I was going to go with pencils or possibly erasers but it felt like I didn’t have enough so went with pennies. I used a dime to break the pattern and used rule of third to draw the eye to the dime more. I picked the background from construction paper. The funny thing is, the camera distorted to a blue from a dull pink.
Your break of the pattern is sort of a secret. A fun thing to notice on a second look. How could you make the break more obvious and further animate the composition?