diff --git a/example/main.jsx b/example/main.jsx
index 3fcb296..1afa141 100644
--- a/example/main.jsx
+++ b/example/main.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import 'babel-core/polyfill';
 import React  from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
-import ReactEmojiMixin from '../src/react-emoji';
+import ReactEmoji, { ReactEmojiMixin, emojify } from '../src/react-emoji';
 
 let App = React.createClass({
   getDefaultProps() {
@@ -17,7 +17,30 @@ let App = React.createClass({
   render() {
     return (
       <div>
-        <div>{ this.emojify(this.props.text) }</div>
+        <div>
+          <ReactEmoji>
+            {this.props.text}
+          </ReactEmoji>
+        </div>
+        <div>
+          <ReactEmoji>
+            {"Hello World"}
+          </ReactEmoji>
+        </div>
+        <div>
+          <ReactEmoji />
+        </div>
+        <div>
+          <ReactEmoji emojiType = 'emojione'>
+            <div>
+              <div>
+                {this.props.text}
+              </div>
+              {this.props.text}
+            </div>
+          </ReactEmoji>
+        </div>
+        <div>{ emojify(this.props.text) }</div>
         <div>{ this.emojify(this.props.text, {emojiType: 'emojione'}) }</div>
         <div>{ this.emojify(this.props.text, {useEmoticon: false}) }</div>
       </div>
diff --git a/src/react-emoji.js b/src/react-emoji.js
index 9dc30a8..fbdb7c0 100644
--- a/src/react-emoji.js
+++ b/src/react-emoji.js
@@ -6,6 +6,75 @@ import assign             from 'object-assign';
 import compact            from 'lodash.compact';
 
 let ReactEmoji = () => {
+  const ReactEmojiPropTypes = {
+    useEmoticon: React.PropTypes.bool,
+    emojiType: React.PropTypes.string,
+    host: React.PropTypes.string,
+    path: React.PropTypes.string,
+    ext: React.PropTypes.string,
+    singleEmoji: React.PropTypes.bool,
+    strict: React.PropTypes.bool,
+    children: React.PropTypes.any,
+  };
+
+  const ReactEmojiComponent = React.createClass({
+    displayName: "ReactEmoji",
+
+    propTypes: ReactEmojiPropTypes,
+
+    render() {
+      let emojifiedChildren = this.emojifyChildrenText(this.props.children, this.getOptionsFromProps());
+
+      if (!emojifiedChildren) return null;
+
+      // support for a wrapper, instead of the span we provide
+      if (emojifiedChildren.length === 1 && React.isValidElement(emojifiedChildren[0])) {
+        return emojifiedChildren[0];
+      } else {
+        return (
+          <span>
+            {emojifiedChildren}
+          </span>
+        );
+      }
+    },
+
+    getOptionsFromProps() {
+      let options = {};
+      let attributes = assign({}, this.props);
+
+      for (let key in ReactEmojiPropTypes) {
+        options[key] = this.props[key];
+        delete attributes[key];
+      }
+
+      options.attributes = attributes;
+      return options;
+    },
+
+    cloneAndEmojifyChild(child, options) {
+      return React.cloneElement(child, {}, this.emojifyChildrenText(child.props.children, options));
+    },
+
+    // traverse and emojify the child nodes
+    emojifyChildrenText(children, options) {
+      return React.Children.map(children, (child) => {
+        if (isString(child)) {
+          return emojify(child, options);
+        } else if (React.isValidElement(child)) {
+          return this.cloneAndEmojifyChild(child, options);
+        } else {
+          return child;
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
+  });
+
+  let isString = (obj) => {
+    return toString.call(obj) === '[object String]';
+  };
+
   let getEscapedKeys = (hash) => {
     return Object.keys(hash)
       .map(x => escapeStringRegexp(x))
@@ -96,17 +165,29 @@ let ReactEmoji = () => {
     );
   };
 
+  let emojify = (text, options = {}) => {
+    if (!text) return null;
+    options = buildOptions(options);
+    if (options.singleEmoji) {
+      return emojifyTextToSingleEmoji(text, options);
+    } else {
+      return emojifyText(text, options);
+    }
+  };
+
   return {
-    emojify(text, options = {}) {
-      if (!text) return null;
-      options = buildOptions(options);
-      if (options.singleEmoji) {
-        return emojifyTextToSingleEmoji(text, options);
-      } else {
-        return emojifyText(text, options);
-      }
-    },
+    ReactEmojiComponent: ReactEmojiComponent,
+
+    emojify: emojify,
   };
 };
 
-export default ReactEmoji();
+let { ReactEmojiComponent, emojify } = ReactEmoji();
+
+export { emojify }
+
+export var ReactEmojiMixin = {
+  emojify: emojify
+};
+
+export { ReactEmojiComponent as default }
diff --git a/test/react-emoji-test.js b/test/react-emoji-test.js
index c5c3097..231d4b0 100644
--- a/test/react-emoji-test.js
+++ b/test/react-emoji-test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import ReactDOM  from "react-dom";
 import assert from 'power-assert';
 import TestUtils from 'react-addons-test-utils';
 
-import ReactEmojiMixin from "../src/react-emoji";
+import {ReactEmojiMixin} from "../src/react-emoji";
 
 let SampleComponent = React.createClass({
   getDefaultProps() {