Acquisitions (Notes)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Business Acquisitions [Abstract]
Mergers, Acquisitions and Dispositions Disclosures [Text Block]	Acquisitions Elmer’s During October 2015, the Company acquired Elmer’s Products, Inc. (“Elmer’s”) for a purchase price of $571.4 million, which is net of $16.8 million of cash acquired. The acquisition of Elmer’s was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, the Company preliminarily allocated the total purchase price to the identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values on the date of acquisition. Based on the preliminary purchase price allocation, which is subject to change while the Company obtains final third-party valuations, the Company allocated $24.5 million of the purchase price to identified tangible and monetary net assets, $86.6 million to deferred tax liabilities and $262.0 million to identified intangible assets. Approximately $220.0 million was allocated to indefinite-lived intangible assets and approximately $42.0 million was allocated to a definite-lived intangible asset with a weighted-average life of 8 years. The indefinite-lived intangible assets represent the acquired Elmer’s^®and X-Acto^® trade names. The Company recorded the excess of the purchase price over the aggregate fair values of identifiable assets of $371.5 million as goodwill. None of the goodwill is expected to be tax deductible. Elmer’s results of operations are included in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations since the acquisition date, including net sales of $44.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. Pro forma results of operations of the Company would not be materially different as a result of the acquisition and therefore are not presented. The Company incurred $6.6 million of restructuring costs during the three months ended March 31, 2016 associated with the integration of Elmer’s. The Company incurred $1.7 million of acquisition and integration costs associated with prior acquisitions during the three months ended March 31, 2015, of which $1.5 million is included in cost of products sold and $0.2 million is included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015. Jarden Corporation On April 15, 2016, Jarden Corporation (“Jarden”) became a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Newell Brands Inc., as a result of a series of merger transactions (the “Jarden Acquisition”). The Jarden Acquisition was effected pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 13, 2015 (the “Merger Agreement”) between the Company, Jarden and two wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company. Following the Jarden Acquisition, the Company was renamed Newell Brands Inc. Jarden is a leading, global consumer products company with leading brands, such as Yankee Candle^®, Crock-Pot^®, FoodSaver^®, Mr. Coffee^®, Oster^®, Coleman^®, First Alert^®, Rawlings^®, Jostens^®, K2^®, Marker^®, Marmot^®, Volkl^® and many others. The Jarden Acquisition enables the Company to scale the enterprise with leading brands in global markets. The scale of the Company in key categories, channels and geographies enables it to deploy its strategy, which includes advantaged development and commercial capabilities, across a larger set of opportunities to generate accelerated growth and margin expansion. The Jarden Acquisition will be accounted for using the purchase method of accounting, and Jarden’s assets, liabilities and results of operations will be included in the Company’s financial statements from the acquisition date. Jarden’s sales and operating income for the year ended December 31, 2015 were $8.6 billion and $508.0 million, respectively. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each share of Jarden common stock was converted into the right to receive and became exchangeable for merger consideration consisting of (1) 0.862 of a share of the Company’s common stock plus (2) $21.00 in cash. On April 15, 2016, the Company provided for the issuance of up to 189.4 million shares of common stock and the payment of up to $4.6 billion for 100% of the outstanding equity interests of Jarden, which represented 219.7 million shares of Jarden common stock outstanding and eligible to receive the merger consideration. In addition, on April 15, 2016, the Company paid $4.1 billion to settle certain of Jarden’s outstanding debt obligations, which included accrued interest and change-in-control premiums. Based on the closing price of a share of the Company’s common stock on April 15, 2016 of $44.33 per share and assuming conversion of all of Jarden’s convertible notes, the total consideration paid or payable for shares of Jarden common stock is approximately $15.3 billion, including $5.4 billion of cash and $9.9 billion of common stock. Assuming conversion of all of Jarden’s convertible notes, stockholders of Newell Rubbermaid and stockholders and convertible note holders of Jarden immediately before the merger owned 55% and 45%, respectively, of Newell Brands upon completion of the merger. The Jarden Acquisition constituted a make-whole fundamental change with respect to Jarden’s three series of outstanding convertible notes, making them eligible for conversion into shares of Jarden common stock and eligible to receive the merger consideration based on the number of Jarden shares into which the convertible notes may be converted. Jarden’s three series of convertible notes include $500.0 million principal amount of 1.875% senior subordinated convertible notes due 2018 (the “Jarden 2018 Convertible Notes”); $265.0 million principal amount of 1.5% senior subordinated convertible notes due 2019 (the “Jarden 2019 Convertible Notes”); and $690.0 million principal amount of 1.125% senior subordinated convertible notes due 2034 (the “Jarden 2034 Convertible Notes”). As of May 4, 2016, holders of 85% of the principal amount of Jarden 2018 Convertible Notes, 75% of the principal amount of Jarden 2019 Convertible Notes and 83% of the principal amount of Jarden 2034 Convertible Notes had converted their notes into shares of Jarden common stock and received the merger consideration. If holders of Jarden’s convertible notes convert all of the notes into shares of Jarden common stock, holders of Jarden’s convertible notes would receive 37.9 million shares of Jarden common stock and would be entitled to receive the merger consideration of 32.7 million shares of Newell Brands common stock and $0.8 billion of cash. The Company, with the assistance of a third-party, is undertaking a comprehensive valuation of Jarden’s property, plant and equipment and identifiable intangible assets. The estimated values of these assets are not available due to the number of physical locations where property, plant and equipment is located and the unique aspects and number of Jarden’s identifiable intangible assets, particularly its trade names, trademarks, customer relationships and distribution channels. Because preliminary results of the comprehensive valuation are not yet available and because of the practical challenges associated with quantifying working capital accounts as of the middle of a month (April 15), the initial accounting for the transaction is not complete. During the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Company incurred $12.7 million of acquisition and integration costs, which primarily relate to the acquisition and integration of Jarden and are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

Acquisitions

Elmer’s

During October 2015, the Company acquired Elmer’s Products, Inc. (“Elmer’s”) for a purchase price of $571.4 million, which is net of $16.8 million of cash acquired. The acquisition of Elmer’s was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, the Company preliminarily allocated the total purchase price to the identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values on the date of acquisition. Based on the preliminary purchase price allocation, which is subject to change while the Company obtains final third-party valuations, the Company allocated $24.5 million of the purchase price to identified tangible and monetary net assets, $86.6 million to deferred tax liabilities and $262.0 million to identified intangible assets. Approximately $220.0 million was allocated to indefinite-lived intangible assets and approximately $42.0 million was allocated to a definite-lived intangible asset with a weighted-average life of 8 years. The indefinite-lived intangible assets represent the acquired Elmer’s^®and X-Acto^® trade names. The Company recorded the excess of the purchase price over the aggregate fair values of identifiable assets of $371.5 million as goodwill. None of the goodwill is expected to be tax deductible. Elmer’s results of operations are included in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations since the acquisition date, including net sales of $44.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. Pro forma results of operations of the Company would not be materially different as a result of the acquisition and therefore are not presented.

The Company incurred $6.6 million of restructuring costs during the three months ended March 31, 2016 associated with the integration of Elmer’s.

The Company incurred $1.7 million of acquisition and integration costs associated with prior acquisitions during the three months ended March 31, 2015, of which $1.5 million is included in cost of products sold and $0.2 million is included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015.

Jarden Corporation

On April 15, 2016, Jarden Corporation (“Jarden”) became a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Newell Brands Inc., as a result of a series of merger transactions (the “Jarden Acquisition”). The Jarden Acquisition was effected pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 13, 2015 (the “Merger Agreement”) between the Company, Jarden and two wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company. Following the Jarden Acquisition, the Company was renamed Newell Brands Inc. Jarden is a leading, global consumer products company with leading brands, such as Yankee Candle^®, Crock-Pot^®, FoodSaver^®, Mr. Coffee^®, Oster^®, Coleman^®, First Alert^®, Rawlings^®, Jostens^®, K2^®, Marker^®, Marmot^®, Volkl^® and many others. The Jarden Acquisition enables the Company to scale the enterprise with leading brands in global markets. The scale of the Company in key categories, channels and geographies enables it to deploy its strategy, which includes advantaged development and commercial capabilities, across a larger set of opportunities to generate accelerated growth and margin expansion. The Jarden Acquisition will be accounted for using the purchase method of accounting, and Jarden’s assets, liabilities and results of operations will be included in the Company’s financial statements from the acquisition date. Jarden’s sales and operating income for the year ended December 31, 2015 were $8.6 billion and $508.0 million, respectively.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each share of Jarden common stock was converted into the right to receive and became exchangeable for merger consideration consisting of (1) 0.862 of a share of the Company’s common stock plus (2) $21.00 in cash. On April 15, 2016, the Company provided for the issuance of up to 189.4 million shares of common stock and the payment of up to $4.6 billion for 100% of the outstanding equity interests of Jarden, which represented 219.7 million shares of Jarden common stock outstanding and eligible to receive the merger consideration. In addition, on April 15, 2016, the Company paid $4.1 billion to settle certain of Jarden’s outstanding debt obligations, which included accrued interest and change-in-control premiums.

Based on the closing price of a share of the Company’s common stock on April 15, 2016 of $44.33 per share and assuming conversion of all of Jarden’s convertible notes, the total consideration paid or payable for shares of Jarden common stock is approximately $15.3 billion, including $5.4 billion of cash and $9.9 billion of common stock. Assuming conversion of all of Jarden’s convertible notes, stockholders of Newell Rubbermaid and stockholders and convertible note holders of Jarden immediately before the merger owned 55% and 45%, respectively, of Newell Brands upon completion of the merger.

The Jarden Acquisition constituted a make-whole fundamental change with respect to Jarden’s three series of outstanding convertible notes, making them eligible for conversion into shares of Jarden common stock and eligible to receive the merger consideration based on the number of Jarden shares into which the convertible notes may be converted. Jarden’s three series of convertible notes include $500.0 million principal amount of 1.875% senior subordinated convertible notes due 2018 (the “Jarden 2018 Convertible Notes”); $265.0 million principal amount of 1.5% senior subordinated convertible notes due 2019 (the “Jarden 2019 Convertible Notes”); and $690.0 million principal amount of 1.125% senior subordinated convertible notes due 2034 (the “Jarden 2034 Convertible Notes”). As of May 4, 2016, holders of 85% of the principal amount of Jarden 2018 Convertible Notes, 75% of the principal amount of Jarden 2019 Convertible Notes and 83% of the principal amount of Jarden 2034 Convertible Notes had converted their notes into shares of Jarden common stock and received the merger consideration. If holders of Jarden’s convertible notes convert all of the notes into shares of Jarden common stock, holders of Jarden’s convertible notes would receive 37.9 million shares of Jarden common stock and would be entitled to receive the merger consideration of 32.7 million shares of Newell Brands common stock and $0.8 billion of cash.

The Company, with the assistance of a third-party, is undertaking a comprehensive valuation of Jarden’s property, plant and equipment and identifiable intangible assets. The estimated values of these assets are not available due to the number of physical locations where property, plant and equipment is located and the unique aspects and number of Jarden’s identifiable intangible assets, particularly its trade names, trademarks, customer relationships and distribution channels. Because preliminary results of the comprehensive valuation are not yet available and because of the practical challenges associated with quantifying working capital accounts as of the middle of a month (April 15), the initial accounting for the transaction is not complete.

During the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Company incurred $12.7 million of acquisition and integration costs, which primarily relate to the acquisition and integration of Jarden and are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2016.