Yad project

So this is a project I am doing with the six grade Duden's. For their bar and bat mitzvah when a child turns 13,he or she reads from the bible(torah). For this they use a "hand "to follow along as they read.we are making this hand(Yad).here is the first step.we used  clay and a metal rod,when the kids were done designing ,I bake them in the oven.