Write a song beginning with the words “I’m Grateful”
Write a song with the title “Thankful everyday”
Write a song imagining fall colors
Write a song about changing seasons
Write a song after reading Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall”
Write a song about Howard Hugh’s “Spruce Goose”
Write a song about Daniel Boone (who was born in November)
Write a song about Mother Francis Xavier Cabrini
Write a song in the form of a letter
Write a song about a memory of your mother in the autumn
Write a song with the imagery of falling leaves
Write a song about the cruel cold
Write a song that is a conversation over tea
Write a song about making soup
Write a song about baking
Write a song about your sister and you raking leaves
Write a song about evergreen trees
Write a song about the first thanksgiving
Write a song about someone spending thanksgiving away from their family
Write a song about your feelings of changing seasons
Write a song about the looming winter
Write a song with the verse starting on Dm and the chorus starting on Am
Write a song on an instrument you don’t know how to play
Write a song about a friend reaching out for help
Write a song about turkey and cranberries
Write a song about tradition
Write a holiday song about Family
Write a kid’s song about a turkey.
Write a song about a snow day
Write a song about traveling during the holidays
*This idea was adapted from Lisa Aschmann's book 1000 Songwriting Ideas. If you're looking for a lot more like this definitely buy her book. I can't recommend it enough. Click here for a link to her site. Her book is available from Hal Leonard at this link: www.halleonard.com