Illustrator: Snowflake

First, I clicked and held onto the rectangle tool and selected the star tool. Then, I created three different stars and put one in front of the other. Next, I selected all three stars and pressed the add symbol on the pathfinder tool. After that, I then made four equally sized rectangles and rotated them. Finally, I selected everything and pressed the subtract symbol on the pathfinder tool. My three stars then turned into a snowflake.