The Best Amazon Craft Supplies For Kids

Kids love to craft!

It’s a fun way for them to express their creativity and enjoy the process of making something that they can show off to friends and family!

Crafts provide an excellent opportunity for children to develop important skills such as hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, problem solving skills, patience, and more.

We do a lot of crafting around here, so we have tons of experience with different products.

We’re also picky with what products we use, so today we’re sharing the best Amazon craft supplies for kids that we recommend when crafting!

You’ll find everything you need from glue, to our awesome printer, to paint and more. Read on below for our favorite products.

Dab & Dot Markers

We have had these markers for years and they still work!! We really can't believe how long they've lasted.

Quick tip: If you don't use these regularly the tips can dry out and it's hard to "restart" them. To speed up the process, quickly dip the tip in some water, then dry them off by dabbing them a few times on some scrap paper.

Kids Safety Scissors

Whenever young kids are cutting paper, we like to use kid-safe scissors with blunt tips like these ones. These ones cut well and are more comfortable on the hands.

Canon Laser Jet Printer

We actually use an older version of this printer (that's how long it's lasted!) and love it. Since it's a laser printer, we can print tons of stuff (like our worksheets and templates) without having to replace the toner. If you're printing in color, it's also clear and crisp – which is why we initially purchased it.

1″ Pom Poms

We've bought pom poms in our local craft store but they're not nearly as high quality as these ones! These pom poms are tight knight and very colorful!

Glue Dots

These glue dots are our favorite! They're great for crafting because they're strong enough to hold things like popsicle sticks together. Make sure you grab the "permanent" ones.

Popsicle Sticks

We do lots of popsicle stick crafts on our blog. We use these ones because they're inexpensive and ship fast.

Cardboard Tubes

We feel comfortable using our old toilet paper rolls for our crafting, but if you're making them in a classroom or daycare setting, these fresh cardboard tubes are a great option!

Liquid Watercolors

Whenever we do anything with watercolors, we always use these liquid watercolors. They're very bright and vivid!

Be aware since they're liquid they can temporarily stain skin and may stain surfaces. We just use an art drop cloth (the one listed right below this) to avoid any big messes.

Mess Drop Cloth

We bough this one a long time ago and have used it countless times when we do messy projects. It's easy to clean up just by wiping down. We've used if for slime, art, play dough and more!

Faber-Castell Connector Paint Box Watercolor Set

If you don't like the idea of liquid watercolors, these ones are awesome! They're vibrant and great for mixing! They’re one of our current favorites for paint.

Laminator

Again, this is the new version of the laminator I use. Mine is so ancient that I want to get a new one, but it just won't die! These Scotch laminators are great for preserving kids crafts or laminating worksheets to use with dry erase markers.

Crayola Super Tips Marker Set

We love Crayola! Nearly every marker and crayon we have is Crayola, but we are constantly choosing these super tip markers because there are so many color choices.

Elmer’s Extra Strength School Glue Sticks

You might think all glue sticks are the same, but I'm here to tell you that's not true!

After using lots of different types, we always buy these ones now. They're way stronger than their regular glue sticks and help your kids' projects last and last!

Crayola Colors of The World Markers

Whenever we color pictures of kids, we always grab this set. We love that there is such a wide variety of skin colors for kids to choose from!

Astrobrights Colored Cardstock

Nearly all of our crafts are paper crafts so we go through a lot of it! When we want a very bright and vibrant paper, this is always our top choice.

Colored Cardstock

For the standard colors of cardstock, this is what we prefer. It's thick and evenly colored for vibrant crafting!

White Cardstock

This is the white cardstock we print out all of our templates on, especially when we color them in (like for our headband crafts). It's a thick paper that is great for use with markers and crayons.

Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint Set

When we paint our paper plate crafts, we like to use this brand because it's inexpensive and doesn't harden in the bottle if you don't use all of it right away.

Googly Eyes

Googly eyes are a standard for kids crafts, right? Even if you have nothing planned and you just let kids stick eyes onto paper, they still love i

Amazon Basics Laminator Sheets

Unlike most of the things I purchase, I opt for the generic Amazon Basics brand for laminating sheets. I've seen no difference in quality and it's much more economical!

What are you favorite kids’ craft supplies?

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Sam

Sam is the crafter and founder of Simple Everyday Mom. She has been featured in Oprah Mag, Good Housekeeping, The Spruce Crafts, Country Living, The Bump and more. Read more.

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Nat

Wednesday 20th of November 2024

Hi from Australia. Oh I LOVE some of your crafts although I'm trying to work out what size paper bags you use for the puppets (presume kids can put their hand in to play) and if I can get them from anywhere (Amazon) or what places in America. Any information would be great. Thanks

Hi Nat! Thanks so much! We used the standard ones from the stores in our area. They're approximately 10.5" long x 5" wide. I have bought them from Amazon before as well. Hope this helps ◡̈

Charee

Sunday 22nd of September 2024

I did signed up and I can’t be able to download the template. Please help!

Monday 23rd of September 2024

Hi! There is not template for this blog post. What craft are you talking about?

Sheila

Thursday 9th of May 2024

I would like the pattern for the mason jar

Friday 10th of May 2024

Of course! All you need to do is click the “Click Here To Get Your Freebie” image at the end of that post and then enter your email in the form Once you've been confirmed as an email subscriber (by clicking the link in the first email), you simply enter your email in any of the forms and it'll automatically redirect you to the download page.

Jeanne

Thursday 2nd of November 2023

I want to make the tissue paper turkey; I have the download, but what about the feet, nose, "gobbler" etc.?? I just have the outline.

Everything is in the download file. The 1st page is the outline and the 2nd and 3rd page have everything else.

Susan

Thursday 26th of October 2023

Help! I can’t seem to find the paper plate templates. Can you please send me the link for the paper plate zombie? Thank you!

Since you’re already an email subscriber, all you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of any post and it’ll automatically redirect you to the download page ◡̈ Please let me know if you have any other questions!