Black poster with white lettering. Two artworks of children receiving toys at Christmas - one with a teddy bear and one with a gun with words "would you buy your child a war toy to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace?" and "buy toys for peace!". Issued by the End Conscription Campaign. ECC logo.
Archive record
Toys are for cuddling not for killing

- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Toys are for cuddling not for killing. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0115118
South African History Online (2016) 'Toys are for cuddling not for killing', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0115118 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).
South African History Online, Toys are for cuddling not for killing [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0115118, (accessed 22 July 2026).
"Toys are for cuddling not for killing." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0115118. Accessed 22 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Toys are for cuddling not for killing." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0115118.
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