Easter crafts for kids and traditional Easter recipes are still a big hit in Poland. Here is a little of what McAveler and Mimi learned when they visited Poland during the Easter season

Hey Mimi, it's almost Easter time. Easter crafts for kids and Easter traditions are very important in Poland and have not changed much during the centuries.

Would you like to visit Poland and see what Easter is like there?

Would I ever, exclaimed Mimi! I love Easter activities. I'll bet there are lots of and things to learn!

Great, responded McAveler. Easter in Poland actually begins on Ash Wednesday, when pussywillows called "bazie" or "kotki" are cut and placed in water. These pussywillow twigs are used later on Palm Sunday as "palms".

Since most Poles have been Catholics since Mieszko I converted to Christianity in about 966 AD, many Polish people follow the Catholic traditions of Ash Wednesday or Sroda Popielcowa, Lent or Wielki Post, Palm Sunday or Niedziela Palmowa, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday or Wielka Niedziela.

The Easter crafts for kids dinner table will be covered with a white tablecloth.

In the middle of the table in most homes they will put colored eggs, cold meats, coils of sausages, ham, yeast cakes, pound cakes, poppy-seed cakes, and a lamb made of sugar.

Polish Easter Soup called Zurek or White Barscz is often served at the Easter meal, garnished with the hard-boiled eggs and sausage.

Hey Mimi, let's learn how to make Zurek, the delicious Polish Easter Soup!

Wet Monday or Lany Poniedzialek

Monday just after Easter is a holiday in Poland and is called "Lany Poniedzialek" or "Smigus-Dyngus".

This is a wonderful day of fun. The ancient Polish tradition on Easter Monday is celebrated by enthusiastically sprinkling each other with water. Especially kids have fun this day.

Some people say that being splashed with water on Easter Monday will bring you good luck throughout the year.

Colored Eggs

The custom of is still observed in Poland. The eggs are decorated with many traditional Polish symbols of Easter. Most popular are the lamb, cross, floral designs or Easter greetings.

The eggs decorated by using treated wax are called "pisanki".

Another technique involves gluing colored paper or shiny fabric on them.

The eggs which are painted in one color are called If patterns are etched with a pointed instrument in the paint, the eggs are then called "skrobanki" or "rysowanki".

Mimi, let's learn how to color eggs and also to make a yummy chocolate Easter Egg!

Make an Easter bonnet

Coloring eggs sounds like great fun but first I need to learn how to make an easy and adorable Easter crafts for kids bonnet, exclaimed Mimi.

After all, everyone says that I am, well, adorable!