An S3 static website can be created in under 5 minutes.

First create a bucket and make it public.

Give the bucket a name.

Then make it public

Click create bucket to finish

Click on the new bucket.

Choose properties and fill in the static website hosting details.
Take note of the endpoint.

Create a simple HTML File index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Static Website</title>   
</head>
<body>

<div class="center">
    <b>Static Website on S3</b>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Upload the new HTML File and make sure it is public.

Test the new site using the endpoint from above.
http://dobie.co.uk.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com