ILLUSTRATOR: Combining shapes

To combine shapes you have to click on the shapes tool and select the shape you wanna make. In this one i selected the rounded rectangle shape and the star shape. I then change the color of the shape along with the stroke color and size. To begin combining them you select the shaped and arrange them ontop of the shape you want to combine it with. you will then click and select the shapes and will click on window go down and you will see pathfinder then you select that. After this you will then highlight your shapes and click on add to shape area and then your project will be done.