At PAR Puzzle, we can craft your favorite photographs into a custom photo collage jigsaw puzzle. Simply contact us with your selection of photographs and we will create your very own one-of-a-kind PAR hand-cut photo collage puzzle. Like all PAR Puzzle originals, your custom creation will come in an imageless box and with an estimated “par time” that is specific to your puzzle. Unfamiliar with the concept of par time? Let us explain. A par time is a time limit challenge that PAR puzzlers aim to beat to prove they are “up to par.” As a very quick puzzler, one of the PAR Puzzle founders—John Nunes Henriques—created the concept of par time and determined them by timing his assembly of each newly cut puzzle.
The history of the company and craftsmanship that inspires your custom PAR is like no other as well. PAR Puzzles was founded by John Nunes Henriques and Frank Ware in 1932 during the depths of the Great Depression when a massive jigsaw puzzle craze swept through the United States. At first, both men were only interested in puzzle making to occupy their forced leisure time. However, they knew of the advantages that high-quality puzzles had on the market and decided to turn their hobby into a business. For months, they experimented with different saw blades, glues, cutting methods, prints, papers, and woods. Eventually, they developed specifications for their craft and produced puzzles that set a new standard. As the economy revived, many puzzle producers shut down and moved on to new endeavors, but PAR grew and flourished, eventually becoming known as the “Roll-Royce of puzzles.” Read more about PAR Puzzles’ origins here.
Today, we are proud to continue the PAR Puzzle tradition of creating timeless wooden jigsaw puzzles and expanding our services by offering custom photo collage jigsaw puzzles. Click here to learn more about how to get your very own PAR Puzzle custom photo jigsaw puzzle.