diff --git a/src/Contracts/Element.php b/src/Contracts/Element.php
index fd37eda..02227d6 100644
--- a/src/Contracts/Element.php
+++ b/src/Contracts/Element.php
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ interface Element
 {
     public function __construct(array $options = []);
 
+    public function setOptions(array $options): Element;
+
+    public function getOptions(): array;
+
+    public function isValid(): bool;
+
+    public function resolve(): Element;
+
     public function render(): string;
 
     public function toString(): string;
diff --git a/src/Elements/BladeElement.php b/src/Elements/BladeElement.php
index afce8e9..2cd920e 100644
--- a/src/Elements/BladeElement.php
+++ b/src/Elements/BladeElement.php
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ abstract class BladeElement extends Element
 {
     public function render(): string
     {
+        $this->resolve();
+
         return $this->getEngine()->make(implode('.', array_filter([
             $this->getPath(),
             $this->name,
diff --git a/src/Elements/Element.php b/src/Elements/Element.php
index e0627ce..7561aa3 100644
--- a/src/Elements/Element.php
+++ b/src/Elements/Element.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Curlyspoon\Core\Elements;
 
 use Curlyspoon\Core\Contracts\Element as ElementContract;
+use Exception;
 use Symfony\Component\OptionsResolver\OptionsResolver;
 
 abstract class Element implements ElementContract
@@ -45,14 +46,26 @@ abstract class Element implements ElementContract
      */
     protected $options = [];
 
+    /**
+     * @var OptionsResolver
+     */
+    protected $resolver;
+
     public function __construct(array $options = [])
     {
         $this->setOptions($options);
     }
 
-    public function setOptions(array $options)
+    public static function make(array $options = []): ElementContract
     {
-        $this->options = $this->optionsResolver()->resolve($options);
+        return new static($options);
+    }
+
+    public function setOptions(array $options): ElementContract
+    {
+        $this->options = $options;
+
+        return $this;
     }
 
     public function getOptions(): array
@@ -60,6 +73,24 @@ public function getOptions(): array
         return $this->options;
     }
 
+    public function resolve(): ElementContract
+    {
+        $this->setOptions($this->optionsResolver()->resolve($this->getOptions()));
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    public function isValid(): bool
+    {
+        try {
+            $this->optionsResolver()->resolve($this->getOptions());
+
+            return true;
+        } catch (Exception $exception) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     abstract public function render(): string;
 
     public function toString(): string
@@ -74,23 +105,25 @@ public function __toString(): string
 
     protected function optionsResolver(): OptionsResolver
     {
-        $resolver = new OptionsResolver();
-        $resolver->setDefaults($this->defaults);
+        if (is_null($this->resolver)) {
+            $this->resolver = new OptionsResolver();
+            $this->resolver->setDefaults($this->defaults);
 
-        $resolver->setRequired($this->required);
+            $this->resolver->setRequired($this->required);
 
-        foreach ($this->types as $option => $types) {
-            $resolver->setAllowedTypes($option, $types);
-        }
+            foreach ($this->types as $option => $types) {
+                $this->resolver->setAllowedTypes($option, $types);
+            }
 
-        foreach ($this->values as $option => $values) {
-            $resolver->setAllowedValues($option, $values);
-        }
+            foreach ($this->values as $option => $values) {
+                $this->resolver->setAllowedValues($option, $values);
+            }
 
-        if (method_exists($this, 'configureOptions')) {
-            $this->configureOptions($resolver);
+            if (method_exists($this, 'configureOptions')) {
+                $this->configureOptions($this->resolver);
+            }
         }
 
-        return $resolver;
+        return $this->resolver;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Elements/PugElement.php b/src/Elements/PugElement.php
index bff20ca..73b3fb7 100644
--- a/src/Elements/PugElement.php
+++ b/src/Elements/PugElement.php
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ abstract class PugElement extends Element
 {
     public function render(): string
     {
+        $this->resolve();
+
         return $this->getEngine()->renderFile($this->getPath().'/'.$this->name.'.pug', $this->getOptions());
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Elements/TwigElement.php b/src/Elements/TwigElement.php
index 1d2fae5..d6de22e 100644
--- a/src/Elements/TwigElement.php
+++ b/src/Elements/TwigElement.php
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ abstract class TwigElement extends Element
 {
     public function render(): string
     {
+        $this->resolve();
+
         return $this->getEngine()->render($this->name.'.twig', $this->getOptions());
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Elements/Native/Headline.php b/tests/Elements/Native/Headline.php
index de66c03..bc46327 100644
--- a/tests/Elements/Native/Headline.php
+++ b/tests/Elements/Native/Headline.php
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ class Headline extends Element
 
     public function render(): string
     {
+        $this->resolve();
+
         return sprintf('<h%d>%s</h%d>', $this->options['size'], $this->options['text'], $this->options['size']);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration/Libs/ElementTest.php b/tests/integration/Libs/ElementTest.php
index 28c1b3b..073cc6e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/Libs/ElementTest.php
+++ b/tests/integration/Libs/ElementTest.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public function text_option_is_required()
         $this->expectException(MissingOptionsException::class);
         $this->expectExceptionMessage('The required option "text" is missing.');
 
-        new Headline();
+        Headline::make()->resolve();
     }
 
     /** @test */
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ public function text_option_does_not_accept_array()
         $this->expectException(InvalidOptionsException::class);
         $this->expectExceptionMessage('The option "text" with value array is expected to be of type "string", but is of type "array".');
 
-        new Headline([
+        Headline::make([
             'text' => [
                 'my',
                 'headline',
             ],
-        ]);
+        ])->resolve();
     }
 
     /** @test */
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public function size_option_has_default()
             'text' => 'my headline',
         ]);
 
-        $this->assertEquals(1, $headline->getOptions()['size']);
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $headline->resolve()->getOptions()['size']);
     }
 
     /** @test */
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ public function size_option_does_not_accept_zero()
         $this->expectException(InvalidOptionsException::class);
         $this->expectExceptionMessage('The option "size" with value 0 is invalid. Accepted values are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.');
 
-        new Headline([
+        Headline::make([
             'text' => 'my headline',
             'size' => 0,
-        ]);
+        ])->resolve();
     }
 
     /** @test */