craft matchsticks
What is the meaning of 'craft matchsticks'?

"As I sat sipping a cup of tea at my sister Doris’ house, my husband, Brian, (23) __CAUGHT__ my eye and flashed me a wide smile. Brian’s eyes had lit up when he saw Michael, our nephew, playing with a pile of craft matchsticks, attempting to make a house."

Question

craft matchsticks
What is the meaning of 'craft matchsticks'?

"As I sat sipping a cup of tea at my sister Doris’ house, my husband, Brian, (23) __CAUGHT__ my eye and flashed me a wide smile. Brian’s eyes had lit up when he saw Michael, our nephew, playing with a pile of craft matchsticks, attempting to make a house."

Answer

A matchstick is a small wooden stick. Imagine a match (like what you would use to light up a cigarette) without the phosphorus tip. 
Craft is a manual creative activity. “Arts and crafts” is a generic term for artistic manual work, building models of planes, ships, trains, or houses, would fall under this category, as well as painting or decorating those models.

So basically they’re building a small model of a house out of small sticks.

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