# Monday Motivation #2 | The Magic of a Busy Box

An episode of [The Art of Home: A Podcast for Homemakers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1557993655), 17 Jun 2024, 13 min.

Audio: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1587457/episodes/15255105-monday-motivation-2-the-magic-of-a-busy-box.mp3

Send me a text about this episode! In today's Monday Motivation, I'm sharing my summer memories of creating from my grandmother's scrap box and how I carried that practice into my own home when my children were growing up. Whether to fill time on a rainy afternoon, keep little hands busy during travel or in waiting rooms, a Busy Box for your kids or grandkids will certainly spark creativity. Just remember, it's not really about the end result, it's the process and the memory you are making of being creative together. I'm also answering a listener question from The AoH Mail Bag about creating family and personal mission plans. EPISODE NOTES & LINKS Mail Bag Resources: • Alecia Doty's Homemaker Portrait Episode • Pillar's of Homemaking Deep Dive | Rhythms & Routines • "Writing a Family Mission Statement" Focus on the Family article Portable Busy Box Resources: • Dover Publications Easy Origami • String Game Book with String • Card Tricks • Spiral Bound How to Draw Books HOMEMAKING RESOURCES • Free Weekly Newsletter, Homemaker Happy Mail • Private Facebook Group, Homemaker Forum • Newsletter Archive • JR Miller's Homemaking Study Guide • Audio Newsletter available to Titus 2 Woman monthly supporters SUPPORT & CONNECT • Review | Love The Podcast • Contact | Voicemail |Instagram | Facebook | Website | Email • Follow | Follow The Podcast • Support | theartofhomepodcast.com/support Support the show HOMEMAKING RESOURCES • Homemaker's Journal, AoH Seasonal Magazine • Private Facebook Group, Homemaker Forum • JR Miller's Homemaking Study Guide SUPPORT & CONNECT • Review | Love The Podcast • Contact | Text/Voicemail-use the link at top of description | Website | Email • Follow | Follow The Podcast • Support | theartofhomepodcast.com/support DISCLOSURE • **Buy | as an Amazon affiliate, AoH receives a small commission at no extra cost to you when you use our links to purchase items we recommend • AI Content | Portions of this episode’s copy and/or show notes may have been drafted with the assistance of AI and then reviewed and edited by a human, Allison Weeks.

## Chapters

- 0:00 Welcome & Mail Bag: Creating a Family or Personal Mission Plan
- 6:27 Monday Motivation: Memories of Grandmother's Craft Box
- 8:57 Create Your Own Box: Why and What
- 10:08 Portable Box: Occupy Hands and Minds on the Go
- 12:09 Join our Private Facebook Group-Homemaker Forum

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