diff --git a/snippets/createElement.md b/snippets/createElement.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3cfa7cd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/createElement.md
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+### createElement
+
+Creates an element from a string.
+
+Use `document.createElement()` to create a new element. Set its `innerHTML`
+to the string supplied as the argument. Use `ParentNode.firstElementChild` to
+return the element version of the string.
+
+```js
+const createElement = str => {
+  const el = document.createElement('div');
+  el.innerHTML = str;
+  return el.firstElementChild;
+};
+```
+
+```js
+const el = createElement(
+  `<div class="container">
+    <p>Hello!</p>
+  </div>`
+);
+console.log(el.className); // 'container'
+```
diff --git a/tag_database b/tag_database
index 099c08007..aee8519c5 100644
--- a/tag_database
+++ b/tag_database
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ compose:function
 copyToClipboard:browser,string,advanced
 countOccurrences:array
 countVowels:string
+createElement:browser,utility
 currentURL:browser,url
 curry:function,recursion
 deepFlatten:array,recursion