The carving of the butter sculpture takes 6–8 hours per finalist. For nearly 40 years, Linda Christensen has sculpted the Princesses' butter sculptures. Princesses take their butter sculpture home with them at the end of the Fair.
The process of creating a butter sculpture takes 6-8 hours for each participant.  Linda Christensen has been sculpting these butter sculptures for nearly 40 years and they are given to the Princesses who take them home after the fair.