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HTML

<div class="enclosing">#</div><div id="wrapper">
    <div>ONE</div>
    <div>TWO</div>
    <div>THREE</div>
</div><div class="enclosing">#</div>

CSS

div {
    display: inline-block;
}
.enclosing {
    background: green;
}
#wrapper > div {
    background: red;
}

JavaScript

var $wrapper = $('#wrapper');

$wrapper.find('div').detach().map(function (index, element) {
    return index === 0 ? element : [document.createTextNode(' '), element];
}).appendTo($wrapper);