Our ward used to do a fun activity each year called "Find the Advisor" at a local mall. The Youth leaders (Advisors) and other adults would try to disguise themselves while groups of the youth tried to find them. It was a fun and often funny version of "Hide and Seek" with those who were "hiding" staying in plain site. No one was allowed to hide in stores. They had to stay in the hallway. Over the years, though, the area of the mall where our ward had the activity got a bit rougher and less safe, so the tradition ended because none of the other malls were willing to give permission for the activity.
This year it was revived again, but with some of the youth being part of those in disguise. The name was changed to "_______'s Most Wanted" and was done at a mall in a better area. This first picture is of most of those in disguise just before going out into the mall hallways.
Below is the picture of the "best" disguise, meaning almost none of the youth groups found her. She is the Young Women's President, and she put her grandkids in their stroller and was definitely one of the hardest to recognize.
Jordan was the scary looking one. He wore a fauxhawk, used super glue and magnets to simulate brow, lip, and ear piercings, and although you can only see one of them, we even drew fake tattoos on his arms with a sharpie. His hair was sprayed black, and he grew ten days worth of facial hair which we darkened with my mascara. As he walked along at the mall while texting on his phone, girls would look behind them, see him, and scatter out of his way. The Starbucks cup in his hand had hot chocolate in it. Three of the four groups recognized him, more than he had expected.
Josiah tried to blend in by looking a bit more ordinary. He rarely wore his glasses at church, and we sprayed his hair blond. He was disappointed that all four groups found him since being ordinary is theoretically supposed to be more likely to be overlooked.
Half the fun of the activity was coming up with the disguise. We spent a lot of time in the days beforehand hunting for parts of the planned disguises, and it was all over in such a short time.
