Busy contriving

[pizza]

What are you good for, my brave little man?
Answer that question for me, if you can,--
You, with your fingers as white as a nun,--
You, with your ringlets as bright as the sun.
All the day long, with your busy contriving,
…

What is the meaning of busy contriving? Is it something like "all day with your foolish / naughty behavior" kind of thing?

[bhaisahab]

What are you good for, my brave little man?
Answer that question for me, if you can,--
You, with your fingers as white as a nun,--
You, with your ringlets as bright as the sun.
All the day long, with your busy contriving,
…

What is the meaning of busy contriving? Is it something like "all day with your foolish / naughty behavior" kind of thing?

Have you looked up "contrive" in a dictionary?

[pizza]

Yes, but I don't understand what is the baby contriving. Thanks for the help.