The present disclosure relates to a method and device for displaying a dynamic icon. The method comprises: detecting an icon display instruction; obtaining a dynamic icon resource pack corresponding to an icon to be displayed based on the icon display instruction; analyzing the dynamic icon resource pack to obtain an icon resource information and a dynamic description information; generating a dynamic icon based on the icon resource information and the dynamic description information; and displaying the dynamic icon. The method and device for displaying the dynamic icon provided by the present disclosure may generate the dynamic icon corresponding to each application program based on the dynamic icon resource pack provided by the application program, so that the icon has a dynamic effect.