diff --git a/examples/coding-template/Example-Template.html b/examples/coding-template/Example-Template.html
index f5b5c932eb..ef7cc2ff64 100644
--- a/examples/coding-template/Example-Template.html
+++ b/examples/coding-template/Example-Template.html
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ <h1>EXAMPLE_NAME Example</h1>
   </ul>
 
   <section>
-    <h2 id="ex_label">Example</h2>
+    <div class="example-header">
+      <h2 id="ex_label">Example</h2>
+    </div>
     <div role="separator" id="ex_start_sep" aria-labelledby="ex_start_sep ex_label" aria-label="Start of"></div>
     <!--
       Note the ID of the following div that contains the example HTML is used as a parameter for the sourceCode.add() function.
@@ -189,7 +191,7 @@ <h2 id="rps_label">Role, Property, State, and Tabindex  Attributes</h2>
   <section>
     <h2>Javascript and CSS Source Code</h2>
     <!--  After the js and css files are named with the name of this example, change the href and text of the following 2 links to refer to the appropriate js and css files.  -->
-    <ul>
+    <ul id="cssJsFiles">
       <li>
         CSS:
         <a href="css/example_name.css" type="tex/css">example_name.css</a>
@@ -212,7 +214,7 @@ <h2 id="sc1_label">HTML Source Code</h2>
       If you change the ID of either the 'ex1' div or the 'sc1' pre, be sure to update the sourceCode.add function parameters.
       -->
     <script>
-      sourceCode.add('sc1', 'ex1');
+      sourceCode.add('sc1', 'ex1', 'ex_label', 'cssJsFiles');
       sourceCode.make();
     </script>
   </section>
diff --git a/examples/css/core.css b/examples/css/core.css
index 2179ae63f4..3ce62a3541 100644
--- a/examples/css/core.css
+++ b/examples/css/core.css
@@ -40,3 +40,72 @@ table.data.attributes tbody th,
 table.data.attributes tbody td {
   border: 1px solid silver;
 }
+
+/* CodePen button */
+.example-header {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  margin-top: 3rem;
+  page-break-after: avoid;
+  page-break-inside: avoid;
+  font: 100% sans-serif;
+  font-family: inherit;
+  line-height: 1.2;
+  hyphens: manual;
+}
+
+.example-header > :first-child {
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+.example-header > :first-child + * {
+  margin-left: 1em;
+}
+
+.example-header button {
+  display: inline-block;
+  position: relative;
+  padding: 0.4em 0.7em;
+  border: 1px solid hsl(213, 71%, 49%);
+  border-radius: 5px;
+  box-shadow: 0 1px 2px hsl(216, 27%, 55%);
+  color: #fff;
+  font-size: inherit;
+  text-shadow: 0 -1px 1px hsl(216, 27%, 25%);
+  background-color: hsl(216, 82%, 51%);
+  background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, hsl(216, 82%, 53%), hsl(216, 82%, 47%));
+}
+
+.example-header button:hover {
+  border-color: hsl(213, 71%, 29%);
+  background-color: hsl(216, 82%, 31%);
+  background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, hsl(216, 82%, 33%), hsl(216, 82%, 27%));
+  cursor: default;
+}
+
+.example-header button:focus {
+  outline: none;
+}
+
+.example-header button:focus::before {
+  position: absolute;
+  z-index: -1;
+
+  /* button border width - outline width - offset */
+  top: calc(-1px - 3px - 3px);
+  right: calc(-1px - 3px - 3px);
+  bottom: calc(-1px - 3px - 3px);
+  left: calc(-1px - 3px - 3px);
+  border: 3px solid hsl(213, 71%, 49%);
+
+  /* button border radius + outline width + offset */
+  border-radius: calc(5px + 3px + 3px);
+  content: '';
+}
+
+.example-header button:active {
+  border-color: hsl(213, 71%, 49%);
+  background-color: hsl(216, 82%, 31%);
+  background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, hsl(216, 82%, 53%), hsl(216, 82%, 47%));
+  box-shadow: inset 0 3px 5px 1px hsl(216, 82%, 30%);
+}
diff --git a/examples/js/examples.js b/examples/js/examples.js
index d0a2c21a20..10aa54ba6f 100644
--- a/examples/js/examples.js
+++ b/examples/js/examples.js
@@ -35,17 +35,26 @@ var VOID_ELEMENTS = ['area', 'base', 'br', 'col', 'embed', 'hr', 'img', 'input',
 aria.widget.SourceCode = function () {
   this.location = new Array();
   this.code = new Array();
+  this.exampleHeader = new Array();
+  this.resources = new Array();
 };
 
 /**
  * Adds source code
  *
+ * @param {string} locationId      - ID of `code` element that will display the example html
+ * @param {string} codeID          - ID of element containing only and all of the html used to render the example widget
+ * @param {string} exampleHeaderId - ID of header element under which the "Open in Codepen" button belongs
+ * @param {string} cssJsFilesId    - ID of element containing links to all the relevent js and css files used for the example widget
+ *
  * @method add
  * @memberof aria.widget.SourceCode
  */
-aria.widget.SourceCode.prototype.add = function (locationId, codeId) {
+aria.widget.SourceCode.prototype.add = function (locationId, codeId, exampleHeaderId, cssJsFilesId) {
   this.location[this.location.length] = locationId;
   this.code[this.code.length] = codeId;
+  this.exampleHeader[this.exampleHeader.length] = exampleHeaderId;
+  this.resources[this.resources.length] = cssJsFilesId;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -66,6 +75,11 @@ aria.widget.SourceCode.prototype.make = function () {
     if (sourceCodeNode.innerHTML.startsWith('<br>')) {
       sourceCodeNode.innerHTML = sourceCodeNode.innerHTML.replace('<br>', '');
     }
+
+    // Adds the "Open In CodePen" button by the example header
+    if (this.exampleHeader[i]) {
+      addOpenInCodePenForm(i, this.exampleHeader[i], this.code[i], this.resources[i]);
+    }
   }
 };
 
@@ -300,4 +314,96 @@ function indentLines (input, indentation) {
   return lines.join('\n');
 }
 
+/**
+ * Creates and adds an "Open in CodePen" button
+ *
+ * @param {String} exampleIndex - the example number, if there are multiple examples
+ * @param {String} exampleHeaderId - the example header to place the button next to
+ * @param {String} exampleCodeId - the example html code
+ * @param {String} exampleFilesId - the element containing all relevent CSS and JS file
+ */
+function addOpenInCodePenForm (exampleIndex, exampleHeaderId, exampleCodeId, exampleFilesId) {
+  var jsonInputId = 'codepen-data-ex-' + exampleIndex;
+  var buttonId = exampleCodeId + '-codepenbutton'
+
+  var form = document.createElement('form');
+  form.setAttribute('action', 'https://codepen.io/pen/define');
+  form.setAttribute('method', 'POST');
+  form.setAttribute('target', '_blank');
+
+  var input = document.createElement('input');
+  input.setAttribute('id', jsonInputId);
+  input.setAttribute('type', 'hidden');
+  input.setAttribute('name', 'data');
+
+  var button = document.createElement('button');
+  button.innerText = 'Open In CodePen';
+
+  form.appendChild(input);
+  form.appendChild(button);
+
+  var exampleHeader = document.getElementById(exampleHeaderId);
+  exampleHeader.parentNode.insertBefore(form, exampleHeader.nextSibling);
+
+  // Correct the indentation for the example html
+  var indentedExampleHtml = document.getElementById(exampleCodeId).innerHTML;
+  indentedExampleHtml = indentedExampleHtml.replace(/^\n+/, '');
+  var indentation = indentedExampleHtml.match(/^\s+/)[0];
+  var exampleHtml = indentedExampleHtml.replace(new RegExp('^' + indentation, 'gm'), '');
+
+  var postJson = {
+    html: exampleHtml,
+    css: '',
+    js: '',
+    head: '<base href="' + location.href + '">'
+  };
+
+  var totalFetchedFiles = 0;
+  var fileLinks = document.querySelectorAll('#' + exampleFilesId + ' a');
+
+  for (let fileLink of fileLinks) {
+
+      var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
+
+      request.open('GET', fileLink.href, true);
+      request.onload = function() {
+          var href = this.responseURL;
+          if (this.status >= 200 && this.status < 400) {
+              if (href.indexOf('css') !== -1) {
+                postJson.css = postJson.css.concat(this.response);
+              }
+              if (href.indexOf('js') !== -1) {
+                postJson.js = postJson.js.concat(this.response);
+              }
+              totalFetchedFiles++;
+          }
+          else {
+              hideButton(buttonId, "Could not load resource: " + href);
+          }
+      };
+      request.onerror = function() {
+          hideButton(buttonId, "Could not load resource: " + fileLink.href);
+      };
+      request.send();
+  }
+
+    var timerId = setInterval(() => {
+        console.log(totalFetchedFiles);
+        if (totalFetchedFiles === fileLinks.length) {
+            document.getElementById(jsonInputId).value = JSON.stringify(postJson);
+            clearInterval(timerId);
+        }
+    }, 500);
+
+    setTimeout(() => {
+        clearInterval(timerId);
+    }, 10000);
+}
+
+function hideButton(buttonId, errorMsg) {
+    let button = document.querySelector(buttonId);
+    button.style.display = "none";
+    console.log("Removing 'Open in Codepen button'. " + errorMsg);
+}
+
 var sourceCode = new aria.widget.SourceCode();