As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 20, 2006

                                           Registration No. 333-134177

                                UNITED STATES
                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549

                               POST-EFFECTIVE
                              AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                     TO
                                 FORM S-8
                           Registration Statement
                                    under
                         The Securities Act of 1933


                           NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC.
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                    DELAWARE                           36-3514169
                    --------                           ----------
          (State or other jurisdiction              (I.R.S. employer
               of incorporation or                identification no.)
                  organization)

                                10B Glenlake Parkway
                                      Suite 300
                               Atlanta, Georgia 30328
            (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

                               NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC.
                            EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                              (Full title of the plan)

                                 Dale L. Matschullat
                Vice President-General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
                                10B Glenlake Parkway
                                      Suite 300
                               Atlanta, Georgia 30328
                       (Name and address of agent for service)

                                   (770) 407-3830
            (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                   With a copy to:
                                 Lauralyn G. Bengel
                                  Schiff Hardin LLP
                                  6600 Sears Tower
                               Chicago, Illinois 60606
                                   (312) 258-5500



                                  EXPLANATORY NOTE


         On May 16, 2006, Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (the "Registrant") filed
    a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-134177) to register
    5,000,000 shares of its Common Stock issuable under the Newell
    Rubbermaid Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") and an
    indeterminate number of participation interests in the Plan.  No shares
    or participation interests included in that Registration Statement have
    been offered or sold.  In order to avoid any question as to the
    Registrant's ability to use a Form S-8 at the time of the original
    filing, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is being filed to deregister
    the shares and associated participation interests.  The Registrant is
    concurrently filing a new Registration Statement on Form S-8 to register
    5,000,000 shares for issuance under the Plan and to reflect the carry over
    and use of the related filing fee from the original Registration Statement.
































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                                 SIGNATURES

        THE REGISTRANT.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
   Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has
   reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for
   filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration
   Statement and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
   to Form S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
   undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State
   of Georgia, on the 19th day of June,2006.

                                      NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC.
                                      (Registrant)


                                      By:  /s/  Dale L. Matschullat
                                           ------------------------
                                           Dale L. Matschullat
                                           Vice President-General Counsel
                                           and Corporate Secretary



        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
   amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration
   Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
   and on the dates indicated.


               SIGNATURE                     TITLE              DATE
               ---------                     -----              ----

    /s/ Mark D. Ketchum*            President and Chief
    ------------------------------  Executive Officer
    Mark D. Ketchum                 (Principal Executive
                                    Officer) and Director

    /s/ J. Patrick Robinson*        Vice President - Chief
    ------------------------------  Financial Officer
    J. Patrick Robinson             (Principal Financial
                                    Officer)

    /s/ Ronald L. Hardnock*         Vice President -
    ------------------------------  Corporate Controller
    Ronald L. Hardnock              (Principal Accounting
                                    Officer)





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               SIGNATURE                     TITLE              DATE
               ---------                     -----              ----

    /s/ Thomas E. Clarke*                  Director
    ------------------------------
    Thomas E. Clarke


    /s/ Scott S. Cowen*                    Director
    ------------------------------
    Scott S. Cowen


    /s/ Michael T. Cowhig*                 Director
    ------------------------------
    Michael T. Cowhig


    /s/ William D. Marohn*           Chairman of the Board
    ------------------------------       and Director
    William D. Marohn


    /s/ Elizabeth Cuthbert Millett*        Director
    ------------------------------
    Elizabeth Cuthbert Millett


    /s/ Cynthia A. Montgomery*             Director
    ------------------------------
    Cynthia A. Montgomery


    /s/ Allan P. Newell*                   Director
    ------------------------------
    Allan P. Newell


    /s/ Steven J. Strobel*                 Director
    ------------------------------
    Steven J. Strobel


    /s/ Gordon R. Sullivan*                Director
    ------------------------------
    Gordon R. Sullivan


    /s/ Raymond G. Viault*
    ------------------------------         Director
    Raymond G. Viault


    *By:  /s/ Dale L. Matschullat                         June 19, 2006
          ------------------------
          Dale L. Matschullat
          Attorney-In-Fact and
          Agent for Service




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         THE PLAN.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
    1933, the Plan Administrator has duly caused this Post-Effective
    Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on
    its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
    of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on June 19, 2006.

                                      NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC.
                                      EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN



                                      By:  /s/  Thomas E. Clarke*
                                           ------------------------
                                           Thomas E. Clarke
                                           Organizational Development &
                                           Compensation Committee


    *By:  /s/ Dale L. Matschullat
          ------------------------
          Dale L. Matschullat
          Attorney-In-Fact and
          Agent for Service




























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