diff --git a/src/scripts/lib/foreach-els.js b/src/scripts/lib/foreach-els.js
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+module.exports = function(els, fn, context) {
+  if (els instanceof HTMLCollection || els instanceof NodeList || els instanceof Array) {
+    return Array.prototype.forEach.call(els, fn, context)
+  }
+  // assume simple dom element
+  return fn.call(context, els)
+}
diff --git a/tests/scripts/lib/foreach-els.js b/tests/scripts/lib/foreach-els.js
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+var tape = require("tape")
+
+var forEachEls = require("../../../src/scripts/lib/foreach-els.js")
+
+var div = document.createElement("div")
+var span = document.createElement("span")
+var cb = function(el) {
+  el.innerHTML = "boom"
+}
+
+tape("test forEachEls on one element", function(t) {
+  div.innerHTML = "div tag"
+  forEachEls(div, cb)
+
+  t.equal(div.innerHTML, "boom", "works correctly on one element")
+  t.end()
+})
+
+
+tape("test forEachEls on an array", function(t) {
+  div.innerHTML = "div tag"
+  span.innerHTML = "span tag"
+
+  forEachEls([div, span], cb)
+
+  t.equal(div.innerHTML, "boom", "works correctly on the first element of the array")
+  t.equal(span.innerHTML, "boom", "works correctly on the last element of the array")
+
+  t.end()
+})
+
+tape("test forEachEls on an NodeList", function(t) {
+  div.innerHTML = "div tag"
+  span.innerHTML = "span tag"
+
+  var frag = document.createDocumentFragment()
+  frag.appendChild(div)
+  frag.appendChild(span)
+  forEachEls(frag.childNodes, cb)
+
+  t.equal(div.innerHTML, "boom", "works correctly on the first element of the document fragment")
+  t.equal(span.innerHTML, "boom", "works correctly on the last element of the document fragment")
+
+  t.end()
+})