Cut your potato in half and push your chosen cookie cutter firmly into the potato half. Then with a sharp knife cut a slice of the potato around the cookie cutter and then remove it. Press your potato onto to kitchen paper to get rid of the excess starch.

Lay your kraft paper across a long surface such as a dining table or the floor. Tape or weigh the ends. Then squeeze a small amount of paint onto a plate and use your potato to spread it thinly. Dab your potato stamp into the paint lifting it to make sure the stamp is evenly covered with a thin layer of paint.  We were using an old stamp pad so just pressed the potato into this.

Now you can stamp your design to your heart's content. We did two sizes of trees for different sized gifts.

Allow your paper to dry before rolling it up and moving on to a new area.

Trace around your chosen size cookie cutter on to black card or paper and then cut out.

Cut two slits in the tree to pass your baker's twine through.