diff --git a/error-el.js b/error-el.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d7a005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/error-el.js
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+const html = require('bel')
+const helpers = require('./element-helper')
+
+function errorContainer (opts) {
+  const classes = helpers.classes(['center', 'w-100', 'tc', 'red', 'f4', 'mt3', 'mb3'], opts)
+  const style = helpers.style('', opts)
+  const el = helpers.opts(html`<div class="${classes.join(' ')}" style="${style}"></div>`, opts)
+  return el
+}
+
+function errorMessage (key, txt) {
+  return html`<div data-for="${key}">${txt}</div>`
+}
+
+function error (opts) {
+  opts = opts || {}
+  const messages = new Map()
+  const container = errorContainer(opts)
+
+  return {
+    render: () => container,
+    displayError,
+    removeError,
+    clear
+  }
+
+  function displayError (key, txt) {
+    if (messages.has(key)) {
+      const msgEl = getMsgDiv(key)
+      msgEl.innerText = txt
+    } else {
+      container.appendChild(errorMessage(key, txt))
+    }
+    messages.set(key, txt)
+  }
+
+  function removeError (key) {
+    messages.delete(key)
+    container.removeChild(getMsgDiv(key))
+  }
+
+  function clear () {
+    messages.forEach((_, key) => removeError(key))
+  }
+
+  function getMsgDiv (key) {
+    return container.querySelector(`div[data-for="${key}"]`)
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = error
diff --git a/form-elements.js b/form-elements.js
index f8cbd99..eacd777 100644
--- a/form-elements.js
+++ b/form-elements.js
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ exports.input = require('./input-el')
 exports.button = require('./button-el')
 exports.label = require('./label-el')
 exports.labeledInput = require('./labeled-input-el')
+exports.error = require('./error-el')
diff --git a/test/errors.spec.js b/test/errors.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f54f8ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/errors.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+const test = require('tape')
+
+const error = require('../error-el.js')
+
+test('errors', (t) => {
+  const errA = error()
+  const $elA = errA.render()
+  const errB = error()
+  const $elB = errB.render()
+
+  t.equal($elA.children.length, 0, 'elA has no kids')
+  t.equal($elB.children.length, 0, 'elB has no kids')
+
+  errA.displayError('bar', 'beep')
+
+  t.equal($elA.children.length, 1, 'elA has a kid')
+  t.equal($elB.children.length, 0, 'elB has no kids')
+  t.equal($elA.children[0].innerText, 'beep', 'beeping')
+
+  errA.displayError('bar', 'moog')
+
+  t.equal($elA.children.length, 1, 'elA has a kid')
+  t.equal($elA.children[0].innerText, 'moog', 'mooging')
+
+  errA.removeError('bar')
+
+  t.equal($elA.children.length, 0, 'elA has no kids')
+  t.equal($elB.children.length, 0, 'elB has no kids')
+
+  errA.displayError('foo', 'boop')
+  errA.displayError('baz', 'shoop')
+
+  t.equal($elA.children.length, 2, 'elA has 2 kids')
+  t.equal($elA.children[0].innerText, 'boop', 'first we boop')
+  t.equal($elA.children[1].innerText, 'shoop', 'then we shoop')
+
+  errA.clear()
+
+  t.equal($elA.children.length, 0, 'elA has no kids')
+  t.end()
+})