out assignments, group work and exam revision on a wall or desk
• Visual thinkers who feel swamped by a long written list
• Households planning a move, a renovation or a packed season

Design, sizes and printing details

• Calm, minimal look: white pages with soft blush pink accents that are gentle on ink
• Generous margins, so home printers do not clip any content
• Cards trim to exactly 3 x 5 in (7.6 x 12.7 cm) with three on a sheet, or 4 x 6 in (10.2 x 15.2 cm) with two on a sheet. Crop marks guide the cut, and sheets are US Letter (8.5 x 11 in) or A4 (210 x 297 mm)
• No dates printed, so you can begin on any day of the year
• Backs align with fronts if you choose two sided printing and flip along the long side

Inside the kanban cards set: 31 pages

1. 1Cover page listing everything in the set
2. 2A guide to the system: the five columns (Backlog, To Do, Doing, Waiting, Done), a five step flow of capture, choose, do, unblock and review, a chart of what each card is for, a quick 5 minute board check for every day and simple house rules
3. 3Building your board on a wall or desk: an overview diagram, six setup steps including lane widths for each card size, ideas for where to put it, the supplies to gather and a 15 minute reset checklist for each week
4. 4Printing, cutting and locating cards in four steps, both card sizes explained, a supplies list and a page finder table
5. 5 to 7Six 4 x 6 in column headers, two to a sheet with crop marks: Backlog, To Do, Doing, Waiting, Done and one blank for a column you name yourself. Each has lines for a WIP limit, a lane color and how many cards are in it now
6. 8 to 14Seven designs at 4 x 6 in, two to a sheet with crop marks. Task card: the task, project, due date, priority, size, next step, 5 checkbox subtasks, start and finish dates and how long it took. Project overview card: goal, owner, deadline, lane color, 5 milestones, people and resources, a 10 step progress bar and what done looks like. Sprint and week plan card: a focus, 7 cards to bring in, the days you can work on it, must and could happen lists, capacity, finished work and carry over. WIP limit card: a maximum for To Do, Doing, Waiting and one more column, the reason behind each number and your plan when a column gets too full. Blocked and waiting card: who you are waiting on and how to reach them, the reason, exactly what is stuck, three follow up dates, the day it unblocked and where it went back to. Retrospective card: what went well, what was hard, what to try next, how many cards you finished, where cards got stuck most and one change you will make. Color key card: 10 boxes to give each color a meaning
7. 15 to 16Reverse sides for the larger cards, one lined and one dotted
8. 17 to 18The six column headers at 3 x 5 in, three to a sheet with crop marks
9. 19 to 25All seven designs repeated at 3 x 5 in, three to a sheet with crop marks, with slightly fewer lines so they fit (8 boxes on the color key)
10. 26 to 27Reverse sides for the smaller cards, one lined and one dotted
11. 28 to 29Tabbed card box dividers at 4 x 6 in labeled Backlog, Projects, Done and Blank
12. 30 to 31Tabbed card box dividers at 3 x 5 in labeled Backlog, Projects, Done and Blank

What you download

• Kanban Project Cards (task board cards), US Letter PDF (31 pages)
• Kanban Project Cards (task board cards), A4 PDF (31 pages)
• Read Me First, a short PDF guide to printing

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 before you order

• You receive a PDF to print and cut at home. No printed cards arrive by mail.
• This is a digital file only, and no physical product is shipped.
• Colors on your screen may differ a little from the printed result.
• Made for your own personal use. 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 right away.

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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