While many see the Amazon Prime Day sale as a time to shop for half-price tech and reduced homeware, it's also a chance to save on craft supplies for your kids! Stock up on rainy-day essentials, such as jigsaws, art kits and games, and ensure your cupboard is full to the brim with fun activities to keep your children busy this summer.
We've scoured the two-day sale for the best kids' craft deals around — take a look below, and avoid the dreaded 'I'm bored!' over the summer holidays.
We've also gathered a list of our favourite Amazon Prime Day craft deals, for all of your sewing, sketching and designing needs.
When is Amazon Prime Day?
This year, the Amazon Prime Day sale event starts at 00:00 16th July and ends 23:59 17th July, so you've got two whole days to fill your baskets and make plenty of savings.
The sale event is exclusively for Amazon Prime members, but don't worry, you can still sign up and become an Amazon Prime member today. As well as access to exclusive deals, you'll be able to enjoy next day delivery, Prime Video, Music, Reading and Gaming.
What's even better, new members are now eligible for a 30-day free trial.
You can also jump to our selection of the best Amazon Prime Day kids' craft deals in the US.
The best Amazon Prime Day kids' craft deals in the UK
Melissa & Doug Scratch Art Magic Doodle Book £6.49 £2.99 (-54%)
A scratch art doodle book is a great way to entertain your kids. This model from Melissa & Doug includes a mini wooden stylus so your budding artists can create their masterpieces straight away!
abeec Giant Craft Kit for Kids £19.99 £12.99 (-35%)
Save 35% on this giant art kit for kids, now available in the Amazon Prime Day sale. You’ll find googly eyes, colourful paper, sequins, tissue paper, foam balls, and stickers inside, so there’s plenty to help keep kids entertained.
Monopoly Deal £5.99 £4.59 (-23%)
A family classic! Monopoly Deal is the perfect way to spend a wet afternoon with your kids. It’s suitable for eight years and up, and it travels well if you’re looking for a portable game for your summer holidays.
LEGO Classic Large Creative Brick Storage Box Set £44.99 £34.19 (-24%)
A Lego kit is sure to keep kids entertained for hours, and this one is a popular choice, with over 9,000 five-star reviews and over 2,000 purchases in the past month alone. Get it at 24% off before tomorrow.
Kindle Paperwhite Kids £159.99 £129.99 (-19%)
You can get Kindle's kids' e-reader at 19% off the usual price right now, plus a year's free subscription to 1,000 children's books with Amazon Kids+. Choose the black cover, or one of the more colourful illustrated options.
Hot Wheels 10 Car Assortment £24.43 £8.49 (-65%)
Not only is this Hot Wheels car pack available at a 65% discount in the Prime Sale, it's also Amazon's number one bestseller in the Pre-Built Scaled Models category. Buy this for any child who already owns a Hot Wheels track, or is building a collection of toy cars.
VTech Marble Rush Adventure Set £59.99 £49.99 (-17%)
Amazon's best-selling marble run, this building set for kids aged four and over is a popular choice. For the deal price of under £50, you get 135 building pieces, 10 marbles and two electronic modules, which play music and sound effects to ramp up the drama!
Melissa & Doug Wooden Cool Scoops Ice Creamery £49.99 £26.99 (-46%)
What child would say no to a refreshing ice cream on a warm summer's day? With this wooden set, children can become the ice cream vendors themselves, dishing up delicious scoops for friends and family. It's Amazon's top-selling play food set at the moment and almost half price in the sale.
Melissa & Doug Rainbow Stamp Set £13.49 £6.36 (-53%)
This dinosaur stamp set is better than half price in the Prime Day sale, so you get eight stamps, two ink pads and five coloured pencils for less than £7. Use the stamps to create a ready-made line drawing, before colouring it in for the finished look!
Connect 4 £12.99 £6.99 (-46%)
We all know and love Connect4, so it's worth grabbing this deal for any quiet moments throughout the summer. At 46% off, it's currently at the lowest price it's been for the past three years, so well worth snapping up in the Prime Day sale.
Barbie Camper Chelsea 2-in-1 Playset £44.99 £26.38 (-41%)
If your household is still very much gripped by Barbie fever from last year, consider this cute camper set, which unpacks to form a campsite for Barbie and her pet puppy and bunny. It's now 41% off in the sale.
Desire Deluxe Magnetic Building Blocks £34.99 £20.99 (-40%)
This vibrant magnetic building set includes 20 squares, 18 triangles and 10 windows, currently on sale for £14 cheaper than usual. It's Amazon's bestseller in Magnetic Building Toy Sets and customers have bought over 1,000 sets in the past month, so it's a popular choice!
Lego City Express Passenger Train Set £116.66 £83.07 (-29%)
If you want to save a bit of money on a Lego set this summer, consider this choice, designed for children aged seven and over. The train is remote-controlled and even has dimmable headlights to illuminate the track ahead!
The best Amazon Prime Day kids' craft deals in the US
Mr. Sketch Scented Markers $24.38 $11.62 (-52%)
Fragranced pens take colouring in to the next level, and you get 22 in this pack. At 52% off in the sale, this is a huge discount, so it’s well worth considering for fun colouring sessions this summer.
Magic The Gathering 2023 Starter Kit $21.94 $14.99 (-32%)
Why not introduce your kids to this iconic game this summer? Designed for two players aged 13 and up to learn the rules, it's perfect for teens to pass the time this summer.
Play-Doh 36 Pack $39.90 $20.49 (-49%)
Play-Doh is a classic, and the crafting possibilities are endless when you have 36 packs to play with... Save almost half the standard price when you buy this set today.
Hape All-in-One Wooden Kid's Art Easel $74.88 $59 (-21%)
An adjustable easel is a handy item to have for any kids who love drawing and painting. This one comes with a paper roll and three cups for paint and water. Buy it in the Prime Day sale today to save 21% - over $15 - of the standard price.
Dot It Unicorns & Princesses Sticker book $19.97 $11.97 (-40%)
Dot It! has a great range of sticker books in the Prime Day sale; we've picked out this Unicorns and Princesses one but you can also buy animal, dinosaur and even dress-up themed versions.
For even more bargains, don't forget to check out our pick of the best Amazon Prime Day homeware and DIY tool deals.
What is Amazon Prime Day?
The two-day sale event is a chance for Prime members to enjoy exclusive deals across Amazon's wide range of shopping categories. You'll find huge reductions on tech, clothing, food and homeware, making the yearly sale bonanza a great chance to stock up on big and beloved brands.
Here at Gathered, we've been keeping a close eye on the deals as they drop, and we'll be updating our Amazon Prime Day deal pages with the best offers available.
See below for even more savings:
- Amazon Music Unlimited - Sign up before 20th July, and enjoy three free months
- Kindle Unlimited - Get a 30-day free trial for access to millions of books, audiobooks and selected magazine subscriptions
- Amazon Kids - Enjoy a one-month free trial for access to child-friendly books, films and TV shows