Gotta say I got a similar problem to dis.

Smoke out of a homemade bong, made out of a vase. I use aluminum from a soda can for my bowl, and I put a small piece of bud in, kept trying to keep it lit and shit but it kept burning the inside aluminum part rather then the bud, hard to explain.

Anyways, can anyone suggest a good alternative for a bowl for homemade bongs? Something household maybe?