Create a new div and wrap around each p element
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"> </script>//from w w w .ja v a2 s .c o m <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("button").click(function(){ $("p").wrap(document.createElement("div")); }); }); </script> <style> div{background-color: yellow;} </style> </head> <body> <p>This is a paragraph.</p> <p>This is another paragraph.</p> <button>test</button> </body> </html>