Stick puzzles use sets of 'polysticks' (essentially one-dimensional objects) which have to be assembled into two- or three-dimensional configurations.

Polystick

Polystick

In recreational mathematics, a polystick is a polyform with a line segment as the basic shape. Polysticks result when identical line segments are joined together end-to-end at 0° or 90° angles....

s are configurations of joined or unjoined thin (ideally one-dimensional) 'sticks'. The sticks may be matchsticks, or pieces of straw, wire or similar.

A special (and very old) class of stick puzzles are 'matchstick puzzle

Matchstick puzzle

Matchstick puzzles are rearrangement puzzles in which a number of matchsticks are arranged as squares, rectangles or triangles.The problem to solve is usually formulated as : move n matchsticks to make m squares ).However some of the puzzles require lateral thinking and are not just about making...

s', where all parts used are sticks (usually matchsticks) rather than polysticks. Some (trick-)puzzles can only be solved when one assumes that the sticks actually have measurements in more than one dimension.