Descriptive writing calls for close attention to details. Whether your subject is as small as a strawberry or as large as a football stadium, you should begin by observing your subject closely and deciding which details are most significant.
Forty Topic Suggestions: Description
To help you get started, here are 40 topic suggestions for a descriptive paragraph or essay.

1. a cell phone
2. a treasured belonging
3. a laptop computer
4. a favorite restaurant
5. your dream house
6. your ideal roommate
7. a closet
8. your memory of a place that you visited as a child
    
9. a locker
10. an accident scene
11. a city bus or subway train
12. an unusual room
13. a child's secret hiding place
14. a bowl of fruit
15. an item left too long in your refrigerator
16. backstage during a play or a concert
17. a vase of flowers
18. a rest room in a service station
     
19. a street that leads to your home or school
20. your favorite food
21. the inside of a spaceship
22. the scene at a concert or athletic event
23. an art exhibit
24. an ideal apartment
25. your old neighborhood
26. a small town cemetery
27. a pizza
28. a pet
     
29. a photograph
30. a hospital emergency room
31. a particular friend or family member
32. a painting
33. a storefront window
34. an inspiring view
35. a work table
36. a character from a book, movie, or television program
37. a refrigerator or washing machine
38. a Halloween costume