- Place whipped cream on plates in front of each guest. Have everyone close her eyes. The party host taps someone, and that person starts as the "murderer." Have everyone open her eyes. The murderer will wink at guests and they in turn have to "die" when getting caught being winked at. Each victim creates a dramatic death scene and smashes her head into the whipped cream. This continues until someone correctly guesses the murderer's identity. That person is the winner. If someone thinks she knows who the murderer is, she raises her hand and then whispers her guess into the host's ear. The host shakes her head if the guess is wrong, or nods if it is right. If correct, the person must yell the murderer's name out loud. But if no one guesses correctly before the murderer kills everyone then the murderer becomes the winner.
- Set up relay games of any sort. Ten year olds love the thrill of competition and will work hard at racing the clock in anything in order to win.
- Send the kids on a scavenger hunt but instead of a traditional scavenger hunt, have them instead take photos of everything on their list or tape record themselves doing each item or task on the list.
- Blow up a balloon and tie it to a piece of string a foot-and-a-half long. Make one of these for each child participating. Tie the loose end of string to an ankle on each child. On the word "go," the children must try to stomp others' balloons while protecting her own. Once a person's balloon has been stomped, they are out. The last person left with an unstomped balloon wins.
