Two Colors, Sixty Each
An even split of 60 green and 60 gold makes it possible to sort rather than just scatter. Green runs down the center of a table with gold gathered in a bowl at each end, or the colors mark two teams in a game where children collect what they find. Coins are stamped on both faces, so nothing lands the wrong way up.
Plastic, Not Foil
Chocolate coins wrapped in foil last about ten minutes in a warm room. These are molded plastic, so they survive being handled, dropped, swept up and put back in the bag for next March. Color holds through repeated use rather than dulling after one evening. A bag of them takes up less shelf space than a wreath and gets used more often.
Hidden Around the House
A coin hunt runs the way an egg hunt does, without anything that spoils. Pieces go behind cushions, under a rug edge, along a bookshelf, and children trade what they collect for a small prize at the end. In a classroom the same idea works as a counting exercise, since 120 pieces is enough for a table of students to sort into piles.
Photo Props and Favors
Beyond the table, coins fill a small cauldron for photographs, weigh down the bottom of a clear vase under a bunch of green carnations, or go into paper cups as favors by the door. A handful in a pocket also solves the problem of what to hand a coworker on a Monday when the office is doing something for the day.
