Frozen Turkey??? Here’s A Fix!

Did you forget to unthaw your turkey?

No problem!

It’s perfectly safe to cook a frozen turkey. Here’s how- Remember it takes about 50% longer to cook a frozen vs. a thawed turkey so make sure you don’t buy one over 18 lbs. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.  Unwrap the turkey and bake in the oven for one hour.  Remove the turkey and brush with olive oil and season with poultry seasoning.  Place turkey back in the oven for two more hours.  Then remove turkey again and pull out bag of giblets. The bag should be soft at this point and no longer frozen.  This is the hardest part but you have to do it because you don’t want the bag to melt or you won’t be able to eat the turkey.   After you remove the plastic bag of giblets continue roasting the turkey until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F.  A 12 lb frozen turkey usually takes about 4 ½ – 5 hours to roast. Use an instant read thermometer not the pop up button to determine how done it is.

Your turkey is done and problem solved!

PS: As noted by a comment… this technique should also work with a chicken… and a ham!

Christmas Treat Cone

Materials:

  • Scissors
  • Crayola® Glue Stick
  • Crayola® Washable Markers – Classic, Thin Tip
  • Cardstock – White
  • Pencil
  • Creatology™ Chenille Stem – Red
  • Creatology™ Chenille Stem – White
  • Creatology™ Pom Pom – White
  • Crayola® Crayons

Instructions:

  1. Print “Holiday Treat Cone” pattern onto white cardstock.
  2. Color in peppermints with markers and crayons as desired.
  3. Cut and form cone with tab inside. Secure tab with glue. Let dry.
  4. Create handle by twisting red and white chenille stem together and attach to inside of cone with glue. Let dry.
  5. Pattern can also be traced onto any paper to create endless variations.
  6. Embellish cone with Pom Poms as desired. Let dry.

Kwanzaa Greeting Card

Materials:

  • Creatology™ Chenille Stems – Multi; Red, Green, Brown, Black and Yellow
  • Cards – White
  • Creatology™ Construction Paper
  • Creatology™ Foam Stickers – Alphabet Dotty
  • Scissors
  • Ruler
  • Pencil
  • Aleene’s “Tacky” Glue®
  • Paper Envelope

Instructions:

  1. For Card:
    Cut brown construction paper to fit card front leaving ¼ inch white card border.
  2. Use ruler to tear a ½” width of orange construction paper the length of the card, glue in place.
  3. Use foam letters to personalize card on orange paper strip.
  4. Cut chenille stems as shown on card and glue in place.
  5. Use small roll of yellow chenille as light on candles, glue in place.
  6. Use photo as your guide to make envelope and personalizing with foam letters.
  7. For Envelope:
    Cut strip of orange construction paper to 3/4″ x 3-1/2″ and tear off ends as shown. Glue strip to front of envelope.
  8. Cut three green, one black and three red chenille stems to 1/14″ pieces. Glue over construction paper as shown.
  9. Add name using foam letter stickers.

Kwanzaa Kufi – Hat

Materials:

  • Scissors
  • Duck® Tape – Black
  • Duck® Tape – Green
  • Duck® Tape – Red
  • Stickers – Letters
  • Zots™ Glue Dots
  • Buttons of Choice
  • DMC® Needle
  • Floss
  • Ruler
  • Pencil
  • Glue Gun (Adult Use Only)
  • Parchment Paper

Instructions:

  1. Overlap three 24-inch lengths of black duck tape until it is 4 inches wide. Use the parchment paper to build your sheet of tape on.
  2. Flip piece over, remove paper and fold 1 inch from each side. This creates your band.
  3. Overlap two 24-inch lengths of green tape, flip over, remove paper and fold sides to center to create a 1-½ inch green strip.
  4. ADULT: Glue green band to center of black band.
  5. Use letters to add words around band, gluing black buttons between words.
  6. Cut a 12-inch strip of each color, folding to create a 1-inch strips.
  7. Form an X with the colors, stacking them on top each other.
  8. Sew strips together using button to hold. Fan out.
  9. ADULT: Glue your wide black band together.
  10. ADULT: Glue strips to inside band spacing as shown.

Hanukkah Train

Materials:

  • Craft Smart® Acrylic Paint – Bright Blue
  • Craft Smart® Acrylic Paint – Hunter Green
  • Craft Smart® Acrylic Paint – Brown
  • Craft Smart® Acrylic Paint – Pale Blue
  • Craft Smart® Acrylic Paint – Purple
  • Craft Smart® Acrylic Paint – White
  • Craft Smart® Acrylic Paint – Black
  • Craft Smart® Acrylic Paint – Hot Pink
  • Crayons
  • Creatology™ Foam Sheet – Yellow
  • Foam Stickers – Numbers
  • Creatology™ Chenille Stems – Multi
  • Scissors
  • Paint Brush
  • Aleene’s “Tacky” Glue®
  • Paper Towels
  • Paper Plate
  • Wood Train Letters

Instructions:

  1. Paint train body pieces as shown, let dry.
  2. Coil a chenille stem to coordinate with each car, making sure the coil is big enough to wrap around whole crayon.
  3. Glue coil to top of each letter car. Insert coordinating crayon.
  4. Cut 1″ square of yellow foam, remove backing and place on engine as shown. Add number to yellow square.