Kids Draw It Sketchbook-Viking and Hermit

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Kids Can Draw It with a Viking and Hermit Sketchbook!

“Hermit?”

“Yes, Viking.”

“Do you like to draw?”

“I do, Viking. Do you like to draw?”

“Yes, Hermit.  I love to draw. I remember as kids, listening to my father’s stories, and he always had good ones that made us laugh like, “The Dwarves Meet the Shield Riding Fools” or “Rainbow Viking Meets Thor”, and the next day, all of us kids would draw it out with the characters and scenes from the stories he told.

Then, we’d gather each drawing from the kids together, to make a drawing book that we could page through, and laugh about on our breaks from our sword fighting lessons.

I would present our kids drawing book to my father, and he would laugh so hard that tears from his eyes fell to the ground, and he held his belly shaking like it hurt. All of us kids would only laugh more at the sight of him, until our cheeks were sore and exhausted from smiling.

Drawing and learning to draw as kids brings such fond memories of my father, Hermit.”

“What a nice memory, Viking.  I can’t remember anything like that from my past, but I do like to draw what I will make as a tool to use here on Hermit Island.

I draw it out first to see my idea, and then I draw it in steps as my plan to put it together. A drawing always helps me with learning the best way to make it, so that I can see any mistakes before I start.”

“Drawing is so good for learning, and for kids fun and learning isn’t it?”

“Yes, indeed.”

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Kids Can Draw It with a Viking and Hermit Sketchbook!

Just like Viking and Hermit like to draw, kids can draw original illustrations and sketches from the Kids Book Series. Learning and practicing drawing for kids, teaches them to focus and to embrace their creativity.

Drawing

In your Kids Draw It Sketchbook, each drawing example can be printed out for your kids to enjoy. There are 14 illustrations to draw, and be a part of the action and adventures of the Storybooks for Kids.

Learning

For more learning to draw practice, there is an Extra Drawing Practice Page in the Drawing Book to print out anytime your kids want to try a drawing again.

Also, your kids can write down notes for each drawing, as well as fill in a Dedication and Thank You Page.  If your kids would like to package together each drawing into their own Special Drawing Book, they can! They can make it into a gift, or keep it on the book shelf as family memorabilia.

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Kids Draw It Sketchbook is available at LaDy LaDuke’s Etsy Shop, and can also be selected as a Free Gift with Purchase.

 

~Courtney & Betina


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Kids Coloring Book

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Get This Kids Coloring Book Free with Any LaDy LaDuke Purchase!

 

kids coloring bookDo Your Kids like Coloring?

 

This is Shaku from Book 3 of The Viking and the hermit, and he’s just waiting for kids to color him.

 

He can be colored in any color kids want, because he has all of those stripes and fins.  Here’s a coloring picture of him with Hermit in green, red, aqua, orange, purple and even more colors…

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Viking Likes Kids Coloring Her in the Book Too!

 

kids coloring bookViking also likes color, and especially color on her helmet, shield and dress.  Of course, like most girls, she has many shoes that can be many colors for coloring too.

 

In this coloring picture, you get to color the stone path, grass, rocks, sky and sun.

 

Don’t forget coloring the trim on her sleeves and dress too.

 

Your Kids Coloring Book has 20 original sketches and illustrations as a special collection just for kids from Books 1, 2 & 3…

 

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Hermit Likes Kids Coloring!

 

kids coloring bookHermit also likes to be colored by kids, especially from one of his favorite spots, up on the rock cliff calling up the seahorses.

 

He is holding his spear and sea shell that need some coloring in the book, and down on the bottom is the sea star grabba climbing up.  There are many colors for them too.

 

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Sasha & Kasha Like Kids to Color Them in the Coloring Book.

 

kids coloring bookThey are the seahorses that Viking & Hermit ride to go Spear Fishing, and they have many colors like, green, red, yellow, orange and grey.

 

Their head combs and coiled tails can change colors, so kids can decide to color them in the book as many color choices as they want.

 

And don’t forget that Mom can get this Viking & Hermit Kids Coloring Book FREE when she buys something at LaDy LaDuke Etsy.

 

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For this original sketch in the book, kids can fill in the colors of the sandy bottom Hermit Bay floor with the uggies, grabba and sea shells. The can also color, Viking, Sasha, more grabbas and a fish. Viking had to learn to ride her seahorse, Sasha while spearing her fish, and she had to do all of that before the hungry grabbas came

 

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kids coloring bookGo get your Viking & Hermit Kids Coloring Book today!  It’s a perfect activity for your kids, and it can even be FREE.

 

Enjoy!~Courtney & Betina

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How to Lasso a Shaku Fish

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It takes a rope, a knot, a tie and a lasso to lasso a Shaku Fish…

Hermit swings the lasso rope, with a tie and loop over his head.  He twirls his lasso rope like a spinning wheel in the air.

The mare is just across the meadow, chewing on grass, and she doesn’t hear Hermit approaching.

With his lasso rope spinning, he steps on a small tree branch, and it crunches out a sound.  He glances down at his foot in its sandal, and sees how large and young it appears.

“Wait…that’s not my foot.”

He thinks as he takes a quick breath, and opens his eyes.

Above is the shimmering coral ceiling of his clam house shell, instead of his lasso rope.

“Where am I?  Ahh…it is just a dream.” He says to himself.

He lifts up the bed covers, and swings his legs out, touching his feet to the ground.

“Now, those are my feet…old and small.”

He gets up, and stretches his arms while yawning.

Then plucks the lasso from the wall, and checks the tie knot.  The tie and knot are strong, and the braided jute rope is rough and sharp in his hand.

“I think I’d better practice my rope lasso throwing today.  You never know when I’ll need it.”

 

…Good thing he got to practice how to lasso thanks to his dream, because he will need it.  He’ll definitely need it.  

 

Here’s a bit of what happened from Book 3–The Viking & the hermit: Shaku Riding

 

First, meet Shaku…

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How to Lasso a Shaku Fish…

A Lasso Trick

Hermit thinks he will slip his lasso rope over Shaku’s head as it shoots by the rock, but which side will that be?

He watches Shaku’s tail fin to clue him in. “Right, left, right, left, left…got him!”

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Hermit breaks free, and Shaku runs the length of the rope to snap it. Hermit knows that rope and knot tie will not last long.

Find out what happens next! Read The Viking & the hermit: Shaku Riding.

 

More on How to Lasso:

Most people know a lariat as a lasso, but the word lasso actually refers to the act of throwing the looped end of a lariat rope.

Instructions

Slip your rope through the small loop tie at the end of the lasso rope called the honda knot. Form a noose approximately one to two feet in diameter.

  • Hold the rope loop lightly in your right hand a foot or so from the honda knot. Coil the rest of the lasso rope in your left hand leaving 5 to 6 feet of kink-free rope between the noose and the coil.
    • Position yourself in front of a target…

    • Relax your wrist and slowly begin to swing the lasso rope over your head, right to left. Expert ropers suggest thinking of your wrist as an axle and the lasso rope loop as a wheel revolving horizontally over and around your head.

    • Cast the rope loop by swinging your arm quickly forward. As you move your arm forward bring your wrist down to shoulder level and extend your arm out. Be careful not to interfere with the motion of the lasso. Let your palm open and swing the rope toward the target.

    • Strive to send the noose on a straight, level course to your target by maintaining a smooth steady rhythm as you cast. Keep your arm and wrist straight and extended toward the target. The force you use to thrust the loop forward will also play a role in how far your lasso rope goes.

    • Pull the length of lasso rope coiled in you left hand to tighten the tie loop around your target.

How to Lasso & More on the Honda Knot Tie

Honda Knot Tie

This is the knot tie all cowboys use to form their lasso or lariat. The Honda Knot creates the most nearly-perfect circle of any knot. Its round shape, especially in a stiff rope tie, helps it slide freely along the rope…which is what makes it good for a lasso.

Do you think you could lasso this?…

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How to Lasso a Shaku Fish

Subscribe and get a FREE Coloring Picture of Shaku for your kids!

Courtney & Betina

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Kids Book 3 Release: The Viking and the hermit Shaku Riding

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Introducing Kids Book 3–The Viking & the hermit: Shaku Riding available on Amazon Kindle!

“Hermit?”

“Yes, Viking.”

“Did you know that kids can read our third story book of our books now?”

“Our third story book for kids. We have more stories for kids than just three, Viking.”

“Of course, but the kids have to catch up now to our third book first, don’t you think?”

“Oh yes, because this book finally gets to what we talked about when we made our video, remember?”

“I remember, Hermit.  We gave the kids a clue about what was in the deep water, and I almost gave it away.  They still have to read our books to know the whole story though, right?”

 

“After all, the kids will miss all the excitement we had in Book 3.”

“Very true, Viking.  Kids should read our story books from the beginning, because we really have one big story that we tell in parts for the book series.”

“Yes, indeed.  Kids should read, and follow along from the beginning of our books in the series. Plus, each story book has an Introduction that tells more about us, and who we are before our adventures for books together.”

“What’s next for our books in the series, Hermit?”

“Next, we have our first three books combined in one story book for kids in a print version.”

Kids Book–The Viking & the hermit Books 1, 2 & 3 Combo…

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“We also have a coloring story book coming!”

 

Kids Books–The Viking & the hermit: Shaku Riding Coloring Story Book…

 

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“Don’t forget to tell the kids about their Shaku Coloring Picture they can get right now if their parents sign up for our newsletter, Hermit.”

“Oh yes, I almost forgot.  Shaku makes for some great coloring, doesn’t he?”

Sign up for our newsletter, and get coloring kids! Shaku is a fish of many colors, and you can make him any color you want.”

“I’m so glad the kids get to read our story books, and get to know us here on Hermit Island, aren’t you Hermit?”

“Yes, Viking.  So am I…so am I.  Let’s get back to Clam House Clearing.  I have some hot spiced fig waiting for us.”

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Get Books 1, 2 & 3 today, and catch up with our stories!

Courtney & Betina~LaDy LaDuke

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