Did you know you can get your own photos printed on jigsaw puzzles? Not only do they make amazing gifts (what’s more fun than receiving a puzzle with your cherished moments on it?), but they’re a great way to preserve memories and shake up your puzzle game.
With a custom jigsaw puzzle, you get all the fun and benefits of puzzles and a memorable keepsake. Keep reading for everything you need to know about our favorite brands that create custom puzzles.
Ravensburger is a well-known jigsaw puzzle brand for a reason–their products are very high quality. Their puzzles stand out for their thick, snug-fitting pieces and high-quality printing. Luckily, their custom photo puzzles are no different.
A custom puzzle from Ravensburger is perfect for serious puzzlers who don’t want to sacrifice quality for novelty. You can create custom puzzles that range from 49 to 1500 pieces.
With soft-click technology and a glare-free finish, you can trust that your puzzle will look and feel great. And some custom puzzles come in a sturdy tin box that’s built to last.
Have you ever seen a puzzle image you loved, but it wasn’t the right piece count? For example, for newbie jigsaw puzzles, maybe you love an image on a 2000-piece puzzle but aren’t ready for that kind of challenge yet. On the flip side, puzzle pros could be obsessed with an image on a puzzle that’s way too easy for them.
Thanks to PuzzleYOU, there’s a solution. Like Ravensburger, PuzzleYOU can create custom puzzles from your own images. However, they also let you customize puzzles from images they provide. Simply choose the image you love and select how many pieces you want it to have. You can even add custom text to the puzzle.
Pretty cool, right? With PuzzleYOU, you have creative control. They have tons of options for personalized gifts, creating your own collage puzzles, and even a puzzle advent calendar option. They also offer kids puzzles, and for puzzling pros, you can create puzzles with up to 2000 pieces.
Puzzles of Color is an amazing Black-owned puzzle company founded by sibling duo Ericka and William. Their shared love of puzzles goes all the way back to elementary school, and they use their puzzles to showcase artists of color.
They offer custom puzzles, called Moments, that range from 110 to 750 pieces and are printed on high quality pieces. You can upload your photo, add text, and choose a theme. We love that buying a custom puzzle from Puzzles of Color supports a small, mission-driven business!
Have you tried Micro Puzzles yet? They’re 150-piece puzzles that only measure four by six inches. They come in tubes that are small enough to take on the go, and they’re designed to be completed in a single one to two-hour sitting.
Micro puzzles are already a novelty, and now you can make them even more special by customizing them! With a custom micro puzzle, you can upload your own image, add text, and add colors. The puzzle tube comes complete with a label with your photo on it.
A cool thing about custom micro puzzles is that they offer discounts when you buy more than one. When you buy ten or more, each puzzle is only $9.99, making them perfect for party favors or group gifts!
Want to take your custom puzzle up a notch? Check out personalized wooden puzzles by Wentworth Puzzles. This brand is known for its themed whimsy pieces, which are randomly placed puzzle pieces that are cut in unique shapes. For example, a puzzle with an image of a barnyard scene may have whimsy pieces shaped like farm animals.
You can choose a theme for the whimsy pieces when you customize a 250-piece wooden puzzle with Wentworth. There are a ton of options, including holiday, wedding, travel, and pet themes.
Wentworth puzzles are built to last a lifetime, so they make a wonderful gift for yourself or a loved one. Each puzzle is made with 4mm thick wood which is sourced from sustainably managed forests, and each puzzle comes in a high-quality keepsake box.
For another wood puzzle option, StumpCraft is a Canadian puzzle company that features Canadian artists. Their custom wood puzzles range from 225 to 250 pieces and also come with whimsy pieces. There are two custom puzzle themes: family and music.
These puzzles are made with a whole lot of heart and pure craftsmanship. The pieces are 6mm thick and made to last. Each puzzle is precision laser-cut in a unique pattern that matches the theme of the puzzle, which adds a fun challenge. And there’s a discount for additional copies of the same custom puzzle so each of your loved ones can get one!
Liberty Puzzles is a beloved USA-based puzzle brand that also produces high-quality wooden puzzles. Their images celebrate classic Americana, and their puzzle pieces come in one-of-a-kind shapes. They use 1/4” thick wood that is laser cut into puzzles and offer a service to remake/replace missing pieces!
You can create a custom Liberty puzzle in two different sizes: small, which is nine by 13 inches and around 250 pieces, and large, which is 13 by 17 inches and around 450 pieces. Liberty has thousands of cut templates with fun whimsies and will choose one that best fits the aspect ratio and is on theme with your image.
Another wooden puzzle favorite, Elms Puzzles (formerly The Waterford Puzzle Company) makes the largest customizable wooden puzzles on this list. You can customize wooden puzzles that have up to 800 pieces. Elms is also the only maker of hand cut wooden puzzles featured here.
An Elms puzzle is customization at its finest. Not only do you get to choose your own photo, but you can influence how the puzzle itself is made. They let you choose the border style and the cut style, which impacts the puzzle’s difficulty level.
For example, you can request some tricks, many tricks, and very few tricks. Cutting tricks can include false edges, color line cutting, trick corners, and more. You can even request a specific artisan to cut your puzzle and request specific special pieces. If you want to create a beautiful keepsake for a puzzler who loves a challenge, an Elms puzzle is the way to go.
Custom puzzles have tons of benefits, including:
As puzzle aficionados, we’re big fans of custom puzzles at Completing the Puzzle. We love that these brands make it easy to turn a memory into a jigsaw puzzle that you’ll want to keep forever.
Like custom puzzles, Completing the Puzzle is revolutionizing the puzzling industry with our puzzle rental program. It’s simple: you choose your favorite puzzles and we send them to you one at a time. When you’re done, simply mail the puzzle back to us with the provided shipping label, and we’ll ship out your next one.
The best part? A Completing the Puzzle membership ensures you have an endless supply of puzzles without overcrowding your shelves. It’s an eco-friendly way to enjoy your favorite pastime, and we offer a large catalog of puzzles to choose from–you’ll never get bored! You can also choose your plan by difficulty level.
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