War Toys
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Growing peace by confronting war.
War Toys® is a US-based, 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and media organization. Our mission is to foster a more peaceful and equitable world for future generations.
War Toys® is a US-based, 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and media organization. Our mission is to foster a more peaceful and equitable world for future generations.
We just added another 20 copies of Lorissa Rinehart’s brilliant biography on Dickey Chapelle to our shop. “First to the Front” chronicles Dickey’s amazing life and career and is a page turner! wartoys.org/shop/firstto... #wartoys #dickeychapelle #photojournalist #photography #photojournalism #bio
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To honor Dickey Chapelle and her legacy, War Toys has partnered with two accomplished authors, both of whom have written remarkable books about her life and career – First to the Front (biography)...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We just added another 20 copies of Lorissa Rinehart’s brilliant biography on Dickey Chapelle to our shop. “First to the Front” chronicles Dickey’s amazing life and career and is a page turner! wartoys.org/shop/firstto... #wartoys #dickeychapelle #photojournalist #photography #photojournalism #bio
To support our toy industry program, War Toys® is releasing a special, pewter “army man” of legendary photojournalist Dickey Chapelle. wartoys.org/shop
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November 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
To support our toy industry program, War Toys® is releasing a special, pewter “army man” of legendary photojournalist Dickey Chapelle. wartoys.org/shop
#photography #photojournalism #wartoys #armymen
#photography #photojournalism #wartoys #armymen
“Hadil” drew her life before the war in #Syria, her dad watering a tree at home. She then drew the #refugee tent she was surviving in with her brother and sister in #Lebanon. Her father has been notably erased from her drawing of the camp. #photography #toyphotography #wartoys #worldrefugeeday
June 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
“Hadil” drew her life before the war in #Syria, her dad watering a tree at home. She then drew the #refugee tent she was surviving in with her brother and sister in #Lebanon. Her father has been notably erased from her drawing of the camp. #photography #toyphotography #wartoys #worldrefugeeday
At a #Syrian #refugee camp in #Lebanon, 11-yr-old “Hana” drew a seemingly happy scene of her family at dinner. She revealed it was the last time she saw her dad alive. He got up to investigate sounds of gunfire outside and was killed steps from their door. #wartoys #toyphotography #photography #art
June 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
At a #Syrian #refugee camp in #Lebanon, 11-yr-old “Hana” drew a seemingly happy scene of her family at dinner. She revealed it was the last time she saw her dad alive. He got up to investigate sounds of gunfire outside and was killed steps from their door. #wartoys #toyphotography #photography #art
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@wartoys.org will never be as cool as No War Toys back in the 60s. I mean, seriously… The Doors played their friggin anniversary party!! #wartoys #thedoors
May 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
@wartoys.org will never be as cool as No War Toys back in the 60s. I mean, seriously… The Doors played their friggin anniversary party!! #wartoys #thedoors
In East Jerusalem, local #Palestinian children play a constant cat-and-mouse game with #IDF, often throwing tiny pebbles to harass them. “Mahmoud’s” drawing shows what happened to his friend when the soldiers didn’t want to play one day. #wartoys #art #photography #toyphotography #armymen #arttoys
May 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In East Jerusalem, local #Palestinian children play a constant cat-and-mouse game with #IDF, often throwing tiny pebbles to harass them. “Mahmoud’s” drawing shows what happened to his friend when the soldiers didn’t want to play one day. #wartoys #art #photography #toyphotography #armymen #arttoys
6-yr-old "Iryna" imagines her cat waiting outside of her destroyed home in #Ukraine. Displaced families had to leave pets behind while running for their lives. There wasn't time to find them; the animals ran away or hid from the explosions. #wartoys #toyphotography #photography #art #toys #cat
April 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
6-yr-old "Iryna" imagines her cat waiting outside of her destroyed home in #Ukraine. Displaced families had to leave pets behind while running for their lives. There wasn't time to find them; the animals ran away or hid from the explosions. #wartoys #toyphotography #photography #art #toys #cat
“Yusef” was imprisoned, beaten, and tortured by ISIS because his uncle was a police officer who resisted their takeover of Mosul. Yusef was taken to force compliance, alongside other boys with family deemed a threat to ISIS rule. #wartoys #toyphotography #photography #art #iraq #childreninwar #war
March 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“Yusef” was imprisoned, beaten, and tortured by ISIS because his uncle was a police officer who resisted their takeover of Mosul. Yusef was taken to force compliance, alongside other boys with family deemed a threat to ISIS rule. #wartoys #toyphotography #photography #art #iraq #childreninwar #war
"Farid" said that Lebanese were mean. Half of his drawing is about fleeing #Syria. The other shows his dream of going back to Homs and finding everything destroyed, except for his home. He was sure it must be ok, and it had to be better than here. #wartoys #toyphotography #photography #refugee #art
March 13, 2025 at 2:24 AM
"Farid" said that Lebanese were mean. Half of his drawing is about fleeing #Syria. The other shows his dream of going back to Homs and finding everything destroyed, except for his home. He was sure it must be ok, and it had to be better than here. #wartoys #toyphotography #photography #refugee #art
Asked about the future, #Palestinian children in East Jerusalem imagined an uprising against #Israel. The photo was taken by the wall that separates the West Bank. The child in the background was an orphan living on the streets nearby. #wartoys #toyphotography #photography #art #activism
March 6, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Asked about the future, #Palestinian children in East Jerusalem imagined an uprising against #Israel. The photo was taken by the wall that separates the West Bank. The child in the background was an orphan living on the streets nearby. #wartoys #toyphotography #photography #art #activism
7-year-old #Ukrainian Alisa imagines a happy future w/ a soldier, understood to be her father. She said water is trapped underground by the war, and will surface to feed the trees, flowers, and a rainbow when he is home again. #wartoys #childreninwar #ukraine #photography #toyphotography #art
February 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
7-year-old #Ukrainian Alisa imagines a happy future w/ a soldier, understood to be her father. She said water is trapped underground by the war, and will surface to feed the trees, flowers, and a rainbow when he is home again. #wartoys #childreninwar #ukraine #photography #toyphotography #art
"A warrior who is brave" throws a Molotov cocktail at a Russian APC in a drawing by 7-year-old "Artem." The #Russian tank, destroyed by #Ukrainian forces outside #Kyiv, now occupies a neighbor's cabbage patch. #wartoys #childreninwar #toyphotography #photography #arttherapy #ukraine #war #art
February 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"A warrior who is brave" throws a Molotov cocktail at a Russian APC in a drawing by 7-year-old "Artem." The #Russian tank, destroyed by #Ukrainian forces outside #Kyiv, now occupies a neighbor's cabbage patch. #wartoys #childreninwar #toyphotography #photography #arttherapy #ukraine #war #art
We’re grateful to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for the review of the touring exhibition “War Toys: Ukraine,” currently at the MacArthur Museum of Military History in Little Rock.
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Little Rock museum exhibit shows war in Ukraine through children’s eyes | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Arkansas' Best News Source
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February 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We’re grateful to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for the review of the touring exhibition “War Toys: Ukraine,” currently at the MacArthur Museum of Military History in Little Rock.
#wartoys #toyphotography #photography www.arkansasonline.com/news/2025/fe...
#wartoys #toyphotography #photography www.arkansasonline.com/news/2025/fe...
Asma Elementary School, #Gaza City in 2012 - Amara drew soldiers, helicopters, and tanks but only pointed out the girl and the missiles, the girl and missiles, again and again… #wartoys #photography #toyphotography #art #childreninwar #arttherapy #photography #palestine #israel #cinderella
February 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Asma Elementary School, #Gaza City in 2012 - Amara drew soldiers, helicopters, and tanks but only pointed out the girl and the missiles, the girl and missiles, again and again… #wartoys #photography #toyphotography #art #childreninwar #arttherapy #photography #palestine #israel #cinderella
The American Journal of Play published an in-depth interview about War Toys® and our toy industry program. We are grateful to have had the opportunity to encapsulate so much of the work, from its origins to what it’s become! www.museumofplay.org/app/uploads/... #wartoys #toyphotography #arttoys
February 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The American Journal of Play published an in-depth interview about War Toys® and our toy industry program. We are grateful to have had the opportunity to encapsulate so much of the work, from its origins to what it’s become! www.museumofplay.org/app/uploads/... #wartoys #toyphotography #arttoys
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Sa'eed and his mother must cross #Israeli checkpoints for his #PTSD treatment in East Jerusalem. He imagines Palestinians in control and Israelis waiting "their fair turn." #wartoys #toyphoto #toyphotography #childreninwar #arttherapy #eastjerusalem #kalandia #checkpoint #Palestinian #photography
December 29, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Sa'eed and his mother must cross #Israeli checkpoints for his #PTSD treatment in East Jerusalem. He imagines Palestinians in control and Israelis waiting "their fair turn." #wartoys #toyphoto #toyphotography #childreninwar #arttherapy #eastjerusalem #kalandia #checkpoint #Palestinian #photography
In 2017, several Iraqi children drew Angry Birds, always the yellow one named "Chuck." In the game, he shoots down like a missile. Kids used him as a way to talk about airstrikes on their homes in a less scary way. #wartoys #toyphotography #childreninwar #arttherapy #iraq #angrybirds #photography
February 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
In 2017, several Iraqi children drew Angry Birds, always the yellow one named "Chuck." In the game, he shoots down like a missile. Kids used him as a way to talk about airstrikes on their homes in a less scary way. #wartoys #toyphotography #childreninwar #arttherapy #iraq #angrybirds #photography
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February 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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In the Dheisheh Refugee Camp outside #Bethlehem, an 8 year old named Fatima said that she was afraid that her little brother would be killed in an airstrike. Her drawing shows them playing together, exposed, as soldiers and bombs close in. #wartoys #toyphotography #photography #childreninwar #art
February 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
In the Dheisheh Refugee Camp outside #Bethlehem, an 8 year old named Fatima said that she was afraid that her little brother would be killed in an airstrike. Her drawing shows them playing together, exposed, as soldiers and bombs close in. #wartoys #toyphotography #photography #childreninwar #art
Recorded by photojournalist David Gilkey in Afghanistan (courtesy of his estate and @npr.org)
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January 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Recorded by photojournalist David Gilkey in Afghanistan (courtesy of his estate and @npr.org)
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Prototype “army man” of photojournalist Byron Smith, shot in Chernigiv, Ukraine at a location where he worked a few weeks before. Figures coming soon from @wartoys.org
#toyphotography #photography #photojournalism #armyman #ukraine #toys
#toyphotography #photography #photojournalism #armyman #ukraine #toys
January 24, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Prototype “army man” of photojournalist Byron Smith, shot in Chernigiv, Ukraine at a location where he worked a few weeks before. Figures coming soon from @wartoys.org
#toyphotography #photography #photojournalism #armyman #ukraine #toys
#toyphotography #photography #photojournalism #armyman #ukraine #toys
January 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
$83k isn’t chump change, but it’s an unbelievably low budget for a toy line w/ 12 figures, boardgame, mobile app, and lesson plans, all delivered in 30+ languages. For $1.50 wholesale, we are giving kids real play value while shaping lifelong perceptions. Donate to support more!
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December 30, 2024 at 5:43 PM
$83k isn’t chump change, but it’s an unbelievably low budget for a toy line w/ 12 figures, boardgame, mobile app, and lesson plans, all delivered in 30+ languages. For $1.50 wholesale, we are giving kids real play value while shaping lifelong perceptions. Donate to support more!
wartoys.org/donate
wartoys.org/donate
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I sadly didn’t get to meet the man, but I was incredibly honored by the invite to present @wartoys.org work at the Carter Presidential Library. He was a true leader, not afraid to roll up his sleeves and work for a better future, especially when it seemed naive.
December 29, 2024 at 11:20 PM
I sadly didn’t get to meet the man, but I was incredibly honored by the invite to present @wartoys.org work at the Carter Presidential Library. He was a true leader, not afraid to roll up his sleeves and work for a better future, especially when it seemed naive.
Sa'eed and his mother must cross #Israeli checkpoints for his #PTSD treatment in East Jerusalem. He imagines Palestinians in control and Israelis waiting "their fair turn." #wartoys #toyphoto #toyphotography #childreninwar #arttherapy #eastjerusalem #kalandia #checkpoint #Palestinian #photography
December 29, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Sa'eed and his mother must cross #Israeli checkpoints for his #PTSD treatment in East Jerusalem. He imagines Palestinians in control and Israelis waiting "their fair turn." #wartoys #toyphoto #toyphotography #childreninwar #arttherapy #eastjerusalem #kalandia #checkpoint #Palestinian #photography