How to Make a Jigsaw Puzzle

Six short steps from a photo on your phone to a puzzle your friends can solve in their browser — free, and nothing to install.

Step by step

1
Choose a photo worth solving
Pick a sharp picture with lots of colour and detail: a landscape, a pet, a busy family shot. Plain skies and dark photos make pieces almost impossible to tell apart.
2
Crop it square
Jigsaw grids are square, so a square crop keeps faces and focal points inside the puzzle. Our builder crops for you and lets you nudge the framing.
3
Pick how many pieces
9 to 25 pieces suits small children, 50 to 100 is a relaxing few minutes, and 225 pieces is a proper challenge. You can change it any time and start over.
4
Choose the piece style
Classic jigsaw pieces with tabs and blanks, or clean squares if you want a faster, tidier puzzle.
5
Solve it yourself first
Playing it once tells you whether the difficulty is right, and gives you a time for friends to chase.
6
Share the link
Send the puzzle link in WhatsApp, iMessage or anywhere else. It opens straight into the puzzle — no app to install and no account needed.

Open the puzzle builder, upload a photo, choose a piece count and start playing. Making, playing and sharing puzzles is free and needs no account.

For young children use 9 to 25 pieces. For adults, 100 pieces takes a few minutes and 225 pieces makes a satisfying longer challenge.

Yes. Use a square, high-resolution version of the photo with a printing service. The same cropping and detail advice applies.

No. Puzzles run in any modern phone or desktop browser, and shared links open the puzzle immediately.

Yes. Anyone who taps your link can play right away without signing up.